Author Topic: which lbt lube? (Read 1606 times)

Old Sparky · « **on:** January 21, 2005, 04:24:24 AM »

I have read all the posts on the form and have seen this question partially answered but I just wanted to ask before I order. I have a star sizer with a heater, which lube should I order for my sizer. Also should I order the rolling plates to fire lap or is it something simple to build? I have metal fabrication experience but I don't mind buying. Just want to strech the dollars.
thanks so much, Old Sparky

unclenick · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2005, 01:28:11 PM »

Veral,

I want to tag something on to Sparky's question: Because I have a heater, I too thought of going strictly with the commercial blue to minimize mess. On the other hand, I notice you said that regular blue is most popular, but you think the soft would be most popular if people just tried it? Since you sell the lube in 10 stick quantity, and now that my curiosity is up about the different versions, I wondered if you would sell 10 sticks as an assortment? Say 3 soft, 3 regular, and 4 commercial grade to allow trying them all out? Otherwise, having the heater I will go all commercial for long-term storage in old cigar boxes.

Thanks,
Nick

Veral · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2005, 07:38:00 PM »

Long term storage isn't a reason to get commercial lube. All LBT lubes will stay on boxed bullets till your beard grows to the ground! They will stay on if you drop a lubed bullet in your pocket and carry it for a month, though the lube will pick up lint.

Commercial is the least tacky and nicest to handle during loading, so if you have a heater get that.

My lady does the packing and hates to mix types of lube in one order, because it has to be marked or neither you or us will be able to tell which is which without quite a bit of monkeying. (To test, lay the sticks in question out for a couple hours so they all come to room temperature, then press two together lightly. If you have three kinds the indents will be three different sizes, etc. I've had some get mixed up here and found it simplest to melt it down in a hundred pound new batch so the large mass burries a handful of unknowns! )

Pat Marlin · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2005, 09:10:09 PM »

I'll tell you one thing about LBT Lube. I was repairing the broken lube shaft on my Lyman 54 sizer, and there was still an invisable film of LBT where I was trying to weld.

"Trying" was the operative word. The damn weld would not penetrate worth squat and I had to grind down the area down real clean..

They autta spread your lube on the space shuttle Veral.. :-D

Veral · « **Reply #4 on:** February 01, 2005, 05:02:31 PM »

Wow! I never happened to have to weld any lube smeared equipment so didn't know that. However, since you brought the subject up. I spent our life savings and 6 months full time, all long hard days, developing a lube that would stay between the barrel and the bullet. In other words, prevent welding of lead to bore. I'ts the leader of lubes in doing that, as far as I know. Which means pressures are lower and velocity higher than with any other lube, especially when used with heavy loads were lubes have to grunt to do their job.

A word of caution. If you use LBT lubricant and work up a maximum load with it, DO NOT slip a bullet lubed with any other lube over that charge! You WILL lead the bore horribly, probably at least blow a primer and possibly the gun! On the first shot! I learned that lesson the hard way, and have had a few customer reports of the same results. Dangerous pressures are CERTAIN with other lubes if your charge when using LBT lube is near max for the gun! Everyone who finds this out on their own will use nothing but LBT lube, and most stockpile 'just in case'!

Turk36 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 14, 2005, 06:24:25 PM »

Veral, How much trouble could it be to mark 10 sticks of lube to have the three different lubes to test,then a person would reorder the one he liked best,come on Veral where's your customer service? Turk

Veral · « **Reply #6 on:** September 25, 2005, 07:42:22 PM »

I have a 'thing' about my customers having to do a lot of testing to get what they want. Maybe because I hate doing it myself? Ya. That's why.

Performance on the bullets is almost identical with all three, the hardness differences being for application purposes, so I try to determine what my customers need, which depends on the lubricator equipment they have and climate worked in, and get them happy the first time.