singleshotbuff
03-25-2006, 12:11 AM
Gentlemen,
I saw a recipe online for homemade boolit lube and thought I'd try it (apologies to Felix). It's basically 4.5oz of parafin, 4.5oz of vaseline and 2oz of RCBS case sizing lube. I adjusted it to 4oz of parafin, 5oz of vaseline and 2 tablespoons of RCBS lube beacuse I wanted a little softer lube. Everything went well during the melting/mixing I thought, but after the lube was cool it seems to have seperated a bit. Some parts are harder than others.
What did I do wrong?
My procedure was;
Melt wax in double boiler.
Add vaseline and RCBS case lube.
Allow vaseline to melt into wax in double boiler.
Removed from heat and stirred thoroughly (I thought).
Allowed to cool.
Seems to have seperated, lube around the edges of the container is harder than the lube in the middle.
Any help??
SSB
I saw a recipe online for homemade boolit lube and thought I'd try it (apologies to Felix). It's basically 4.5oz of parafin, 4.5oz of vaseline and 2oz of RCBS case sizing lube. I adjusted it to 4oz of parafin, 5oz of vaseline and 2 tablespoons of RCBS lube beacuse I wanted a little softer lube. Everything went well during the melting/mixing I thought, but after the lube was cool it seems to have seperated a bit. Some parts are harder than others.
What did I do wrong?
My procedure was;
Melt wax in double boiler.
Add vaseline and RCBS case lube.
Allow vaseline to melt into wax in double boiler.
Removed from heat and stirred thoroughly (I thought).
Allowed to cool.
Seems to have seperated, lube around the edges of the container is harder than the lube in the middle.
Any help??
SSB