Your Fav. Vegetable Oil for Making Lubes

[dave951]

Of all the different oils, Crisco, Corn, Canola, Olive, EV Olive, Peanut etc. etc., Im wondering, what is your favorite to use in making mixed lubes and why? What are the properties of the different oils that you are aware of?

Coconut is a very good oil.

 

[pwbsmokey]

Lately I've been lubing patches with a mix of cooking oil and alcohol. Still in the experimenting stage gradually increasing the oil in the mix. Approaching the 50-50 ratio. Adding more oil doesn’t seem to effect accuracy but it starts easier at the muzzle. Ninety one % rubbing alcohol works as good as denatured for less $$. Only difference is the rubbing alcohol needs to be shook before application as it doesn't stay 100% in solution. Squirt it on the patching and load immediately OR wait for the alcohol to evaporate and then use.

I don't think there's any difference in the kitchen cooking oils for our purposes. Olive oil is fine too but it's pricey and at my house we actually use it in the kitchen.

What is the purpose of the alcohol?

 

[longcruise]

What is the purpose of the alcohol?

It serves as a carrier to evenly and consistently spread the oil through the patch material. In the end, this method is far from any of the complicated lube formulas. It just comes down to using the oil alone as the lube.

 

[KevinC]

Jojoba oil.
Yes, it's expensive. But it's chemically identical to whale oil.
It has a very high smoke temperature.

 

[Greenjoytj]

See the links in post #35 for info on Jojoba oil And LubeGard Universal Lubricant.

The Lube Gard company has a lot of info of their web site for LXE, the name they use for use for their Jojoba oil formulations in their synthetic ATF.

For several years I’ve been using the Lubegard Premium Universal Lubricant as a general purpose gun oil, patch lube and as a component for bullet cast bull lube.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I find the cheapest olive oil, which is usually hot pressed or extracted with steam, which makes it less than the healthiest for eating....,

LD

 

[hbasajaun]

We eat olive oil in Spain

 

[Abarnes]

My wife gave me a tub of lard that she didn't like for cooking, I thought of using it but I also still have a half gallon of olive oil and bees wax is readily available so I am thinking of sticking with that. It seems to work well

 

[Kansas Jake]

I used a mix of beeswax, lard and parafin to make wad lube several years ago. Works good in my revolvers. I thought it might get rancid but hasn’t so far.

 

[Eutycus]

I used a mix of beeswax, lard and parafin to make wad lube several years ago. Works good in my revolvers. I thought it might get rancid but hasn’t so far.

What would happen had gone rancid? Why wouldn't rancid oil be okay?

 

[Kansas Jake]

It would just stink and spoil the smell of burning black powder.

 

[appalichian hunter]

Olive oil, un-salted lard and bees wax, if you want it to smell and taste good add a few drops of liquid candy flavoring, I like the spearmint taste, works good also for chapped lips. Mix it together over low heat and add bees wax until it gets like a paste. Un-flavored is good for scrapes you might pick up and also as a chapped hand rub. Moccasin grease, leather conditioner.

 

[AlexB]

Olive oil, un-salted lard and bees wax, if you want it to smell and taste good add a few drops of liquid candy flavoring, I like the spearmint taste, works good also for chapped lips. Mix it together over low heat and add bees wax until it gets like a paste. Un-flavored is good for scrapes you might pick up and also as a chapped hand rub. Moccasin grease, leather conditioner.

I also use the lard,olive oil and beeswax mix.
Definitely like it without any smells added one of the reasons I started making it in the first place that mint smell is unpleasant to me.