This may be a "rehash" but I can't find the answer in my search.
I've read the sticky on lubes - some give formulas by "weight" and some by "volume".
To simplify - if a formula is 50% beeswax and 50% Crisco (to keep it simple) . . . .
Should it be mixed by weight
8 ounces of beeswax
8 ounces of Crisco
Or by volume
1/2 cup beeswax (melted in liquid form)
1/2 cup Crisco (melted in liquid form)
For those of you with a better chemistry background than I have . . .
If you mixed a batch by weight and a batch by volume . . .
would the results be the same? I.E. would the consistency or "hardness" (for want of a better word) be the same once the lube is cooled? (I'm assuming the contents of the lube would affect this?)
I'm getting ready to make up some lube for black powder cartridges - the formula I am looking at is approximately 50% natural beeswax, 40% Crisco and 10% oil (varies - olive oil, canola, lanolin - depends not he formula to be followed). The percentages are given but no indication if it is by weight or volume.
I know this has probably been discussed many times - so apologize if it's a "repeat". The sticky here is very specific at times in giving by weight or by volume - I just wished that when formulas are given it was specified - or does it not make a difference which way it is done?
Many thanks!