Lubing Patches with Bore Butter

[prowler]

In the past I have only used cut patches with BW/EVOO. However I have acquired a large bunch of precut round ticking patches. What is the best way to lube a bunch of patches with Bore Butter? I have used Bore Butter before, but only applied one patch at a time at the range. If I can find a good way to lube them, I think they will work well.

 

[roundball]

I've never been satisfied with the consistency of the amount of lube I've gotten into patches from melting NL1000 into them in the microwave...maybe somebody can help us both.

But in the meantime, I just settled into the routine of occasionally sitting on an old beach towel on the floor while watching the news and just using my fingers to rub NL1000 into 200-300 patches

 

[FPDoc]

I butter them like crackers and stack them up. I do microwave or heat the stack with a hair dryer etc. a bit sometimes or leave them in the sun if its warm out. Sometimes slightly weight or compress the stack once it is warm so it all kind of distributes and let them sit if I get tired of messing with them. It seems to distribute pretty evenly. I do usually cut at the muzzle though and for the strips I do about the same thing.. roll them up after buttering.

 

[jtmattison]

Put the BB in a small microwaveable dish. Nuke it until it's melted. Take a stack of patches and holding them by the edge dip them in the BB. Turn them and dip the other side. They should be dripping with BB. Give them a squeeze to remove the excess. You're done.

HD

 

[Kentuckywindage]

i take a 4"x4" Bowl, squirt out what i think will do, melt it in the microwave until its pure and no floaters and then take a stack of patches and soak them in it. Once im done i put everything on a paper towel and then put them in the freezer. Crisco i also do the same way.

 

When I use Bore-Butter I cut the patching into strips first but since your are already round that won't help ya.
Here's the system that works for me:
Put the tub of BB in a coffee can of water. Like a double boiler. As soon as the BB melts down with no chunks to a watery consistency,(don't boil the BB) I run a whole length of patching material down in the BB and draw it through two dowels to squeegy out the excess BB as I pull the strip out of the can. Lay it on wax paper until it cools and then cut them into squares or any other preferred shape. Whatever pretty little shape floats yer boat. You can get a bunch done real quick and they are all consistant with drawing them through a tight squeegy.

I use two pieces of old ramrod about 8" long to draw the patching through. Tie tight at one end with sinew or string to make this process easier.

Do it when Momma ain't home. :grin:

 

[Headhunter]

I melt the natural Lube in a double boiler, and drop stacks of patches into the melted lube. Pull them out after they become saturated, cool them, and put them in a Zip-LoK.

Too Easy

Headhunter

 

[prowler]

Thanks guys. I knew this bunch would have the answers. :bow: :bow:

 

[roundball]

Do it when Momma ain't home. :grin:

I'm lucky in that regard...I use the microwave to melt NL1000 into large lubing patches for the bores and my Wife actually likes the smell...so she's a keeper!

 

[sniper68]

Cooners method is one of the best ways to apply lube. I typed a whole page taking it one more level(3 times and it vanished!! :cursing So anyway since you have precut patches, here's what I recommend to do, as most folks have way too much lube in thier patches. Once you have dipped your patches in melted lube(melt it anyway you want), stack them up. Sandwich them between two pieces of hardwood(oak or maple is the best). Put them in a vise or use a C clamp and squeeze the heck of them. Take a hair dryer to heat the patches back up while your snuggin everything up and gettin rid of the excess lube. Pleanty of lube, 100% saturation and everyone is the same. :thumbsup: What you don't need for a while, bag'em and store in the freezer.

 

Yep! My gal is a keeper,too. I just like jokin' a lot. She don't really mind. She even helps me out sometimes. Mrs. C is a sweety. She bought me a 1766 Charleville Musket one year for Christmas with the bayonet and all the fixin's. I tease her a lot because she likes me when I am a bad boy. :grin:
She helps me process our own deer meat and makes good deer chips. Sorry I am off topic but I like braggin' her up. I know I am a lucky feller. I don't know what I would do without her. :hmm:

P.S. Deer chips are what we call the small pieces of meat that you always have around from processing a deer or any other critter. Mrs. C takes these and flours them up in spiced flour like you would fried chicken and then fries 'em. Tasty!! All this, of course is after lubing patches and going out and killin' a deer. :wink:

 

[rabbit03]

Hey Dawg, or you can just put the BB and patches in a container and let them boil on your dashboard now that your down here in South Texas! :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :blah:

rabbit03

 

[jtmattison]

Hey Dawg, or you can just put the BB and patches in a container and let them boil on your dashboard now that your down here in South Texas! :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :blah:

rabbit03

That's a great idea. Why didn't I think of that

:haha:

HD

 

[Marlan]

I just get a tube of 1000+ lube, get my stack of patches that I've cut, and lube them by hand. I fill up my patch tin, and that's that.

 

[fw707]

I always cut mine at the muzzle or the loading block from lubed strips, but wouldn't it be easier to string the pre-cuts in stacks with a needle and thread first and then dip the stacks in whatever melted lube you use? :hmm:
Seems like it would make it easier to deal with a bunch at one dipping.

 

[rebel727]

Hey Dawg, or you can just put the BB and patches in a container and let them boil on your dashboard now that your down here in South Texas! :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :blah:

rabbit03

It would just evaporate. :rotf:

 

I would think that this process may leave too much lube in the patches. That is why I like to squeegy them between two dowels so as to squeeze out any extra lube.

 

[fw707]

I would think that this process may leave too much lube in the patches. That is why I like to squeegy them between two dowels so as to squeeze out any extra lube.

Yep, I agree. :wink: But you could squeeze the excess out of the stack of pre-cut patches after they are dipped.
I think squeegeeing between the dowels is a great idea for lubing STRIPS of patching. :thumbsup: