Thread: Making case lube

Has anyone here made their own case lube with lanolin and ipa. Id like to know what ratio you mix it at? cheers

Ive got and use..
frog lube...awesome smells like camphor
vasoline...cheap and just works
imperial sizing wax...enough said
powdered graphite..reat for doing necks..but the sizing wax sort of makes it redundant
so no help except to say why try to reinvent the wheel???

why not

https://ultimatereloader.com/2017/05...own-case-lube/

SI hunters use a special product called lanolin. They get it at night time.

Originally Posted by TeRei

https://ultimatereloader.com/2017/05...own-case-lube/

SI hunters use a special product called lanolin. They get it at night time.

Aye. A wee bit like hunting the haggis, the cunning beasties are easier to sneak up on at night. It's an art getting them to keep still while you finish the formal address to the haggis.

@blip ratio is 12 parts iso to 1 part Lanolin. Use 99% Iso if possible.

Cool thank you

Just follow Mickies advise - Imperial Sizing Wax
No stuck cases
A small tin lasts centuries.

Use the lanolin on your trailer chassis.

Brass Case Resizing Lube

I made some up same as these guys, really like it, much quicker when doing high volume care prep. I find it easier to wipe off than the sizing wax especially if you do it in smaller batches (20-30 cases in a container, spray, size, wipe, repeat)

Substitute Imperial Die Wax.
According to the internet: 1:4 of castor oil to anhydrous lanoline makes a good lube for swaging. Some sites say 1:2 but most seem to go for 1:4. I mixed 1: 4 and it was exactly as it appeared on the internet, a soft solid that forms a sticky wisp if touched with a finger tip. I thought it was a bit soft for case lubing so I tried 1: 6 which made a lube that works but it is firmer than Imperial Die Wax and harder to get out of the container and onto the case. Imperial Die Wax is too soft on a hot day but 1:6 seems to be perfect when the temperature gets up a bit. 1:6 works OK for case swaging. I think 1:5 may be perfect for multiple uses.

Although I supplied the info on ratios, I am in the imperial wax camp. As a target shooter I run hundreds of cases through the sizer. I reckon one large tin would do 5000 cases. I do neck lubeing separately. Currently use home made Neo lube for that. As I had all my cases wet tumbled in ss pins
Just to get them set back to a Base line starting point.

Originally Posted by johnd

Although I supplied the info on ratios, I am in the imperial wax camp. As a target shooter I run hundreds of cases through the sizer. I reckon one large tin would do 5000 cases. I do neck lubeing separately. Currently use home made Neo lube for that. As I had all my cases wet tumbled in ss pins
Just to get them set back to a Base line starting point.

@johnd Be interested in your Neo Lube brew, if you're willing to divulge it.
Looked at sourcing Neo Lube a couple of years back and gave up.

Simply put some graphite powder in a small jar...maybe a T spoon . Pour in Acetone or isopropal up to a level where it meets the neck. Shake the jar and start dunking case place in a reloading tray neck down to let excess to drain. I use one of those fancy miniature jam jars you get in gift baskets.

Originally Posted by johnd

Simply put some graphite powder in a small jar...maybe a T spoon . Pour in Acetone or isopropal up to a level where it meets the neck. Shake the jar and start dunking case place in a reloading tray neck down to let excess to drain. I use one of those fancy miniature jam jars you get in gift baskets.

Thanks john but I have already used that. Stole the idea off a F Class Champ from Te Puke (you can probably guess who) but his method was to paint the mixture inside the necks using a small brass.
I'll try your dunking method.

Coincidentally, I just purchased a new bottle of isopropal alcohol today from Jaycar.

It's quick and easy. I am part way through doing 700 Lapua cases. Just did 500 Winchester cases for a club member I reload for. The proof will be in the pudding as they say.