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Offline rickyp

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bullet lube question
« on: March 18, 2004, 03:55:40 PM »
I have seen on other post that people use a mix of  bee's wax and crisco at 50/50 as a lube.

My wife loves candles and I get a lot of scrap candle wax. Could I use the candle wax in place of the bees wax?

someone said that they use a tablespoon of olive oil. what does this do for the mix?
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Offline RandyWakeman

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Re: bullet lube question
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2004, 04:59:26 AM »
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My wife loves candles and I get a lot of scrap candle wax. Could I use the candle wax in place of the bees wax?



No, not a good choice. Super 91 and Underclocked can comment FAR better than I, but you might want to check out the casting forum.
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Offline Ironwood

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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2004, 12:53:23 PM »
Another little note about Paraffin wax.  Most candles are made from Paraffin.  It won't melt in a microwave. :)  I dip my REAL bullets in a mixture of Beeswax, Crisco, and Olive oil.  I even vary the amount of beeswax for weather conditions.  I keep the lube in microwave safe dishes and just melt it down when I need to lube some bullets.
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