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Thread: Anyone using any % crayon in their home made bullet lube?

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    Boolit Man SSG_Reloader's Avatar
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    May have to try this. My sons got about a thousand broken crayolas rolling around his room I bet.

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    I've been trying it a month now. Working great.

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    Check at Walmart prior to school starting. My wife and I find the 24 count boxes of Crayola there on sale for a quarter a box. We usually pick up a case or so to hand out at Halloween.
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    I normally uses bee’s wax, however I know a lot of people do use paraffin in their lube. It should work fine and give your lube some interesting colors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RydForLyf View Post
    Since I quit lubing, I didn’t need crayons and I had 115 left of the 120 box. I took them to a neighbor that has a young daughter. Yay, she exclaimed, more food for the kid.
    When we had a whole herd of dogs and one developed gastric distress the vet recommended feeding each dog a different color crayola so that we could more easily identify the dog with the sloppy poopers.

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    Twenty-Five years ago the Church had a large box of 4" tall beeswax altar candle stumps. After saving them for 5 years, it was decided to throw them out. I was in the right place at the right time. I should shoot more, half the box is left.

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    Add a bowl of minty construction paper paste for dip and you are onto some hors d'oeuvres fit for a king!
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    I use a small piece of black crayon to cover my lube. It makes it easy to see when the boolit is lubed correctly

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    My kid enjoyed breaking crayons far more than coloring with them. I think the box of broken crayons went to the thrift store ;(

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    Get you some paraffin colorant for making candles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Soundguy View Post
    Sounds great. I grabbed all I could. Free wax!
    Don't mix all the colors together . You can sell "colors" easier than just plain wax .
    I use red when making Lthi-Bee - 1 part Lucas Red-N-Tacky Lithium Grease / 3 parts beeswax + a few red Crayons for added color ... I would buy Red wax just for color .

    If wife is a teacher ... don't forget Pencil Sharpener Shavings ... they make great wood shavings / sawdust substitute for fluxing . The pencils are Cedar wood , smell nice and a bit of graphite on them does no harm and possibly some good to use as flux.
    My substitute teacher wife puts the shavings in gallon zip lock bag when they empty the sharpeners.

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    Crayons , Pencil Sharpener Shavings , Church Altar Candles ...
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    Thumbs up on the broken crayons for color coding lubes.

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