Cast bullet lube

[amc577]

Yesterday found a fleabay ad....someone has a box of a dozen Johnson liquid floor wax bottles...25 years old, unopened...so I risked £3 for two 750ml bottles...

Will try a mix of Alox and floor polish....

Trex? Sounds like lard...mind you I have found users of bear fat, all manner of things.

I have tried my lanolin casespray on some cast...probably not heavy enough coating. Good, however for a pre lube before putting through the sizer for gas checking..stops any snagging.

I notice in the USA ads, lee "liquid alox"...not seen this in the uk. Thanks for the lube tips.

amc577

[loiner1965]

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this is the wax i use with lee alox
cannot find your old johnson wax but for mixing with bees wax for bullet grooves they use the johson in the yellow tins which are only in the usa

[severnsider]

I notice in the USA ads, lee "liquid alox"...not seen this in the uk. Thanks for the lube tips.

amc577

If you're looking for it look at Dauntsey Guns. I bought a bottle of Lee "Liquid Alox" (claims to "give better accuracy and less leading than the old formula of Alox 2138F and beeswax mix") from there this week; I'm going to try it on GM cast .357 lead, although these already have a small ring of hard blue lube in them. Will it make a difference, I wonder?

[amc577]

The Johnson wax paste, used in usa lubes, contains carnauba wax and paraffin wax...the modern liquid waxes seem to have a mix of various chemicals in order to give instant shine and a nonslip finish. Very little wax...I am hoping that the 25 year old stuff is mainly wax plus solvent...I will mix a bit with Alox, and give it a try. Loads of internet stuff on lubes....the hard blue stuff does not get good reviews. There seems to be a lack of scientific explanation for bullet lube, mainly because of the problem of viewing what is actually happening in the barrel when the bullet passes down it.

amc577

[Black Beard]

Try thesoapkitchen.co.uk You can buy all sorts of weird waxes and oils from them.

[bighit]

i dont this type of shooting so i may be posting crap

i saw this on an iraqveteran8888 video comment

Fast rifle lube:

1 pound of carnauba wax
1 pound of paraffin wax
1/2 pound of Bees wax
3 tablespoons of STP oil treatment
Food coloring if you want
Add more beeswax if it's too hard for your application.


or this one

Bees Knees (black powder cartridge and low velocity hand guns)

1 pound of paraffin wax
1 pound of beeswax
5 tablespoons of Liquid Alox
5 tablespoons of TC Bore Butter
Half a jar of Vaseline


his video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBzw8YO3VYM&t=179s

[loiner1965]

i dont this type of shooting so i may be posting crap

i saw this on an iraqveteran8888 video comment

Fast rifle lube:

1 pound of carnauba wax
1 pound of paraffin wax
1/2 pound of Bees wax
3 tablespoons of STP oil treatment
Food coloring if you want
Add more beeswax if it's too hard for your application.


or this one

Bees Knees (black powder cartridge and low velocity hand guns)

1 pound of paraffin wax
1 pound of beeswax
5 tablespoons of Liquid Alox
5 tablespoons of TC Bore Butter
Half a jar of Vaseline


his video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBzw8YO3VYM&t=179s

they standard lubes but do work....rather than use food colouring chuck in some kids was crayons.
go to castboolits website as they have 1000s of lubes to try out....like bens red

[bighit]

they standard lubes but do work....rather than use food colouring chuck in some kids was crayons.
go to castboolits website as they have 1000s of lubes to try out....like bens red

He mixes then all in to make his lube

Unless you meant that with them all in together that it was a standard lube ?

[severnsider]

The Johnson wax paste, used in usa lubes, contains carnauba wax and paraffin wax...the modern liquid waxes seem to have a mix of various chemicals in order to give instant shine and a nonslip finish. Very little wax...I am hoping that the 25 year old stuff is mainly wax plus solvent...I will mix a bit with Alox, and give it a try. Loads of internet stuff on lubes....the hard blue stuff does not get good reviews. There seems to be a lack of scientific explanation for bullet lube, mainly because of the problem of viewing what is actually happening in the barrel when the bullet passes down it.

amc577

I'm going to chrono the .38 rounds that I have treated to a coat of Lee Liquid Alox and see what difference (if any) there is in MV. The bullets did slip into the cases very easily and the lube dried to a slightly sticky (not shiny) consistency. No idea what's in the hard blue stuff.