Beeswax source

[Linc]

Snowdragon, I made up some lube using the toilet wax and olive oil. Tried it at didn't care for it much. It was a be-itch to clean out of the bore. Re-melted it and stuck in a candle wick. It's not a bad candle.LOL. But it doesn't smell to good when you blow out the flame.

 

[50cal.cliff]

Beeswax - Hobby Lobby if you don't have one close by you can order it on line!
http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/natural-beeswax-block-340257/

 

[PA.1740]

Look on Ebay Ifound 61/2# for $30. have a lot of smaller stuff to
Phil

 

[Rifleman1776]

Paul answered it well. There are many-many folks who raise bees than is generally known. Your local extension service agent can point you to beekeepers. Or you can buy the much more expensive stuff commercially.

 

[majg1234]

Hobby Lobby in Chattanooga has some,I bought a good bit off E-Bay once and then from a guy on CASTBOOLETS it is raw unfiltered but works great

 

[Stumpkiller]

I get mine from www.beeswaxfrombeekeepers.com

Always great product.

 

[tomme boy]

Look up a member on the Cast Boolits forum by the name of randyrat. He sells a few differant types of wax. This is where I get all of mine. The last time I was at a hobby store it was $17/lb. No way I will pay anything like that ever again. Randy is way cheaper and a very good person.

 

[mjac]

Thanks for all the helpful replies guys. I did find an ebay source that could furnish the small quantity I was seeking and had free shipping. I'll keep the info I received here handy for my next foray into lube making.
Thanks again.

 

[vietnam71]

Mac,

Thanks for your military service. 3BN 5th Marines.



Charlie
aka vietnam71
US Navy Vietnam 1971 thru 1975
USArmy 1982 thru 1996

 

[smo]

The Tandy in Chattanooga is just of I 75 on Bonney Oaks drive just North of Hwy.153. I'm just South of your place in the Decatur/Athens Tn. area. :thumbsup:

 

[mjac]

Mac,

Thanks for your military service. 3BN 5th Marines.



Charlie
aka vietnam71
US Navy Vietnam 1971 thru 1975
USArmy 1982 thru 1996

and for yours also. Welcome home.

 

[Maestro]

Good source: Draper Super Bee Apiary

 

[nkbj]

Got mine here last time. It's about time to get some more. http://www.rudyshoney.com/

 

[mjac]

The Tandy in Chattanooga is just of I 75 on Bonney Oaks drive just North of Hwy.153. I'm just South of your place in the Decatur/Athens Tn. area. :thumbsup:

Yeah, thanks. I think I'll get by there next week. I want some leather stuff also.
Btw, you must have moved? Waverly is west of Nashville.

 

[chawbeef]

Boog, I tried some toilet bowl wax and olive oil many years ago, cuz I didn't know any better. It did ok, I guess, but later I found out that the wax is made out of polysomethingorother, not organic at all. It has the potential to leave burned crud in the bore. I still have a tub of it, and when compared to olive oil and beewax mix, the toilet stuff acts sticky and stringy, like melted cotton candy. Maybe because it's 20 years old, but I know the beeswax lube will still be good after that long. Bill

Thanks for the heads up on that. So far I have only used that concoction for water proofing a hunting bag. I will not let it get in the bore of my rifles.............Boog

 

[smo]

Horns too! They got horns too! In a box behind the counter if you are intrested. :thumbsup: Yea My homes in Waverly but I work in East Tn. :idunno: I'm here alot more than i'm there. :shake:

 

[gmww]

Didn't notice if anyone mentioned Michaels. It's a craft store. That's where I've gotten it in the past.

 

[runnin lead]

My brother is a beekeeper, my wax is free.(kinda)
As was mentioned earlier Randy Rat on Cast Boolits
is a good source, he also sells lanolin .
Lanolin is good as an ingrediant for lube for conicals & BPCR.Randy has reasonable prices.

 

[chawbeef]

I checked out Michaels here in Ontario and they are wanting $25. a lb. for bees wax :youcrazy:

 

[gmww]

OUCH!