hpdrifter
08-31-2006, 05:48 PM
I was fooling with my lube alchemy today. Made some regular white powder lube that I think will work ok. Yet to be tested; 3 parts hard beeswax, 2 parts Vegetable oil, ..... yall know the formula.
Then I turned my attention to some blackpowder lube. Wanted it softer/creamier so I used some soft white commercial beeswax, Murphy's Oil soap, and some vegetable oil with a heaping tsp of Lanolin to make a test run of about 4 oz.
Looked like it'd prolly work so I thought about making me some Moosemilk for the BP. I know this should prolly be towards the Muzzleloading forum, but I got an interesting reaction to a concoction I mixed up. I know yall prolly heard of moosemilk; water with some water reduced cutting oil and recently water cutting some Ballistol. Well, I got to thinking; mix the Ballistol(since I don't have much left) with some Shell water based cutting oil. I put one part Ballistol, 3 parts cutting oil, and 2 parts water and began to shake it up. It coagulated into a nice creamy mixture that is pretty darn slick and washes away and is dilutable with more water. Kinda looks like the old Brylcream, the hair grease, but not quite as thick.
I don't know if it'll mix with beeswax or not. Kinda run outta steam with different experiments today. I gotta get out and shoot some of me makins.
Maybe some more intellectual folks could see a use for this. It's really kinda neat.
shoot straight!!! and often.
Then I turned my attention to some blackpowder lube. Wanted it softer/creamier so I used some soft white commercial beeswax, Murphy's Oil soap, and some vegetable oil with a heaping tsp of Lanolin to make a test run of about 4 oz.
Looked like it'd prolly work so I thought about making me some Moosemilk for the BP. I know this should prolly be towards the Muzzleloading forum, but I got an interesting reaction to a concoction I mixed up. I know yall prolly heard of moosemilk; water with some water reduced cutting oil and recently water cutting some Ballistol. Well, I got to thinking; mix the Ballistol(since I don't have much left) with some Shell water based cutting oil. I put one part Ballistol, 3 parts cutting oil, and 2 parts water and began to shake it up. It coagulated into a nice creamy mixture that is pretty darn slick and washes away and is dilutable with more water. Kinda looks like the old Brylcream, the hair grease, but not quite as thick.
I don't know if it'll mix with beeswax or not. Kinda run outta steam with different experiments today. I gotta get out and shoot some of me makins.
Maybe some more intellectual folks could see a use for this. It's really kinda neat.
shoot straight!!! and often.