1 part beeswax, 1 part olive oil

[Tim_IA]

Simple lube. But what I have found, not that it really matters much. If it gets a little off smelling, just simply heat the mix back up again and the off smell goes away...

I am thinking of having my lassie pick me up some wintergreen oil next trip to the store for a little added aromatics.

 

[nit wit]

Olive oil was used early on, called sweet oil!
Nit Wit

 

[Tim_IA]

I didn't know that, thanks for the info Nit!

 

[Johnny Tremain]

Guess IM a bit modern, I use cornola oil, lard, and bee's wax.

 

[Brokennock]

I found 1:1 to be too stiff. I have a thread here somewhere depicting my method of using plastic shot-glasses to keep my ratios equal. By melting my beeswax and filling the shot glasses to the same amount it acts as a mold and I have a bunch of beeswax "ingots" ready to make lube, decide how many, and while they remelt, fill the shot glass to the same level as the wax for your 1:1 ratio.

I'll have to look later, I think my patch/wad lube is closer to 3 oil:1 wax and sometimes half a part of Murphy's Oil Soap (depends on my mood) and the mixture I use in really hot weather and to protect metal or seal my pan in rain is around 2 oil to 1 wax.
I use either olive oil or refined coconut oil. The coconut oil seems stiff at temps less than 70°f but melts with just the warmth of your skin. I like it for lubing wads.

Edit to add link for "parts" topic:
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/beeswax-lube-proportion-tip.120036/

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

For Minies and other BP bullets I find the stiffer 1-to-1 mix works the best ... for me.

 

[Tim_IA]

Pretty cool Brokennock!

My mixture is more guestimated measuring.
My little patch tin with some patches lubed at home and spare lube if need be when I am out shooting. The patches fit in the tin of lube as well. I am sure there are better options than how I do things.

 

[Frontier's]

If the lube breaks loose from the tin, it's too hard.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Guess IM a bit modern, I use cornola oil, lard, and bee's wax.

I have heard (probably from this forum) that canola oil has certain heat resisting properties and other qualities that make it highly suitable for our purposes. I'll have to try sometime.

 

[Frontier's]

Canola oil is what I use to season my cast iron. 5 or 6 treatments builds up a thick, slick, hard layer.

 

[AlexB]

Beeswax,olive oil and pork lard.
Generally 60% wax and 20% each of the other two.

 

[Daryl Crawford]

Think I'm about 2 to 1, wax to oil. I'm not to precise with it.

 

[Pratt]

I just might have to try some of these. I have used Crisco forever. Smell is like old pie crust.

 

[wiscoaster]

Olive oil makes it a little less stiff and is great for cooler weather.

 

[ROA457]

Olive oil makes it a little less stiff and is great for cooler weather.

I used Peanut oil, not only it’s a high temp oil but also what I had hanging around. Started 50/50 but was too stiff on cooling. Heated until mixed and stir whilst cooling to keep in solution. Checked consistency when cooled then adding oil until the mixture was where I wanted it and wouldn’t take any more after cooling. Mine is soft enough to squeeze through a syringe in winter, well Aussie winter that is 70F, and will not melt off the front of my cylinders at 100F.

 

[The Crisco Kid]

I used Crisco forever myself until a friend gave me his lube to try which is 2/1 lard / beeswax. This is for hunting. It's spit for all the match shooting.