Homemade Bullet Lube to save money

Wally · 10-30-2009, 02:41 PM

Forget about all those commercial preperations that cost far too much. I have found that it really makes little difference with which one you choose. I make mine as follows:

1) Get church candle stumps that churches throw away---if they are from most church supply house they contain 51% beeswax, the rest is parafin (sp) wax

2) Cut a section of the candle w/o the wick and place in a steel can (that you have made a spout in one section of)---add the equivilent amount of lithium grease. I add the grease after I have melted the candle.

3) Heat outdoors using thongs until it melts...the stir with a long screwdriver. I heat with a propane torch and it will catch on fire---that doesn't matter one bit. One should not breath in the smoke/fumes anyway.

4) Once cooled, so that it no longer smokes pour into you luber/sizer---let it cool a bit and you are good to go.

You can make a lot of lube for a few dollars that is everybit as good as any commercially produced lube..if not better.

Ideally a ratio of 50/50 is best but it really makes little difference if it is not exact. The greater the % of wax, the more brittle the lube. Too much grease and it will too soft. If you are not satisfied with the consititentcy add one or the other ingredient to make it the way that you want.

Shiloh · 10-30-2009, 05:10 PM

I layed in a supply of product from this fellow. I'm good for a LONG time. Not free but close to it!!
http://www.lsstuff.com/lube/index.html

Shiloh

Lead Fred · 10-30-2009, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wally

3) Heat outdoors using thongs until it melts....

You need major friction to melt the thongs off?

itsnt dropping them on the floor quicker?

Vic@leadandbrass · 10-30-2009, 06:52 PM

ya, i melted my thong off once. id post a pic, but im afraid a mod would move it to the One Shot Gun section...

but seriously, thats a great Macguver solution. homebrew is the name of the casting game!

NoZombies · 10-30-2009, 08:12 PM

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3) Heat outdoors using thongs until it melts....

I prefer to heat using boxers, they seem to give more protection...

MT Gianni · 10-30-2009, 09:03 PM

You probably should look a little further down at the Lube sub-forum. Lots of use going on there.

fredj338 · 10-30-2009, 10:39 PM

I learned to make some home made lubne just to know how, but really, Lar's has so many choices & it's quite cheap compared to any other commercial lubes, it just isn't worth the trouble. Still, nice to know how & to find something that works as well, just in case.

Lead Fred · 10-30-2009, 10:45 PM

I use an age ole combo

5 parts bees wax
4 parts veggie oil
1 part crisco

ghh3rd · 11-03-2009, 02:45 PM

As I read the original post and saw 'thong', I thougt I'd say something clever.... but obviously I'm in a crowd of like-thinking people.

Randy

abunaitoo · 11-04-2009, 01:31 AM

I picked up a tin of Kiwi Mink Oil the other day.
It works just like Imperial wax.
Tin is twice as big as Imperial.
Ingredients are mink oil, silicone and lanolin.
At $3.00 a tin, it's just not mixing up a homebrew.

10-30-2009, 02:41 PM	#1
Wally Boolit Master Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 295	Homemade Bullet Lube to save money Forget about all those commercial preperations that cost far too much. I have found that it really makes little difference with which one you choose. I make mine as follows: 1) Get church candle stumps that churches throw away---if they are from most church supply house they contain 51% beeswax, the rest is parafin (sp) wax 2) Cut a section of the candle w/o the wick and place in a steel can (that you have made a spout in one section of)---add the equivilent amount of lithium grease. I add the grease after I have melted the candle. 3) Heat outdoors using thongs until it melts...the stir with a long screwdriver. I heat with a propane torch and it will catch on fire---that doesn't matter one bit. One should not breath in the smoke/fumes anyway. 4) Once cooled, so that it no longer smokes pour into you luber/sizer---let it cool a bit and you are good to go. You can make a lot of lube for a few dollars that is everybit as good as any commercially produced lube..if not better. Ideally a ratio of 50/50 is best but it really makes little difference if it is not exact. The greater the % of wax, the more brittle the lube. Too much grease and it will too soft. If you are not satisfied with the consititentcy add one or the other ingredient to make it the way that you want.

10-30-2009, 05:10 PM	#2
Shiloh Boolit Master Join Date: May 2006 Location: Upper Midwest Posts: 2,573	I layed in a supply of product from this fellow. I'm good for a LONG time. Not free but close to it!! http://www.lsstuff.com/lube/index.html Shiloh __________________ Democracy is two wolves and a lamb discussing what’s for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb willing to contest the majority decision”. Benjamin Franklin, 1755 Utopia Is The Opiate of Liberals.

10-30-2009, 09:03 PM	#6
MT Gianni Boolit Master Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SW Montana Posts: 3,824	You probably should look a little further down at the Lube sub-forum. Lots of use going on there. __________________ [The Montana Gianni] Front sight and squeeze

10-30-2009, 10:45 PM	#8
Lead Fred Boolit Master Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Washingrad Posts: 432	I use an age ole combo 5 parts bees wax 4 parts veggie oil 1 part crisco __________________ *"live free or die- death is not the worst of evils."* Roger's Rangers 1775

10-30-2009, 06:52 PM	#4
Vic@leadandbrass Boolit Mold Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8	ya, i melted my thong off once. id post a pic, but im afraid a mod would move it to the One Shot Gun section... but seriously, thats a great Macguver solution. homebrew is the name of the casting game!

10-30-2009, 10:39 PM	#7
fredj338 Boolit Master Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: kalif. Posts: 578	I learned to make some home made lubne just to know how, but really, Lar's has so many choices & it's quite cheap compared to any other commercial lubes, it just isn't worth the trouble. Still, nice to know how & to find something that works as well, just in case.

11-03-2009, 02:45 PM	#9
ghh3rd Boolit Master Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tampa FL Posts: 390	As I read the original post and saw 'thong', I thougt I'd say something clever.... but obviously I'm in a crowd of like-thinking people. Randy

11-04-2009, 01:31 AM	#10
abunaitoo Boolit Master Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 449	I picked up a tin of Kiwi Mink Oil the other day. It works just like Imperial wax. Tin is twice as big as Imperial. Ingredients are mink oil, silicone and lanolin. At $3.00 a tin, it's just not mixing up a homebrew.