a friend of mine advised me to make my own case lube. he said to use lanolin and alchol. has anybody done this and how does it work/
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Re: home made case lube
Ive heard of this combo before. Any idea on the mix ratios?
Ive heard of this combo before. Any idea on the mix ratios?
Re: home made case lube
I am told that it is 80/20 alcohol/lanolin. I bought the stuff to make it a while back and, after several thousand cases, still haven't used up the 8 oz. bottle of RCBS lube that I had bought. I really don't think it's worth the trouble to make your own. I had to order the lanolin from Amazon...
I am told that it is 80/20 alcohol/lanolin. I bought the stuff to make it a while back and, after several thousand cases, still haven't used up the 8 oz. bottle of RCBS lube that I had bought. I really don't think it's worth the trouble to make your own. I had to order the lanolin from Amazon...
Re: home made case lube
Imperial Sizing Die Wax is cheap(if you useit like you are sposed to) and I have never stuck a case with it. it makes sizing the big nasties like straight walls a breeze.Most cartridges it makes effortless.
There is no point or need to make your own when a superior product such as ISDWexists.
Imperial Sizing Die Wax is cheap(if you useit like you are sposed to) and I have never stuck a case with it. it makes sizing the big nasties like straight walls a breeze.Most cartridges it makes effortless.
There is no point or need to make your own when a superior product such as ISDWexists.
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I use this all the time. Liquid lanolin is found at health stores and the alcohol that I use is Iso-heat fuel line drier. The red bottle. It is 94% alcohol. I've been using this mixture for over ten years with no problems. Joe
I use this all the time. Liquid lanolin is found at health stores and the alcohol that I use is Iso-heat fuel line drier. The red bottle. It is 94% alcohol. I've been using this mixture for over ten years with no problems. Joe
Re: home made case lube
Check Fr.Frogs Pad.
Lots of home made stuff on his site for gun related things including cleaners and lubes.
Terry
Check Fr.Frogs Pad.
Lots of home made stuff on his site for gun related things including cleaners and lubes.
Terry
Re: home made case lube
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: armorpl8chikn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Imperial Sizing Die Wax is cheap(if you useit like you are sposed to) and I have never stuck a case with it. it makes sizing the big nasties like straight walls a breeze.Most cartridges it makes effortless.
There is no point or need to make your own when a superior product such as ISDWexists. </div></div>
+1 ... I won't use anything else.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: armorpl8chikn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Imperial Sizing Die Wax is cheap(if you useit like you are sposed to) and I have never stuck a case with it. it makes sizing the big nasties like straight walls a breeze.Most cartridges it makes effortless.
There is no point or need to make your own when a superior product such as ISDWexists. </div></div>
+1 ... I won't use anything else.
Re: home made case lube
When time is of no consequence AND you're rocking a single stage press...OR you're doing heavy forming of cases, imperial sizing wax is the slickest stuff I've ever come across.
The 99% alcohol and lanolin also makes good lube, but I've found it isn't easy to get off, particularly if you clean with stainless. If you're only putting 50-100 cases in the tumbler, it comes off fine, but if you try and run a big batch, there just isn't enough water/detergent in the tumbler drum to emulsify all the lanolin. You end up with 1/3 to 1/2 of the lanolin emulsified in the water/detergent, and the other 1/2 - 2/3 in a homogeneous oily coating over everything inside the tumbler.
I load en-masse on a progressive. I will deprime and resize hundreds of cases at a time on the press, then clean with stainless, then put them back through the press to load.
I've found that for basic FLS'ing or NS'ing, plain Ivory liquid dish detergent works great, and obviously comes off in the tumbler just great. The trick is to not use too much Ivory, and to allow it to sit for 15 minutes to "dry" into a waxy coating on the cases before sizing. Otherwise its lubricity is shit.
If you go the lanolin route:
You'll need "100% pure liquid lanolin". Cheapest place I've found it is on Amazon.com.
The 4oz bottle will make a gallon (or close to it) of lube. Trust me, a little of this goes a long frickin way.
My local walmart/meijer carries the 99% isopropyl alcohol.
ONLY use 99% alcohol, as a lower percentage will not dissolve the lanolin properly.
When time is of no consequence AND you're rocking a single stage press...OR you're doing heavy forming of cases, imperial sizing wax is the slickest stuff I've ever come across.
The 99% alcohol and lanolin also makes good lube, but I've found it isn't easy to get off, particularly if you clean with stainless. If you're only putting 50-100 cases in the tumbler, it comes off fine, but if you try and run a big batch, there just isn't enough water/detergent in the tumbler drum to emulsify all the lanolin. You end up with 1/3 to 1/2 of the lanolin emulsified in the water/detergent, and the other 1/2 - 2/3 in a homogeneous oily coating over everything inside the tumbler.
I load en-masse on a progressive. I will deprime and resize hundreds of cases at a time on the press, then clean with stainless, then put them back through the press to load.
I've found that for basic FLS'ing or NS'ing, plain Ivory liquid dish detergent works great, and obviously comes off in the tumbler just great. The trick is to not use too much Ivory, and to allow it to sit for 15 minutes to "dry" into a waxy coating on the cases before sizing. Otherwise its lubricity is shit.
If you go the lanolin route:
You'll need "100% pure liquid lanolin". Cheapest place I've found it is on Amazon.com.
The 4oz bottle will make a gallon (or close to it) of lube. Trust me, a little of this goes a long frickin way.
My local walmart/meijer carries the 99% isopropyl alcohol.
ONLY use 99% alcohol, as a lower percentage will not dissolve the lanolin properly.
Re: home made case lube
I mix lanolin with bees wax and make a sizing wax. It does cross link an polymerize in the container after about a year. Imperial seems to stay soft. Maybe the addition of lard/alcohol would help.
I mix lanolin with bees wax and make a sizing wax. It does cross link an polymerize in the container after about a year. Imperial seems to stay soft. Maybe the addition of lard/alcohol would help.
Re: home made case lube
Hornadys Unique case lube is as good as Imperial and it's cheaper, I wont use anything else.
Hornadys Unique case lube is as good as Imperial and it's cheaper, I wont use anything else.
Re: home made case lube
Just made a batch from 99 ISO and liquid Lanolin. 16 ozs ISO to 2 ozs lanolin. Crock pot used to heat both. Mix and shake well.
Just made a batch from 99 ISO and liquid Lanolin. 16 ozs ISO to 2 ozs lanolin. Crock pot used to heat both. Mix and shake well.
