Real Butter for patches

[pharmvet]

Can you use real butter to lube patches for round balls. As in (melt butter and let it soak into patches)??

 

[Brik847]

I don't know, but since no one ever refers to it there must be a reason. Maybe without something to stiffen it up like beeswax it would contaminate powder. It probably isn't worth experimenting with - there are other lubes and recipes out there already.

 

[Mulebrain]

Maybe the bore butter folks have been leaving us out in the woods the whole time :hmm:

 

[MikeChapin]

I would probably avoid it because of the salt content. It will cause corrosion all by itself without any help from the BP residue.

 

[paulvallandigham]

Butter has both salt and water in it, neither of which is going to help your powder charge or the barrel. I would leave on my pancakes.

 

[mazo kid]

Good advise! Even the tallow used for lube should be cleansed by melting it in water a couple of time to get rid of any possible salts. Emery

 

[tom deinek]

Is there salt in unsalted butter butter?

I think any kind of butter would become rancid and therfore nasty.

 

[Sherlock]

Why pick butter? Sure you could use it. But cow pie juice would work too. A spit patch is cheaper, beeswax/tallow combinations are traditional, in combination or separately. Tallow is animal fat, you can get a pound of absolutly pure pork lard at the store for cheap, the butcher will give you probably for free, edible quality carcass fat trim to render,household vegetable oil is commonly used too. Why, I'm wondering? What's up? Wonky

 

[brubincam]

how abt lipro suction fat from a hospital?

 

[Sherlock]

Yepper. Most animal fat renders well. Some here talk of bear oil which was used historically. I really trim coons close to get the fat whenever I get one, it makes a beautiful light sweet oil for mixing with BW. No bears close by though for me to try though, groundhog and squirrel doesn't taste good to me either. Lol !! Wonky