How do we rehab bullets with dried out lube?

[Greg Blackburn]

I have been lucky enough to find a few boxes of my favorite bullets, the Hornady Great Plains Bullet, but these are old, the lube is flaking off. What is the best way to remove that stuff and what to replace it with?

 

[Carbon 6]

Drop them in a pan of boiling water, the lube should melt off and float to the top of the water, then cool them completely the lube should solidify on top of the water. Then remove.

Don't use a pan for cooking to do this.

 

[Roundball2319]

I HAVE USED GOO GONE IN THE PAST. SOAK THEM OVER NIGHT THEN WIPE THE SOFTENED WAX OFF. BEST OF LUCK.

 

[Carbon 6]

and what to replace it with?

Replace with any bullet lube, I'd us a mix of beeswax and olive oil, pan lube, hot dip, or just wipe it on as needed.

 

[Greg Blackburn]

Thanks guys.

 

[Tom Compton]

Hair dryer

 

[MC One Shot]

I put mine in a large kitchen fine mesh strainer with a base. I place it in pan then place in the oven at 225 degrees and all the lube melts off into the pan. Then I relube the bullets.

 

[rafterob]

I use the boiling method. I use a clean tin can. Actually do not even have to boil just get it hot enough.. I then set the can aside and let it cool completely. Then just lift the solidified lube off the top and pour the water out.

 

[FishDFly]

I put mine in a large kitchen fine mesh strainer with a base. I place it in pan then place in the oven at 225 degrees and all the lube melts off into the pan. Then I relube the bullets.

I bet your wife was not home when you did the above.

Sounds like a recipe for fresh baked biscuits next.

 

[Frontier's]

I'd boil them in water to get the wax off.

 

[MC One Shot]

No she'll tell me to go ahead and then go out a buy herself another. She's a good helpful wife.

 

[Dobegrant]

Timely ,have a bunch to clean and relube

 

[Gopher0]

I saw on another page where a guy used the wax ring for the toilet ,Your thoughts?

 

[mooman76]

Toilet rings use to be made from bees wax but no longer so I would not use it.

 

[nkbj]

Somebody oughta try replacing it with peanut butter.

 

[oldwood]

Dunce boy here , would'a done a massive remelt and recast , and stunk up the garage just to have shiny bullets again. Glad somebody 'round here is sensible....

 

[old ugly]

i changed lube type on bullets (it was not good stuff). just warm them up with the heat gun, it all runs off. then re pan lube them.

only necessary if you want to discard the old lube otherwise just omit the first step and re-pan them

 

[fleener]

Oven and tin foil. No mess, just pitch the tin foil when done. Quick and simple.

Fleener

 

[Howie1968]

i use s nylon brush then recoat with xlox

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

I recently bought some out-of-date, no-longer-available-rare-as-obtainium .54 Buffalo Bullets from a member here. Put them in a 200 degree over over a pad of paper towels on a cookie tray. Fifteen minutes later I had bare bullets. Ten minutes after that they were re-lubed with my special (and very top secret) X-ring lube. Now to the Range!!!

ADK Bigfoot