How long does a bottle of Bullplate last for you?

[Bullshop Junior]

A question just occurred to me. I have heard about using boolit lube to lube molds with. Can you use speedgreen to lube molds with, or will the beeswax cause problems?

The beeswax in the lube will burn on and built up, and that will cause problems.

[jerrold]

I bought some stuff from bull shop a couple years ago and they sent me a sample bottle. I usually use a Q-tip to swab the top of the container after shaking it a little. That is all I need to prep my molds. Boy that is cheap!!!!!!!!!!!!! If i don't spill it I guess it will last longer than i do.

[Lunk]

So is the rounded bottom bottle a standard marketing ploy?

Seriously tho, it sounds as if you may have produced too good a product. If I only need to order a bottle every few years how will you make any money off of me?

I don't have a problem with getting an exceptional value you understand, but if you sell everyone 1 or 2 bottles and we don't need anymore for years what happens to us when you go out of business due to lack of sales?

[Three-Fifty-Seven]

I also lubed my ram on my rock chucker . . . works good!

Thanx!

[1Shirt]

Probably time for me to order a couple of btls again for me and son in law. Have managed to tip over a couple of times, but salvaged most of it. Great stuff.
1Shirt!

[mmorris]

What is this "dumping" everyone talks about?

(1 3/8" hole is a nice tight fit)

I didn't vote because there is no "I don't know" option.

[Bad Water Bill]

Great idea

When did they start putting labels on the bottles?

[mmorris]

When did they start putting labels on the bottles?

Shortly after they arrived at my house.

Just something else I do for fun.

[DLCTEX]

I also didn't vote due to there not being an I don't know option. In more than 2 years I haven't lowered the contents appreciably. I will not be without it. I have avoided spilling it by immediately putting the cap on after wetting the Q-tip. I lube a couple 2 cav's, then drop the Q-tip in a Zip-lock and use it again next casting session.

[mmorris]

I have avoided spilling it by immediately putting the cap on after wetting the Q-tip.

I always have a mold (mould?... the thing I'm putting the Bull Plate on) in one hand, so before I made the "anti-dump base" I always left the cap off. I almost dumped it numerous times trying to replace the cap one-handed. Yeah, I could put the boolit thingy down but that's just not the way my brain works.

The base makes it really hard to knock the bottle over while it's open, and it also makes one-handed recapping easier.

[BD]

It's great stuff, and I definitely spill more than I use.
BD

[smokemjoe]

I waste more on the Q tip then I need on the spruce plate, Only thing is wrong with this stuff is that we didnt have it back in the 60s,I forgot last winter and left it out in the shed but it worked this summer. I told Richard Lee about it and he was very interested in it,He said he has heard of different things but never worked. Gave him your address, that was when we were woking on the 41 Swiss dies, Hope he got some, Joe

[.30/30 Guy]

Bullplate is the greatest thing since the electric furnace.

Treated one mold and it has not required anymore for three casting sessions.

[xringshutr]

About 20 minutes. Long enough to melt the beeswax in the double boiler to mix up a batch of Speedgreen.

Truthfully, a long, long, long, time when used for it's intended purpose.

[jonk]

Never much cared for it for its intended use. It may do what it is supposed to, I'll grant you, but I never saw the need. I don't care if there is a slight lead smear on the sprue cutter, as long as the base is cut cleanly and not torn I'm fine. About the only place I use it for lube is on the hinge pin on the mold handles. And while it works a treat there, it doesn't do any better than some high temp silicon based oil. So I give it a 3/5 as a mold lubricant.

I did use some to make speed green and quite liked it. However shortly thereafter someone gave me 5 sticks of 50/50 lube so when the speed green ran out I started on that. I'm about out of that now so I may be placing an order so as to make more speed green. I found it comprable to felix lube in performance but a bit easier to make.

So far as dumping goes..... I could see how one could do that but really, I mean.... just set the bottle down the bench from you far enough that you won't hit it. Too expensive to afford to dump.

[quasi]

BP makes a great lube for dead centers on my lathes.

[copdills]

great stuff, if you don't knock it over it last a very long time, its all I use

[GLL]

The one bottle BOUGHT will last forever !

I keep acquiring NOE moulds and getting the free samples. I now have a dozen of those !

I tip over the little squeeze bottles but they do not spill !

Jerry

[blaser.306]

I've cast several thousand boolits with the samples sent with noe moulds and made one batch of speed green , and still have 5 full size bottles left in the reloading room I guess I will have to live forever !!

[uncle joe]

well I used most of a bottle making some speed green, it dont last long like that, but as far as on molds, it goes on with a q tip which i save and it takes less than a drop for a heap of boolits. Great stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!