How stinky is making 45/45/10 lube.

[zanemoseley]

I need to make some but am thinking of doing it in the kitchen. I don't know how stinky it gets and don't wanna piss off the misses.

[mrbill2]

don't wanna piss off the misses.

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[wlc]

It wasn't too bad, but I wouldn't suggest cooking on the kitchen stove...... Unless you like the couch I cooked mine in the shop.

[harvester]

Use a small electric hot plate outside or in garage or somewhere like that. Simple.

[JWFilips]

"Smells like Victory"

[zanemoseley]

May be a good excuse to get a hot plate, old like one for a mold heater too.

[oldfart1956]

Given the flammability of the fumes coming off the JPW...odor is your least concern. I make it (have lots of bottles of Lee Alox on hand) and love the stuff. But it's kind'a like cooking off a can of gasoline. No open flames and no enclosed area. We have had fires! If I didn't have the Lee Alox on hand I'd buy it already done. It's so cheap I can't justify the expense of buying the other ingredients or the hazards of making it. (although I have) A quart ($15 ?) should do literally millions of boolits. Audie...the frugal Oldfart.

[rintinglen]

The JPW stinks when cooking down. Do it outside on a cheapy hot plate on a low setting, unless you like sharing sleeping quarters with the dog. And whatever you do, do not make Ben's Red in the house. SWMBO has yet to let me forget that foray into lube manufacture.

[dragon813gt]

I don't remember it being that bad. But you should not make it indoors.

[Roosters]

Go here and read post #12
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...use-s-45-45-10

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I need to make some but am thinking of doing it in the kitchen. I don't know how stinky it gets and don't wanna piss off the misses.

I'd highly recommend doing this outside.
The Vapors can mess with your head.
Recluse himself, found that out.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...AY!&highlight=

[zanemoseley]

Well I got about 9 ounces made on the second try. The first time was not so good. Being a ******* due for a lesson I set up my new $13 hot pan in my basement shop and put about 5oz of the paste wax. I turned it on high and set a timer. I figured I could run up stairs quick and get hit water to warm the Lee alox and a piece of Tupperware to tumble the bullets in. Didn't read how flammable this stuff is until now but I should have at least know better and set it on low if I was going to leave. I carried the burning pot outside to let it burn out as there was no putting it out. Second go around I was much safer and it went ok. I think once I use this up I'll just buy the quart since the Lee alox and paste wax isn't exactly cheap. I can use the left over paste wax around the shop on my cast iron tops.

[oldfart1956]

Go here and read post #12
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...use-s-45-45-10

I forgot where that post was but think huntrick64's post should be a sticky highlighted in red ink. Wonderfully funny, clearly written and a fair warning to anyone making lube from any flammable material. I need to print that off and put it in my data log. Audie...the laughing Oldfart.

[Roosters]

Oldfart it cracks me up every time I read it. You can just see it happening.

And like you said anyone new cooking lube should read it.

[Elkins45]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...=1#post1635884 The individual post for people who don't want to scroll. I laughed out loud the first time I read it.

No, I would not cook it inside. I like the smell but I don't like unconsciousness.

[zubrato]

Yeah its pretty stinky. Cooked it inside once with all the doors and windows open, and still took a day to get the smell out.
Went to a good will and got a cheap-o rice cooker, filled up with boiling water, and cook it down in a jar. gonna take a little while cause its cold out tho. The work sucks, but I love 45/45/10!

[80hp]

Cook JPW the Texas way.
In the summer, I just set it out on a table in the back yard.
Put the can on a reflector of aluminum foil and set in the sun for 2 days.
On the second day, while it is still hot, and liquid, mix with the other ingredients.
M.