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midland man
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beeswax and olive oil and whats good to put in to make it smell good?
making homemade bore butter
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swathdiver
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I love the smell of beeswax so don't put anything in my lubricants to change the scent.
The jars we use were for garlic, so that smell is in there for a while before it goes away!
My kids put essential oils in the tallow/beeswax/oo lubes we give as gifts to the other ladies in our families. They girls often use the same mixture so they can use it on their hands, feet, elbows, etc.
The jars we use were for garlic, so that smell is in there for a while before it goes away!
My kids put essential oils in the tallow/beeswax/oo lubes we give as gifts to the other ladies in our families. They girls often use the same mixture so they can use it on their hands, feet, elbows, etc.
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We're going to have to come up with an earth-friendly non-GMO "all natural" beeswax moisturizer to sell to women. It'll need a nice label that is attractive among a sea of comsetics/toiletry items. Of course it will cost more than what we sell to the guys as bore butter but it will be the same thing. Then the guys will steal the womens' stuff when they run out and need to go to the range. Martial harmony or discord promoted by us.
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so next question is where to get beeswax?? 
swathdiver
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From your local beekeeper aka apiary.so next question is where to get beeswax??
splattergun
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That's about what Burt's Bees did. Only they don't sell bore lube. Just lip lube.
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It's easy to find at craft stores, online, or call you local beekeepers club.so next question is where to get beeswax??
I also discovered some old load coils were encased with lead and filled with beeswax. BP ammo kit in the surplus electronics department in the local Milsurp store!
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do I buy the yellow or white beeswax? thanks guys!
swathdiver
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What is white beeswax? I just get the stuff straight from the hives, still has honey and dead bees in it. Then render it in a pot (old!) to clean it up.
Noz
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Take your dirty buggy beeswax, put it in a cheesecloth pouch, boil the pouch in water. When the beeswax melts it will go through the mesh in the bag. Fish the bag of dead bugs out of the boil pan and throw it away.
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What about Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2.)? Why not that lube mix? My problem is if I start using that, how do I compensate for the loss of friction to my powder weight (other than shooting a zillion rounds at the range and figure it out the hard way). Does anyone have a crude (or accurate) compensation chart or info?
What about Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2.)? Why not that lube mix? My problem is if I start using that, how do I compensate for the loss of friction to my powder weight (other than shooting a zillion rounds at the range and figure it out the hard way). Does anyone have a crude (or accurate) compensation chart or info?
Don't introduce moly into the mix.
For one, any/all "friction-proofing" effects are totally lost in the BP patched and/or Minie ball world. Zero. Nada.
For two, it makes a helluva residual mess to clean out in conjunction w/ BP fouling. (Ask me... go ahead ask me.....
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For one, any/all "friction-proofing" effects are totally lost in the BP patched and/or Minie ball world. Zero. Nada.
For two, it makes a helluva residual mess to clean out in conjunction w/ BP fouling. (Ask me... go ahead ask me.....
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I was thinking I would use beeswax and whale oil for my next batch.I had gotten some synthetic whale oil for something several years ago and now there is about 1 cup left.
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