Brother_Love
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I cleaned out my Lyman 45 and boiled and oiled my sizing dies to remove all the old lube. I have all the ingredients to make a batch in the next couple of weeks.
Getting ready for Ben's red!
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I cleaned out my Lyman 45 and boiled and oiled my sizing dies to remove all the old lube. I have all the ingredients to make a batch in the next couple of weeks.
Malcolm :
Keep the heat as low as possible.
Use more stirring ( I use a wisk ) than heat.
Go slow , you'll think at 1st that everything isn't going to melt and blend together .......but it will.
It just won't do it in 10 minutes.
If it starts to smell bad and smoke, you're using too much heat.
If any of us can help in anyway, please call on us.
Ben
Keep the heat as low as possible.
Use more stirring ( I use a wisk ) than heat.
Go slow , you'll think at 1st that everything isn't going to melt and blend together .......but it will.
It just won't do it in 10 minutes.
If it starts to smell bad and smoke, you're using too much heat.
If any of us can help in anyway, please call on us.
Ben
Brother_Love
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Thanks for the tip. I am planning to cook it outside on the gas grill burner.
Melt everything except the beeswax together first. Get the grease as close to fully melted as possible. Like Ben said, low heat for a period of time with lots of mixing.
Once it is melted and mixed well remove from the heat and add the beeswax. Stir a bunch. The residual heat will melt the wax and by removing from the heat you reduce the chance of scorching the beeswax.
This lube, like many, needs to sit overnight to really see how it will feel. Remelting it over low heat will actually make it better, just don't scorch it.
Once it is melted and mixed well remove from the heat and add the beeswax. Stir a bunch. The residual heat will melt the wax and by removing from the heat you reduce the chance of scorching the beeswax.
This lube, like many, needs to sit overnight to really see how it will feel. Remelting it over low heat will actually make it better, just don't scorch it.
Brother_Love
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I will heat it very, very slowly while stirring. I am taking this good advice to heart! Thanks
fiver
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I make a lube similar to Ben's and Brad's method is the one I follow.
the grease needs heat to melt down [350-f plus] for many it's over 450-f and will leave some serious scars.
once it's melted I start adding the other ingredients to draw down the temperature then the wax.
quite often I melt my B-wax separately and pour it in as a liquid.
stirring everything constantly as the whole thing cools down.
one more thing about lube making.
don't judge the results for 24 hours.
let everything settle down and combine at room temperature unless your going to cut it into strips.
then get it cut and let it sit.
the grease needs heat to melt down [350-f plus] for many it's over 450-f and will leave some serious scars.
once it's melted I start adding the other ingredients to draw down the temperature then the wax.
quite often I melt my B-wax separately and pour it in as a liquid.
stirring everything constantly as the whole thing cools down.
one more thing about lube making.
don't judge the results for 24 hours.
let everything settle down and combine at room temperature unless your going to cut it into strips.
then get it cut and let it sit.
Brother_Love
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I removed them for the boiling but threw them in hot tap water to clean them. It did not seem to hurt them.
Ian
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Lithi-bee type lubes made with lithium soap grease usually benefit greatly from a very slow re-melt the following day. You can't truly melt the grease without going way above the scorch point of the beeswax, so you kind of have to 'dissolve' the grease in the wax, hence low heat and lots of time stirring. If you cut the solidified lube into chunks and re-melt them while constantly stirring them around in the pot with a wooden spoon or similar, you'll get a homogenized gravy-like substance. Gentle, gentle with the direct heat from a gas burner! Direct flame will scorch beeswax in an instant, so stir, stir, stir! You will likely get a blister from your stirring instrument, I recommend wearing leather gloves from the start.
fiver
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I use a blender with one beater installed.
it just sits there slowly whirring away keeping everything moving.
when I make my moly complex lube I make the two half components first then blend them together and add the moly.
when I add the moly the lube isn't even melted I hold it at the consistency of thick peanut butter or wheel bearing grease.
then add in the poly glycol based moly lube. [I heat it quickly in the micro-wave]
if I don't add it in the thickened wax mix the moly particles will fall out of the liquid and lay on the bottom of the pan.
it just sits there slowly whirring away keeping everything moving.
when I make my moly complex lube I make the two half components first then blend them together and add the moly.
when I add the moly the lube isn't even melted I hold it at the consistency of thick peanut butter or wheel bearing grease.
then add in the poly glycol based moly lube. [I heat it quickly in the micro-wave]
if I don't add it in the thickened wax mix the moly particles will fall out of the liquid and lay on the bottom of the pan.