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May 21st, 2015 at 1:16am
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Local Hobby Loby has this wax in stock..has anyone used these waxes in lube formula?
  
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Re: Soy Wax, Palm Wax
Reply #1 - May 21st, 2015 at 7:43am
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I use a soy wax/bee's wax combination along with other ingredients in my black powder lube. It has worked well for me over the years, and when I lived in Phoenix it held up well in the extreme summer heat.

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Re: Soy Wax, Palm Wax
Reply #2 - May 23rd, 2015 at 7:47pm
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I was told by a candle maker that soy wax does not leave a black residue in a house like beeswax candles.  From that I would assume that it would also leave less residue in the barrel when shooting black powder.  Maybe a wrong assumption.
I do use it in the lube that I make for smokeless powder.  It is not as hard as beeswax and along with all the other crap (stuff) that I put in my lube it seems to work fine for my shooting both plain base (Schuetzen) and gas checked bullets.
That being said Lee Liquid Alox also works fine in my Schuetzen rifles and the cases are not as greasy as with my homemade lube and it is a heck of a lot faster to apply.
  
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Re: Soy Wax, Palm Wax
Reply #3 - May 24th, 2015 at 11:47am
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We add other waxes to Alberta Schuetzen Lube to improve it's stickiness (hot weather) after we select a viscosity that provides proper flow, ability to mix in fouling and have great lubricity at minus 40.

I have never seen soy wax before.

At room temperature is it stickier than bee's wax?
  
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Reply #4 - May 24th, 2015 at 6:38pm
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Soy wax is  the same consistency as mutton tallow - soft and not sticky
Yes, I used it til I got a supply of tallow.  It is a good ingredient to use for BP reloads.  Many of the Cowboy shooters use it for their Big Lube bullets that has a single 3gr lube groove. It will leave a 'star' at the muzzle.  When I used it for CAS matches - could shoot 2 day matches with no cleaning of the bore and no hard foul
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Re: Soy Wax, Palm Wax
Reply #5 - May 26th, 2015 at 8:01pm
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I use a soy wax, bees wax, tallow  lube ,  has always worked well except  when the temp was near 100.    I  throw in a blue crayola  to   make it look pretty.   
It's all organic so you can eat if you are desperate  Cheesy
  
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