Carnuba in Lithi-Bee?

[evil5826]

Recipe posted by Ammosmith on his forum.

1 lb yellow beeswax
13 oz White Lithium grease
1 1/2 tablespoon carnuba wax (optional)
1/4 pound paraffin wax

Now to my question:
For the Lithi Bee..... Why add the carnauba wax? What does it do to the current mix? And will Johnson's paste Wax suffice for carnauba in the lithi bee?

If any one has any idea please let me know.

One more thing will all this content fix into a 4 cup pyrex or should it go into a 8 cup pyrex for double boiling. No real way to convert mass into volume with a calculator... at least not with my brain.

[runfiverun]

it helps lay down a shine in the bbl.
it also adds hardness to the lube.
the jpw has carnuba in it, it also has solvents,and paraffin.
you'll want to heat the solvents out of the jpw or your lube will change over time.
if you use the jpw you may want to reduce the amount of paraffin slightly also.
this lube will need a heater or be used as a pan lube.
i'd go with the bigger 8 cup anyways.

[evil5826]

Thanks for the reply. The Carnuba wax is optional so I won't have to use the JPW. However by melting all of this stuff together with the JPW, would the solvents from the JPW burn out?

[Milsurp Junkie]

It is possible to boil the solvents out, but it would take a while if mixed with everything else. Removing the solvents first would be a much quicker way to do it.

[leftiye]

I'd use lithium grease with Moly disulphide. Carnauba with moly sounds like a "space age" coating for barrels to me. A synthetic oil or grease thrown in completes the picture

[randyrat]

Here is a lube I played with for a while, I never had a chance to actually shoot it or use it. I gave it away and let others try it. I never heard anything bad about it and it seemed like it would work. Someday I may actually use it and experiment with it.

Here is the recipe for "Billy bob clean bore lube" with
Carnauba added- all by weight.

I tried to mimic a lube called "mirror lube" that is not made anymore, for someone else.

.............2 ounces High temp lithium molly grease
..............6 oz beeswax
..............1/8 to 1 teaspoon of carnauba wax flakes
..............1/2 teaspoon of Lanolin

Take the recipe and make a miracle lube out of it. Seems someone suggested cutting back on the beeswax a bit. Like 4 to 2 instead of 6-2

Carnauba wax gets wasted much over 1 ounce per lb of bullet lube

[runfiverun]

i do use white lith grease and add moly [but the moly i use is solid not in a grease]
i add carnuba red lube to up the melt temp of the lube and for a small amount of carnuba.

[evil5826]

Has any one used the recipe above before? And if so do you like it or do you prefer to Ben's Red?

[Reload3006]

Here is a lube I played with for a while, I never had a chance to actually shoot it or use it. I gave it away and let others try it. I never heard anything bad about it and it seemed like it would work. Someday I may actually use it and experiment with it.

Here is the recipe for "Billy bob clean bore lube" with
Carnauba added- all by weight.

I tried to mimic a lube called "mirror lube" that is not made anymore, for someone else.

.............2 ounces High temp lithium molly grease
..............6 oz beeswax
..............1/8 to 1 teaspoon of carnauba wax flakes
..............1/2 teaspoon of Lanolin

Take the recipe and make a miracle lube out of it. Seems someone suggested cutting back on the beeswax a bit. Like 4 to 2 instead of 6-2

Carnauba wax gets wasted much over 1 ounce per lb of bullet lube
Randy does your carnuba wax flakes have any of the spirits in them that would need boiled out before adding to a lube ... assuming that the carnuba is for polishing the bore (what I want it for)?

[DukeInFlorida]

I can speak from experience. Randy's carnuba wax flakes are 100% pure carnauba wax. No volitiles. It's the real deal, as are all of Randy's products.

JPW is not even a close substitute for the real thing.

[leftiye]

Well said. Cain't be anywhere near to close.

[randyrat]

Keep in mind, Carnauba wax is 2 times harder than beeswax.