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Posted: 9/15/2016 12:03:06 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/15/2016 12:49:26 AM EDT
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Quoted: I've read all sorts of ratio's, what's the consensus here? I got pure Lanolin and 99% Isopropyl alcohol and the best misting spray bottle I could find on Amazon. I got a ton of brass to size and not paying for Dillon lube anymore, but I wanna mimic Dillon's recipe. Always had good luck with it. |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 1:07:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI cut the ration in half and it works well. That thread says 1:8, I found 1:16 works just as well and it's a thinner lube, almost feels like dry lube. Very soft, slick, dry feel. Not oily at all. |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 1:09:49 AM EDT
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I cut the ration in half and it works well. That thread says 1:8, I found 1:16 works just as well and it's a thinner lube, almost feels like dry lube. Very soft, slick, dry feel. Not oily at all. Quote HistoryQuoted:
I cut the ration in half and it works well. That thread says 1:8, I found 1:16 works just as well and it's a thinner lube, almost feels like dry lube. Very soft, slick, dry feel. Not oily at all. Yeah too hard to tumble off, I added more alcohol. |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 8:22:21 AM EDT
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This worked extremely well for me. One batch of it lasted about a year, and I shoot probably 5K 223/y.
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Posted: 9/15/2016 8:26:46 AM EDT
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I've been thinking about this as well since I'm about to start reloading .223.
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Posted: 9/15/2016 2:50:50 PM EDT
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I use about a 12:1 ratio.
Love the stuff. |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 4:18:01 PM EDT
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Just give the brass enough time for the alcohol to evaporate off before the cases are run through through the sizer!!!!!
Hence the alcohol is just being used as a thinning agent so the Lanolin can be applied to the case thinly, and again, you have to allow enough time for the alcohol to evaporate off. So if you thin the Lanolin too much, then not only do you need to apply more spray, but having a longer time for the added alcohol to evaporate off as well. 
or, 
As for a more expensive source for Lanolin, 
Hence with the two above mixed, you end end up with this (lanolin and methanol), 
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Posted: 9/15/2016 5:23:07 PM EDT
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If buying HEET, which is what I do because it is 99% isopropyl alcohol and readily available... Get the Iso-Heet in the red bottle. DO NOT USE METHANOL! DO NOT USE HEET IN YELLOW BOTTLE. USE HEET IN RED BOTTLE.... or off brands named Iso- whatever ... which are labeled 99% isopropyl alcohol. |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 5:52:14 PM EDT
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Sorry Dano....but Good Gosh NO! This has been covered 1000 times ... particularly in the aforementioned thread......14 pages of information and counting.....including methanol v iso discussion. DO NOT USE METHANOL! DO NOT USE HEET IN YELLOW BOTTLE. USE HEET IN RED BOTTLE ... Dano, I am not going to argue about it ....but imo you would be doing everyone a favor if you took down your methanol post just above this one. The recipe uses Red Bottle ISO HEET. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just give the brass enough time for the alcohol to evaporate off before the cases are run through through the sizer!!!!! Hence the alcohol is just being used as a thinning agent so the Lanolin can be applied to the case thinly, and again, you have to allow enough time for the alcohol to evaporate off. So if you thin the Lanolin too much, then not only do you need to apply more spray, but having a longer time for the added alcohol to evaporate off as well. As for 99% Isopropyl alcohol it works pretty well, since it's evaporation rate is not a monster to evaporate out of spray bottle between uses, but looking for shorter wait times before you can put the cases through the sizerrs, then methanol has a faster evaporation rate instead. If your looking for a small source amounts of methanol, then a bottle of Heet is just the ticket, since that is what Heet is. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlfUB3exCv3UTY1gvccqnzsdREUmJPVPRW2ji30_b9q1v7OrD4UiVaFRoOHzRyziVeQWVB8G2D&usqp=CAY As for a more expensive source for Lanolin, http://www.bushwear.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/d/adc4myzsx3PJljTdkf54tI4IOcUbyvV7-24_6.jpg Hence with the two above mixed, you end end up with this (lanolin and methanol), https://reloadingunlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/RCBS-Case-Slick-Spray-Lube-4-oz-Pump-510x600.jpg Sorry Dano....but Good Gosh NO! This has been covered 1000 times ... particularly in the aforementioned thread......14 pages of information and counting.....including methanol v iso discussion. DO NOT USE METHANOL! DO NOT USE HEET IN YELLOW BOTTLE. USE HEET IN RED BOTTLE ... Dano, I am not going to argue about it ....but imo you would be doing everyone a favor if you took down your methanol post just above this one. The recipe uses Red Bottle ISO HEET. I use isopropyl alky for rubbing sore muscles... No way in hell I'd use methanol for that... Now, I do use methanol for fuel in the drag car. |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 6:04:35 PM EDT
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The wife drove around today while I was at work trying to source rubbing alcohol a spray bottle and lanolin. She found exactly zero of the three items. All the rubbing alcohol was 91% she couldn't find anything higher than that. She couldn't find any lanolin and at that point she called off the spray bottle search. She said she'd look at work tonight.
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Posted: 9/15/2016 6:38:44 PM EDT
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The wife drove around today while I was at work trying to source rubbing alcohol a spray bottle and lanolin. She found exactly zero of the three items. All the rubbing alcohol was 91% she couldn't find anything higher than that. She couldn't find any lanolin and at that point she called off the spray bottle search. She said she'd look at work tonight. Amazon. It was cheap, easy, no running around and I found exactly what I needed. It even brought up the other stuff in the "purchased together" thing at the bottom of the page. |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 7:14:40 PM EDT
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The wife drove around today while I was at work trying to source rubbing alcohol a spray bottle and lanolin. She found exactly zero of the three items. All the rubbing alcohol was 91% she couldn't find anything higher than that. She couldn't find any lanolin and at that point she called off the spray bottle search. She said she'd look at work tonight. There is NOTHING wrong with 91% iso alky. Have used it for years. |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 7:46:28 PM EDT
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There is NOTHING wrong with 91% iso alky. Have used it for years. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The wife drove around today while I was at work trying to source rubbing alcohol a spray bottle and lanolin. She found exactly zero of the three items. All the rubbing alcohol was 91% she couldn't find anything higher than that. She couldn't find any lanolin and at that point she called off the spray bottle search. She said she'd look at work tonight. There is NOTHING wrong with 91% iso alky. Have used it for years. Oh, then I'll have her pickup 91%. Thanks. |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 8:10:37 PM EDT
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I used the home made stuff for a 2 years.
I went back to the RCBS spray lube , I like it better. |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 8:31:24 PM EDT
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Oh, then I'll have her pickup 91%. Thanks. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The wife drove around today while I was at work trying to source rubbing alcohol a spray bottle and lanolin. She found exactly zero of the three items. All the rubbing alcohol was 91% she couldn't find anything higher than that. She couldn't find any lanolin and at that point she called off the spray bottle search. She said she'd look at work tonight. There is NOTHING wrong with 91% iso alky. Have used it for years. Oh, then I'll have her pickup 91%. Thanks. 91 works, but iso heet is 99, and in every hardware and auto store in the country (automotive section of your hardware store or Wal-Mart) Higher proof alky evaporates better. I order lanolin from Amazon. Cant find it locally in small towns. |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 8:54:31 PM EDT
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The problem with 91%, is it has 9 percent water, and takes longer for the alcohol/water to evaporate off isntead.
As for a source for it, something like Sally beauty supplies carriers it in 99% form. If you don't have Sally's in your town, call up a hair salon and ask them where they buy their scissors, and trimmers from locally. Short of this, Walmart of any auto parts store will have the red bottles of heat isntead. As for the pure liquid lanolin, CVS carries it if you don't want to have to order it isntead. http://www.cvs.com/shop/beauty/bath-body/body-lotion-oils-sprays/home-health-lanolin-liquid-4-oz-prodid-512323 |
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Posted: 9/15/2016 9:51:17 PM EDT
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I'm going to mix some up 12:1 and see how it works for me. If it doesn't, I'll kick it up a notch.
I use the box method, but I found this cool old Tupperware one day cleaning out My moms basement, I remember it from when I was a kid. Wish I could have found the lid. 
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Posted: 9/15/2016 10:05:43 PM EDT
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I'm going to mix some up 12:1 and see how it works for me. If it doesn't, I'll kick it up a notch. I use the box method, but I found this cool old Tupperware one day cleaning out My moms basement, I remember it from when I was a kid. Wish I could have found the lid. http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag124/71metbu/DAVE-PC/Reloading/brass/20160915_163402_zpspvbuvzao.jpg Not the way you want to spray them, all bunked up in a pile. Get them flat/one layer deep, 
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Posted: 9/15/2016 10:44:12 PM EDT
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Spray, shake, spray, shake, swish them till they stand up, spray some into the necks, shake, let dry, small spritz, shake, and into the hopper they go. Works just fine.
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Posted: 9/16/2016 10:16:15 AM EDT
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91 works, but iso heet is 99, and in every hardware and auto store in the country (automotive section of your hardware store or Wal-Mart) Higher proof alky evaporates better. I order lanolin from Amazon. Cant find it locally in small towns. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The wife drove around today while I was at work trying to source rubbing alcohol a spray bottle and lanolin. She found exactly zero of the three items. All the rubbing alcohol was 91% she couldn't find anything higher than that. She couldn't find any lanolin and at that point she called off the spray bottle search. She said she'd look at work tonight. There is NOTHING wrong with 91% iso alky. Have used it for years. Oh, then I'll have her pickup 91%. Thanks. 91 works, but iso heet is 99, and in every hardware and auto store in the country (automotive section of your hardware store or Wal-Mart) Higher proof alky evaporates better. I order lanolin from Amazon. Cant find it locally in small towns. I just walked into a high end salon, nothing but hot chicks and asked if they had any lanolin. They said no. Then they asked what I needed it for. I left it vague with, "Oh, you don't really want to know what I'm going to use it for." and walked out. They all had a look of horror on their face. It was awesome.
Looks like I'll be ordering a bottle from Amazon. |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 10:19:15 AM EDT
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I just walked into a high end salon, nothing but hot chicks and asked if they had any lanolin. They said no. Then they asked what I needed it for. I left it vague with, "Oh, you don't really want to know what I'm going to use it for." and walked out. They all had a look of horror on their face. It was awesome.
Looks like I'll be ordering a bottle from Amazon. Should have asked for it by name... "Nipple lube." |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 10:33:49 AM EDT
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I've read all sorts of ratio's, what's the consensus here? I got pure Lanolin and 99% Isopropyl alcohol and the best misting spray bottle I could find on Amazon. I got a ton of brass to size and not paying for Dillon lube anymore, but I wanna mimic Dillon's recipe. Always had good luck with it. You have the right stuff. I use the exact same. I have found that 1:16 is plenty rich enough. Any thicker and it's VERY easy to put on way to much. I like the way Dryflash lubes his cases. But I lay mine all oriented the same on a old plastic water softener salt bag laid flat. Spray at a 30-45 degree angle at the mouth of the case. Roll them with your hand until they have been completely covered with lube. Any way you can figure to get lube inside the neck is good. After all case prep is completed, I just wash them again with dawn and lemishine or recently have used corn cob grit to tumble off lube. I've read your threads, you'll figure it out. But I think 1:16 is what you are looking for. |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 10:42:37 AM EDT
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Should have asked for it by name... "Nipple lube." Quote HistoryQuoted:
I just walked into a high end salon, nothing but hot chicks and asked if they had any lanolin. They said no. Then they asked what I needed it for. I left it vague with, "Oh, you don't really want to know what I'm going to use it for." and walked out. They all had a look of horror on their face. It was awesome.
Looks like I'll be ordering a bottle from Amazon. Should have asked for it by name... "Nipple lube." Dammit!! I should've.
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Posted: 9/16/2016 11:12:40 AM EDT
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You have the right stuff. I use the exact same. I have found that 1:16 is plenty rich enough. Any thicker and it's VERY easy to put on way to much. I like the way Dryflash lubes his cases. But I lay mine all oriented the same on a old plastic water softener salt bag laid flat. Spray at a 30-45 degree angle at the mouth of the case. Roll them with your hand until they have been completely covered with lube. Any way you can figure to get lube inside the neck is good. After all case prep is completed, I just wash them again with dawn and lemishine or recently have used corn cob grit to tumble off lube. I've read your threads, you'll figure it out. But I think 1:16 is what you are looking for. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've read all sorts of ratio's, what's the consensus here? I got pure Lanolin and 99% Isopropyl alcohol and the best misting spray bottle I could find on Amazon. I got a ton of brass to size and not paying for Dillon lube anymore, but I wanna mimic Dillon's recipe. Always had good luck with it. You have the right stuff. I use the exact same. I have found that 1:16 is plenty rich enough. Any thicker and it's VERY easy to put on way to much. I like the way Dryflash lubes his cases. But I lay mine all oriented the same on a old plastic water softener salt bag laid flat. Spray at a 30-45 degree angle at the mouth of the case. Roll them with your hand until they have been completely covered with lube. Any way you can figure to get lube inside the neck is good. After all case prep is completed, I just wash them again with dawn and lemishine or recently have used corn cob grit to tumble off lube. I've read your threads, you'll figure it out. But I think 1:16 is what you are looking for. Cool, Thank You. I do it just like Dryflash, just with a round container. |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 11:19:40 AM EDT
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I settled on about a 14:1 ratio. I've been using this DIY stuff for the past 6 years and its awesome.
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Posted: 9/16/2016 8:35:32 PM EDT
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Old pic,, started with RCBS, but for last few yr, been doing Lanolin as I got a few bottle worth free from in-laws.. Have also switched to ISO HEET red bottle too
Spray bottles,, found them in a used car during inspection... still have them 
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Posted: 9/16/2016 10:15:39 PM EDT
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Sensual Amber and Cucumber melon body splash?
I hope to get to mixing this up and sizing this weekend. I got kicked in the balls by life again Yesterday. I just can't seem to win lately. |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 10:32:08 PM EDT
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I still use 1 gallon zip lock bags to lube my cases in. If I get interrupted, I don't have to worry about dust or dirt settling on the cases and maybe scratching my dies.
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Posted: 9/21/2016 6:36:38 PM EDT
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I just mixed up my bootleg case lube. Even though I've had the alcohol and lanolin for a few days; I've been sick so didn't have the energy to mix it up. Still feel like crap but I had a bit more energy to do stuff.
I did the 1:8 mixture from the other thread. Sprayed about forty .223 cases in a one gallon zip lock bag with it. Shook it up and then let them sit in a bin on my bench for a few minutes. It worked great I full length sized all of them without any problems. I then tumbled them for 30 minutes to remove the lube then swagged and trimmed them. I also came to the realization that I need to change my corn cob media; it's getting really dirty. Now to make a trip to Cabela's for primers and powder, I have cases and 500 55 grain boat tail FMJ projectiles but no powder or primers.
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Posted: 9/28/2016 12:04:54 AM EDT
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So, I'm finally feeling better, got out to the bench for awhile today.
I got a 16 fluid ounce bottle of 99% alcohol, and a 4 fluid ounce bottle of Lanolin, so 1:12 means about 1.3 fluid ounce of lanolin to 16 fluid ounce of alcohol, right? Set my bottle on the scale, measured out 1.3 ounces of lanolin, dumped in 16 fluid ounces of alcohol, ended up with like 14.3 or so ounces of mix. I don't remember what it was now. But I made a miscalculation when I went from fluid ounces to "regular" ounces. I guess. Never thought about it till my math didn't come out right.
I guess a fluid ounce and ounces are different? I'll have to Google that. It's a little darker then Dillon lube. I'll find out how it works tomorrow. |
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Posted: 9/28/2016 6:51:13 AM EDT
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So, I'm finally feeling better, got out to the bench for awhile today. I got a 16 fluid ounce bottle of 99% alcohol, and a 4 fluid ounce bottle of Lanolin, so 1:12 means about 1.3 fluid ounce of lanolin to 16 fluid ounce of alcohol, right? Set my bottle on the scale, measured out 1.3 ounces of lanolin, dumped in 16 fluid ounces of alcohol, ended up with like 14.3 or so ounces of mix. I don't remember what it was now. But I made a miscalculation when I went from fluid ounces to "regular" ounces. I guess. Never thought about it till my math didn't come out right.
I guess a fluid ounce and ounces are different? I'll have to Google that. It's a little darker then Dillon lube. I'll find out how it works tomorrow. Mine was a bit dark too. I just added a little more alcohol. I tried measuring it out, but math was never my strong point so I just eyeballed it for the most part. |
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Posted: 9/28/2016 11:39:55 AM EDT
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So, I'm finally feeling better, got out to the bench for awhile today. I got a 16 fluid ounce bottle of 99% alcohol, and a 4 fluid ounce bottle of Lanolin, so 1:12 means about 1.3 fluid ounce of lanolin to 16 fluid ounce of alcohol, right? Set my bottle on the scale, measured out 1.3 ounces of lanolin, dumped in 16 fluid ounces of alcohol, ended up with like 14.3 or so ounces of mix. I don't remember what it was now. But I made a miscalculation when I went from fluid ounces to "regular" ounces. I guess. Never thought about it till my math didn't come out right.
I guess a fluid ounce and ounces are different? I'll have to Google that. It's a little darker then Dillon lube. I'll find out how it works tomorrow. Ounces are a weight measurement, fluid ounces are a volume measurement. Not related unless you start playing in specific gravity. |
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Posted: 9/28/2016 12:44:14 PM EDT
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Specific gravity, I was usually stoned in my High School physics class.
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Posted: 9/28/2016 4:42:09 PM EDT
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Recipe is by volume and it's not critical that you be super precise.
I use 99% isopropyl alcohol ( my employer is required to put an exspiration date on every chemical) slated for disposal from work. I've used 91% alcohol with good results as well. My ratio is 16 fluid oz of alcohol to one fluid oz lanolin. Lanolin is very thick at room temp so the warming is critical to getting a good emulsion of lube. |
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Posted: 9/28/2016 10:38:48 PM EDT
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I'll tell you what, that 99% alcohol will put you down if you get a big enough whiff.
Dillon must use 91%.
I got a batch drying right now, may try to go out later and run it. |
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Posted: 9/29/2016 12:50:53 AM EDT
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So I ran about 250 with Dillon lube, and 250 with Homebrew. I like the Homebrew better.
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Posted: 9/29/2016 6:20:45 AM EDT
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I use 99% alcohol and lanolin mixed 12:1. It's the best stuff I have ever used.
To lube my brass I put t all the cases in a large ziplock bag, spray 3-4 good squirts in the bag, seal it up, then shake/roll the bag around. This gives me pretty evenly covered brass. |
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Posted: 9/29/2016 2:48:12 PM EDT
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I'll tell you what, that 99% alcohol will put you down if you get a big enough whiff. Dillon must use 91%.
I got a batch drying right now, may try to go out later and run it. The 99% dries very quickly and the 16:1 ratio feels almost like a dry lube once the alcohol evaporates. |
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