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I want to try the home brew of lanolin and alcohol. Can lanolin be purchased locally or do you have to purchase online?
 
I was able to find it at a local health food store. One of 3 had it. The second said they could order some.
 
Ok so you want to use Lanolin. Where dose it come from? This might sound silly to some people out there but. What are you going to use it for? Are you planning to oil your stock or action. Are you going to lube bullets or lube Bullets. Come on what's up with the smell of Sheep dip any way. :D
 
Baaaa, Baaaa, black sheep have you any wool ? There is lanolin and anhydrous lanolin [no water. ] excellent for sizing .My recent post on lubing carbide dies -just put a small amount on your fingers - all you need !:rolleyes:
 
Ok so you want to use Lanolin. Where dose it come from? This might sound silly to some people out there but. What are you going to use it for? Are you planning to oil your stock or action. Are you going to lube bullets or lube Bullets. Come on what's up with the smell of Sheep dip any way.
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I want to try the home brew of lanolin and alcohol. Can lanolin be purchased locally or do you have to purchase online
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While OP doesn't actually state it, case lube is the only application I know of for alcohol and lanolin...
 
I believe it was back in 1954, Jack O'Conner wrote a book about reloading. In his book he talked about his hands, seems his hands hurt all of the time so he used lanolin. When sizing cases and lube he said he just added a little lanolin to his hands and lubed the cases when he picked up the cases. He used lanolin and nothing, for all I know lanolin was not used before Jack O'Conner.

And then there was Bag Bomb and Vaseline, Texaco had 'long fiber grease', that stuff was thick when cold and thin when hot and it stuck together, the thinking when that stuff was working it pulled itself through all the moving parts. And, there was Hypoid and differential grease. So rather than tell reloaders everything he knew about case lube Jack told the reloaders he used Lanolin and he explained why.

Lyman sold a case lube that was differential lube in small containers, the texture was the same, the smell was the same and the color? The color was the same. And then there was a company that sold a white case lube in a very small container; it could have been hog lard or rendered fat from beef. I doubt it was shortening, no reloaders would be caught using shortening on their cases:eek: And then I thought about it; that white stuff could have been something that was squeezed from a coconut.

F. Guffey
 
Ok so you want to use Lanolin. Where dose it come from? This might sound silly to some people out there but. What are you going to use it for? Are you planning to oil your stock or action. Are you going to lube bullets or lube Bullets. Come on what's up with the smell of Sheep dip any way.

It's a home made version of One Shot.
 
Doyle, I watched the video, thanks for posting. I always feel better about laughing with someone than when laughing at them. This video took me through a range of emotions. He broke his reloading bench and his adap-ter-kit.

Back to Jack O'Conner, he used straight Lanolin, I am no stranger to straight lanolin from a bottle meant to be used on the hands. I had old friends that used it. Problem, lanolin had to be removed after sizing but remember the stuff we used was not thin or something that could be spayed from a misting bottle. A few of us used a case lube that did not list 'case lube' on the side of the can. Back to the video; if I size cases that required that much effort I would think something was wrong. I use multipliers to gain leverage, had the maker of the video put more thought into methods and techniques I believe he could have provided a service.

F. Guffey
 
Mr. Guffey, I agree with you about his "testing" methods. It did however, show that the home-made stuff was at least as good as One-Shot and you can mix it up for less money. I bought some HEET and ordered lanolin with the intention of making some up. However, I goofed and bought lanolin cream instead of liquid. Now I've just got to figure out what to do with several oz of pure lanolin cream. I don't have enough leather in my entire house to need that much treatment.
 
Are you going to lube bullets or lube Bullets.
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No and no, the purpose of case lube is for lubing cases when sizing.

F. Guffey

When lubing and trying to avoid black powder pistol fire cross over I have used Luberplate. Most of the engine assemble lube I have used was very similar to lithium, and then they added marlex and they tried to add lead for wheel bearing lube when they went to disc brakes.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/379954/lubriplate-sfl-0-gun-grease-14-oz-can
 
When you've had enough fun trying difference homebrew formulas, and cleaning up afterwards, just go out and buy some Hornady One-Shot.;)
 
In 1978 I purchased my reloading equipment with RCBS case lube. All though I don't remember what I played for it but it was cheep and when using the lube pad to roll the cases I haven't used much at all. Last year I tried the die wax and am very happy with it. Do you really think you are saving money...?:eek:
 
On the Cast Boolits site there is a vendor who's site name is randyrat. He sells lanolin and other home-made custom blended bullet lubes to those C/B members who have a use or purpose for bulk lanolin and other products of his. Good safe seller. >I have had business with him and happily vouch for him.
 
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