Best way to Remove old Sticky Bullet Lube

[Jim Evans]

What is the best way to remove the old , sticky bullet lube from the Hornady Pa Conical ?

 

[LawrenceA]

boiling will get it off

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

Place them on a cookie sheet covered with paper towels in a warm oven. I use 200 degrees f. The lube will melt and be absorbed by the paper towels.

ADK Bigfoot

 

[deermanok]

I'd just push em down the pipe the way they are.

 

[forty_caliber]

Melt them down and cast new ones.

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[ADK Bigfoot]

Or you can send them to me and I will shoot the lube off of them.

ADK Bigfoot

 

[mooman76]

Maybe relube over them, if you are just trying to get rid of the stickyness.

 

[mushka]

Long as they don't have dirt or other stuff on them just shoot them. It don't take a lot of lube to work.

 

[smo]

Alcohol???? Maybe...let them soak 30 mins or so and wipe off wax..... hopefully!

 

[Kansas Kid]

Maybe soak in mineral spirits or lacquer thinner. Gasoline probably work also. Those look like the old buffalo ball ets.

 

[Jim Evans]

Well I did the boiling water method and they turned out good. Now I will just relube them when I get ready to shoot.
Thanks for the input

 

[cvco]

Just saying, for all these kinds of jobs including cosmoline, i put the parts into a fry pan with water and them them simmer 5-6min. Not only will apologizing to your wife do no good at all, the apology might be the last words ever spoken to her so learn stealth or dont do it.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Get your own fry pan at the resell-it shop so you will leave the cooking pans alone. You might still get some adverse feed back from the home front, but al least the cookware was unharmed.

 

[cvco]

Ok i meant it as a half-joke and the point was that regardless of the pan used, no wife would freely allow cooking of parts in her kitchen, stove or oven. There will be words--- even if she was the one who did it! Sure, fine, get a dedicated parts pot at a thrift store but still stay low about it. That said, I did use my moms soup pot to boil out a carburetor when I was a teen and lucky for me it did scrub up fine and nobody knew.

 

[smoothshooter]

Alcohol???? Maybe...let them soak 30 mins or so and wipe off wax..... hopefully!

Or acetone?

 

[duca]

Get rid of the Bore-butter!

Anthony

 

[anthonycrocker25]

I never stop learning from this forum thanks Guys.

 

[Jim Evans]

Get rid of the Bore-butter!

Anthony

duca
What do you suggest to coat them before loading?

 

[brassell31]

I've been using Lyman Blackpowder Gold lube for home cast maxiballs. It was designed for blackpowder cartridge loading, but is working well for me muzzleloading. I melt it in a pan of standing bullets and use a tightish fitting short tube to cut out the individual bullets after the lube has cooled in the refrigerator. I have also just rubbed it on with my fingers if just shooting a few. The only drawback is the high cost, and the maxiballs seem to use quite a lot of lube. I might look into some home made lubes to keep the cost down.

 

[springfield art]

What is the best way to remove the old , sticky bullet lube from the Hornady Pa Conical ?

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Auto supply stores sell Gum Cutter in spray cans. It is a multi-effective spray that cuts thru all manner of gunk. (Use with good ventilation!) Even removes whiskey bottle labels; spray, let sit, spray, carefully peel off label. I bet it'd clean up these bullets in a jiffy.