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Thread: What do you color your lube with?

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    I use Yaley Solid candle dyes from Michaels or Hobby Lobby . Mostly just because I cannot help myself and color does make things easier to see for me.

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    Because the lube groves on Lee boolits is so small I sometimes throw a crayon in so I can see if my boolits lubed or not with my old eyes
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    It has been my experience that crayon colors do not mix well with my concoction. I had heard or read that crayons also aided in keeping the mixture from tending to separate into its components. White crayons separated into a thick "goop" that floated to the top of my mix. pain in the behind.

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    +1 on the candle die. Got it from a friend who is a candle maker. She orders it online.

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    Serious answer HERE from my previous thread on this subject: Have Mercy. Baby Blue Boolit Loob
    I found an interesting product at the local A.C. Moore craft store yesterday while I was in there buying a new, larger wooden ball for my Lee press.

    This is a first try, end result, of a wax candle coloring tablet concentrate. It comes in a small 2"x3" square and you're supposed to break off a chip and add it to your wax base and add additional color chips until you reach the color of blue you prefer.

    I added 2 chips to the brew I had on the stove and it looked really dark blue in color when melted, but, when it cooled it turned out to be baby powder blue.

    The concentrate is supposed to color a full 5 pounds, but, I don't see it happening. I have to assume that either the beeswax or crisco caused it to turn out powder blue.


    In other news. I noticed that the A.C. Moore also sells a 1 pound block of beeswax based candle wax for $5.59. It comes in 4 squares, but, it is a 1 pound box of beeswax.

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    I have only made one batch but it works good.I used some blue carpenters chalk. it comes in Red Blue Orange White Black,,i think thats all untill you mix them LOl. Steve

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    I have 4 Grandchildren and every time we eat out, I get a pocket full of crayons for free. Mostly red, green, orange and yellow. I scored 16 today at lunch, and I picked up four more off the floor.

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    Liquid candle dye is what I like to use, it also works well for dying two cycle gas oil mix if the oil does not already have dye in it as most do. I like to dye my lubes red or green or blue so I can tell them apart.
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    I color it with the blood of thieves.













    just kidding

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    color ? perhaps "tint" is more apt ? lolz one crayon indeed barely tints a pound of lube , looks great in the pan melted and way way lighter in a cake/stick and semi translucent in the groove ( my green goo turns a weird luminescent pale lime-ish ummm tint ) a note on crayons ... not all are equal nor all wax , the non-toxic ones for example or maybe i'm thinking of the so called washable ones ? crayola brand are fair depending upon color ( some colors work better than others and this includes both dyes and crayons ) rose art ones also seem to work but there are other brands etc , a note about colors ... some color's use pigments that i'm pretty sure i dont want in my bore , lyman uses/used to use lamp black which is basically carbon soot ( and blacker than a moonless nite ) shoe polish will also add both tint and wax
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