Gussy
02-29-2008, 02:27 PM
I am about to make a new batch of lube for black powder loads. I do have about a pound of carnuba flakes. What, if any, amount should I add percentage wise?? What would be the benefit of using it??
I went over the searched posts but still question any benefit. I read the Johnson paste wax threads. Seems to leave a bright shinny bore with smokeless. You will never see a bright shinny bore after a holy black round is fired!! But... in small amounts it may make it easier to clean.
At what point will carnuba fill the pores of the steel and really cause problems with corrosion getting started under it? This is in some posts I read a long time back (at least a year ago(:>)). This was in a lot of posts about using "bore butter" seasoning the bore or actually filling the pores and allowing corrosion to get a start.
Well?????????
Gus
I went over the searched posts but still question any benefit. I read the Johnson paste wax threads. Seems to leave a bright shinny bore with smokeless. You will never see a bright shinny bore after a holy black round is fired!! But... in small amounts it may make it easier to clean.
At what point will carnuba fill the pores of the steel and really cause problems with corrosion getting started under it? This is in some posts I read a long time back (at least a year ago(:>)). This was in a lot of posts about using "bore butter" seasoning the bore or actually filling the pores and allowing corrosion to get a start.
Well?????????
Gus