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.

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?

kg

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

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...).

kg

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Canuck 44 that almost sounds like a dig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EH....
Ken

Welcome Marcello, from down in the swamp. Post your guns, loads or anything you like as we enjoy it all. Enjoy.

Huh,

All in good fun.

Take Care Eh

Bob

Welcome Marcello!

Back 35 years ago when I started casting my own boolits, I used a lube recipe of 1/3 Beeswax, 1/3 parafin wax. and 1/3 mineral oil. It worked (and still works) just fine.

I own a Taurus Raging Bull and a Puma Legacy model 92 .454 Casull that were built in Brazil. It's a fine rifle, although a little tough on the shoulder after about 50 rounds.

Hi 454PB,
Thanks for the wellcome.
You have two nice guns...and must be strong to shoot 50 rounds with rifle...
I have one of those and work very nice.
My lube works really nice, the carnauba leave the barrel shining...
here in Brasil I make boolits to sell , about 500.000 a month, i use Magma equipament and automatic lube star.
The most popular boolits are 40's, 9mm, 38/357, 45auto.
We have a site called Tiro Dinamico (www.tirodinamico.com.br) like this one, just in portuguese.
Thank you again for the warm reception in this forum, and if you want to known anything , just let me known.

Take Care,

Marcello

PS. what about shot show in Orlando jan/07?

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Originally Posted by kg42

I have already all the ingredients except 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...). kg

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If you're willing to put up with the bother,:shock: just empty a Makers Mark bourbon bottle, and then cut the carnauba wax off that makes the decorative seal over the cap and neck of the bottle.

I know it's a thankless job, but it is one way to accumulate some free wax.:coffee:

Free, eh...? But does it help with the price of cheese? (I'm sure it would make them LOOK bigger... :mrgreen:)

Man I went the cheese route. I still get head aches from a tasting session down in Denver based on the bar keep referred to as sippin whiskey. Worked on the girl I was with oh my it isn't single malt Scotch. Oh a mis spent youth.....

Take Care Eh

Bob