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Hank45 Oldtimer Offline Beer is living proof that GOD loves you Posts: 506 Location: MA Joined: Jan 21^st, 2010	Lee Alox Mar 29^th, 2015 at 9:46am	Print Post
	Is there any way to thin out liquid Alox? Thanks for your answer, Hank


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17976 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Lee Alox Reply #1 - Mar 29^th, 2015 at 11:07am	Print Post
	Mineral spirits will work fine. Just be sure to not get to thin, or it will take forever to dry.

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dennis g Participating Member Offline Posts: 20 Joined: Jun 1^st, 2012	Re: Lee Alox Reply #2 - Mar 29^th, 2015 at 12:46pm	Print Post
	Stick the bottle in hot water to thin it.


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Adrian Full Member Offline Posts: 122 Joined: Mar 2^nd, 2015	Re: Lee Alox Reply #3 - Mar 29^th, 2015 at 8:26pm	Print Post
	Hank45 wrote on Mar 29^th, 2015 at 9:46am: Is there any way to thin out liquid Alox? Thanks for your answer, Hank I used half allox and half mineral spirits, coated bullets, they dried overnight, breech seated them, shot fine.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17976 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Lee Alox Reply #4 - Mar 30^th, 2015 at 8:37pm	Print Post
	dennis g wrote on Mar 29^th, 2015 at 12:46pm: Stick the bottle in hot water to thin it. Hot water will indeed thin it. But it thickens because the mineral spirits in it evaporate over time. So heating it is a temporary fix, and when it cools it will become even thicker. Adding the mineral spirits back to it will make it thin, and help it stay thin, even if it's not warm.

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Hank45 Oldtimer Offline Beer is living proof that GOD loves you Posts: 506 Location: MA Joined: Jan 21^st, 2010	Re: Lee Alox Reply #5 - Mar 31^st, 2015 at 7:21am	Print Post
	How much mineral spirits? Thanks for your answer, Hank


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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3984 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Lee Alox Reply #6 - Mar 31^st, 2015 at 7:47pm	Print Post
	I've thinned it once or twice - start with a LITTLE mineral spirits -

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17976 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Lee Alox Reply #7 - Apr 1^st, 2015 at 11:17am	Print Post
	Hank45 wrote on Mar 31^st, 2015 at 7:21am: How much mineral spirits? Thanks for your answer, Hank I can't answer that, since I don't know how thick your alox is. Just add a tiny amount and stir. Once it's thin enough to your liking, stop.

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Singleshotlover Ex Member	Re: Lee Alox Reply #8 - Apr 4^th, 2015 at 12:32am	Print Post
	There are two types of mineral spirits. the regular and the de-oderized (no smell) I had much the same problem when I found 5 bottles of the lee liquid alox. had them for so long that the liquid was anything but liquid. More like a heavy wax. I had one of those little plastic shot cups and think it only holds about an ounce. Since I had already transferred the stuff to one of the glasses that contain a candle wit a metal lid. So started off with one ounce. And mixed it up. Helped but had a way to go. ended up using 4 ounces de-oderized mineral spirits. Used an old butter knife to do the mixing. Frank


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QuestionableMaynard8130 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4144 Location: Benton Harbor MI Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Lee Alox Reply #9 - Apr 4^th, 2015 at 6:03pm	Print Post
	I drop a couple 45 cal round balls in each bottle of the Lee-alox it helps with the shaking up, add a dab mineral spirits as required, usually warm it on hot water before adding the MS. I have thought of using a higher flash solvent in order to speed drying and maybe leave them a little "less sticky" for handling. just not sure which one would work. As I recall Cast Bullets site (pet peeve: I hate "boolits") has a lot of discussion on on LL lube blends and systems---need to check it out again myself.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17976 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Lee Alox Reply #10 - Apr 4^th, 2015 at 6:32pm	Print Post
	I bent up a coat hanger and made a small mixing whisk. Put it in my battery drive drill motor, and pulled the trigger. Mixes the alox and mineral spirits easily, and thoroughly.

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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2270 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Lee Alox Reply #11 - Apr 28^th, 2015 at 11:56am	Print Post
	I tried Lee's Liquid Alox this weekend and have to say that I'm very pleased. I used it in two rifles that like to lead, and got very little leading. I still have to do my part, but it cut the leading way down.


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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7627 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Lee Alox Reply #12 - Apr 28^th, 2015 at 12:21pm	Print Post
	Nice rack, Bob Frank

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Pentz Senior Forum Member Offline Funf und Zwanzig mit den Hut Posts: 435 Location: Vancouver, WA Joined: Sep 4^th, 2014	Re: Lee Alox Reply #13 - Apr 28^th, 2015 at 12:31pm	Print Post
	I've used the 60/40 LLA/liquid JPW with success.

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