Wally
10-30-2009, 04:41 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.
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.