I've cooked up quite a few batches of my own. Some were from other recipes posted by others, some were my own inspiration. Here are a few tidbits I've learned:
- buy used saucepans at a thriftstore for 25 or 50 cents
- a used wire whisk is a must
- melt everything outside, the stink from cooking lube can be horrendous
- beeswax can usually bee (hah) found from honey distributors, I use the natural colored stuff versus the whitenend stuff
Alox and beeswax is pretty good. buy a pound of beeswax and dump some Lee liquid alox in, stir around and you've got a good serviceable lube. I've also used moly-graphite grease with beeswax and liked it but some who test these things seem to think solids (moly, graphite powder) hurt your accuracy.
One that I've been monkeying with lately has 1 lb. of boat trailer wheel bearing grease, 1 lb. of candlewax, 3/4 lb. of beeswax, 1/3 rd pound of vaseline, and some grated Ivory soap to hold it all together. Melt everything in a big saucepan and stir-stir-stir. Adjust wax levels till you have the consistency about like peanut butter (not chunky). I like lubes that are on the soft side.
This one has been better than I had hoped for. The stearate in the soap really binds everything so if you have some lube that is runny or too greasy add some ivory soap grated fine.
I too look forward to Marshall's technote. Once you start cooking up lube you look at greases and waxes in a different light. I've been tempted to try bacon grease in a lube but that might make me and the bears hungry when I shoot. <!--emo&

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