paraffin wax

[loiner1965]

looking to add this to a bullet lube so looking for a cheap source....will household candles be ok or those wax beads on the auction site be suitable?

[mag44uk]

I bought the beads off the bay.
I bought about 2kilos which will last me a couple of life times!
Too much and the lube gets very hard and wont run in the lubrisezers.
Took me ages to get the first lot out!
Tony

[greenshoots]

would not use with blackpowder will produce tar like deposits

greenshoots

[loiner1965]

hi viv.....smokeless load mate

[enduser]

Try Bee's wax

[dodgyrog]

And Carnauba wax

[loiner1965]

recipe using.....bees wax ...paraffin wax......vaseline and stp oil with wax crayon for colour

[tim56]

Why bother. If its a nitro load just tumble lube with "alox" brilliant stuff and cheep as chips.

[Matou]

recipe using.....bees wax ...paraffin wax......vaseline and stp oil with wax crayon for colour

I love that idea - mentioned it to a friend in Canada that I'm heading off to see in 2 weeks and he's about to raid the kiddies colouring box.

[rickosf]

don’t use any oil or petroleum based products for black powder lube

bees wax and neat foot oil 1 to 1 by weight

[loiner1965]

its for smokeless

[Andy Mac]

recipe using.....bees wax ...paraffin wax......vaseline and stp oil with wax crayon for colour

I use this for my 45/70 BP and it works brilliant

I use candles for the paraffin wax

[loiner1965]

its for a 45/70 bullet too