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Lube Wax
Hi everybody,
this is my first time in this forum, I'm from Brasil and cast bullets here.
I make my own wax for lube in the Magma lubstar with heated base and its work preet good.
The receipt is:
Bee wax 71%
Parafin 17%
Carnauba wax 5%
Mineral oil (baby oil) 5%
Crayon (red) 2%
I put in tubes of 3/4 diameter and 4 inchs long and freeze before use.
Hope somebody else try this and send comments.
Tks.
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Hi Marcello, welcome aboard!
Where do you find your carnauba wax?
That must be one hard lube you made there :)? What are you shooting it in?
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Hi there,
Tank you.
I buy carnauba wax here in Brasil , is ease to find an cheap.
i shoot in almost all calibers I cast , like 357 , 9mm, 357 sig,45auto, 44mag, rifle boolits etc..
Works very nice and I don't have any lead in my barrels.
There is not so hard... I use with heated base in my machine to make it ease.
If you wanna try I can send to you a sample, just send me the directions.
Marcello
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Thanks for the offer Marcello, but I have already all the ingredients exept the carnauba.
Here in Canada carnauba grows on cheese and in car polish :mrgreen:, I understand it is mostly usefull for bore polishing so I haven't gotten any yet (and those cheeses are damn small and expensive too...).
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You absolute right , small and very expansive...:cry:
I dont know how it work in Canada... but I think you can buy carnauba from USA or Brasil or maybe in ebay. Try ebay , they have almost all stufs.
nice talk with you.
Marcello
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Hi Marcello,
Welcome. If I am not mistaken, I believe you are the first South American member of any of the three Gunloads forums. :-D It's good to have such a diverse membership with all the different ideas and methods that they bring. What powders, brass, and moulds are easily available for you in Brazil? I am curious to compare with what our Austrailian and European friends have on hand.
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Hi Versifier and thank you for the wellcome,
Here in Brasil we have a lot of components , do you know Magtec boolits?
So this company is a subsidiary of CBC (brasilian company).
They have a lot of powders , primers and cases.
I still use cases from federal and remingthon etc.. , primers from CCI , winchester etc... powders from alliant , IMR , Hodgon etc...
my machines is from Dillon and RCBS.
I cast my own bullets from a Magma master caster , using molds from Magma , Nei, RCBS, Lymman etc...
As you can see, the most popular stuf are available here.
The process we use to reload is basicly the same, I use to wash my cases a little bit diferent , only in water solution ( no tumbler ).
Please ask what else you want to know and thank you again.
Marcello
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Marcello Morbin
Welcome to the board from Canada. These are three great sites and I am sure you will enjoy them. Keep us abreast of what is going on down your way. Enjoy your spring.
Take Care
Bob
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Hi Bob, thank you,
If you need any information just let me know, my english is not very good ... but I 'll keep trying...
You absolut rigth , these site is very nice and I am learning a lot.
Take care
Marcello
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Marcello Morbin
Hi
Not to worry your English is a whole lot better than my Portuguese. You will do fine. Besides most of the guys here speak American which is an offshoot of the English language at best, anyway.:mrgreen:
Take Care Eh!
Bob