Thinning White Label Carnauba Red

R

Rex

Active Member
Has anyone tried doing this? I like it but I pan lube and it gets hard to work with in my cold shop in the winter here in Nebraska. I've thought about melting and mixing some chasses grease with it but wanted to check with you fellows first.
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
C-Red definitely needs some heat to make it flow in my Lyman 4500. I'm guessing that you are flood-lubing and cookie-cuttering the bullets out (That's what I did with SPG and my conicals in the Hawkens and Zouave). I would just get the bullets out before the lube fully cools and hardens. I have also flood-lubed centerfire pistol and rifle bullets with 50/50 Alox/BW, and it gets stiff and hard to manage under 75* or so.
 
Ian

Ian

Notorious member
Dexron III automatic transmission fluid or laxative-grade heavy white mineral oil either one, start at 5% by weight (or volume if you know the volume of lube in your pan). These will reduce the viscosity without affecting the other properties of the lube.

Don't try to melt chassis grease in with it, trust me.
 
R

Rex

Active Member
Ian, thank you! I'll guess a bit as to amount but with a little trial I think that should help me out a lot.
 
R

Rex

Active Member
Boys, after looking at my primer situation and the prospects of getting more, I probably won't need to lube any bullets this winter anyway. It was just going to be a "time killer" for an old man anyway.
 
S

SWISS SHOOTER

Banned
Switch to 1/2 Lee, 1/2 Landmark liquid floor wax with enuf mineral spirts to make it a tumble lube and tumble lube followed by tumble in dry lube.

Full house loads in 10 mm pistol. Good accuracy, no leading.

IMG_2325.jpeg
 
Ian

Ian

Notorious member
Nope, hexagonal Boron Nitride. The powder pictured by appearance is almost certainly motor mica, I was just curious if it might actually be hBN. I've been threatening to mix 5 micron hBN with powder coating powder for some time but until my 100-yard sand trap is completed, all rifle shooting is off.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.