fiver
Well-Known Member
I was rummaging through all the lube odds and ends from the lube quest and decided to put together another batch of HOMO lube.
I got everything together and estimated the outcome and commenced to making a couple of batches up.
as the first one cooled off I looked it over and decided it needed more wax to firm it up even further so I added in a pound of bees-wax to the second batch.
and re-melted the first batch [except for about 8 oz's which I set aside] and added in the same amount of hard bees-wax.
I let both batches sit out to cool off while I went to the range and over to see a shooting buddy of mine at work.
I just went out to the garage to check everything out.
wouldn't you know it the first batch is sitting there feeling like play-dough with a touch of tackiness and good mush to it. [in other words just right]
the other two batches are just about rock hard [siiigh] so it looks like I will need to add in a little bit of softening agent and a little bit of flexifier. [also known as lithium grease and lanolin]
I did mix in some of the soap gel I made some time back and it really made everything lock together into a full grease matrix.
I should have known it was gonna harden up after about 12 hrs.
I only missed it by [ ] that much.
I got everything together and estimated the outcome and commenced to making a couple of batches up.
as the first one cooled off I looked it over and decided it needed more wax to firm it up even further so I added in a pound of bees-wax to the second batch.
and re-melted the first batch [except for about 8 oz's which I set aside] and added in the same amount of hard bees-wax.
I let both batches sit out to cool off while I went to the range and over to see a shooting buddy of mine at work.
I just went out to the garage to check everything out.
wouldn't you know it the first batch is sitting there feeling like play-dough with a touch of tackiness and good mush to it. [in other words just right]
the other two batches are just about rock hard [siiigh] so it looks like I will need to add in a little bit of softening agent and a little bit of flexifier. [also known as lithium grease and lanolin]
I did mix in some of the soap gel I made some time back and it really made everything lock together into a full grease matrix.
I should have known it was gonna harden up after about 12 hrs.
I only missed it by [ ] that much.