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Thread: Alox 50/50 2138F Stiffen , Magma Blue Soften ? Beewax?

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    Boolit Man
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    Alox 50/50 2138F Stiffen , Magma Blue Soften ? Beewax?

    Looking for a mix that will work for .45acp that will do well in a Star/Magma sizer with a heater that won't run in the Arizona sun.


    I would like to use up what I have before moving on to buying some of the ready made.

    I have about

    20 small tubes of 50/50 Alox 3138F .( too darn sticky/runny, need to stiffen it)

    4 big 2"x7" sticks of Magma ? Blue hard lube, (so love it some hate it, maybe soften it?)

    20 + pounds of beeswax,

    gallon of Neetsfoot oil.

    What would be suggested for a mix?

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    Boolit Master
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    Lots of great threads if you care to do a quick search. But to firm up a lube, here is a recent thread that you may have missed.

    http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...tiffening-lube

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    I have no experience with the heat you live in. Like you I had the alox 50/50 sticks to use up and mixed them with equal weights of bees wax which got rid of the stickies and worked fine for all my pistol loads. The magma blue should work fine through your sizer, just leave the sizer out in the sun for a half hour. The lube itself works very well in pistol loads.
    "Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyrannies.” Aristotle

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    Boolit Man
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    Lots of reading of old posts & thanks for the current input.

    I used a double boiler & mixed up & molded into sticks a batch at 1part 50/50 Alox 2138F/Beeswax & 1 part Beeswax.

    (in retrospect, adding a color would have helped so the change would be coded as I only emptied the sizer by opening the screw hole & pushing the lube out.)

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