Does anyone besides me use olive oil and beeswax as a lube and protectant on their firearms? 'shok' I also use it as a wood oil, leather rub, lip balm and wind chap treatment. ET pnic
I use it as a lube but haven't tried it for anything else yet.
I sometimes use beeswax mixed with neetsfoot oil for the same reasons and have used olive oil for lube.
There are a number of ways to soften the beeswax and make it useable by mixing with some kind of non-petroleum oil to soften it.
i used the beeswax/oil oil mix on my new bag and rain just rolls off it.
Have been using it for a long time in my revolver. Use a similar mix with some lanolin added for my BP cartridge rifles.
Has anyone ever tried castor oil instead of olive oil??
[hmm] Dont see why it wouldnt work.Most any natural oil will work. Whether from tallow or vegatable.
I've got 3/4 lb of UNSALTED butter :qz: any reason I couldn't use that?
Won't butter turn rancid ???
Be Careful pnic pnic pnic
After I started using the Mink oil patch Lube the Cat wants to lay next to my Shooting Bag and Haversac [hmm] hdslp ROFL ROFL ROFL
I made one batch of Beeswax/olive oil/lard patch lube this time last year and it had held up very well, does not melt in the warmer weather and doesn't seem to freeze up either. Wish I had more of an idea what the eventual mix ratio was........................................... [hmm]
Quote from: Dogshirt on January 25, 2012
I've got 3/4 lb of UNSALTED butter :qz: any reason I couldn't use that?
might work if you boil the water out of it and just use the oil...ghee is the name...
Doug
I do and I've been known to add a bit of Murphy's oil soap to the mix.