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General discussion => Black Powder Shooting => Topic started by: smoke on March 14, 2024, 04:38:22 AM

Title: What Flux
Post by: smoke on March 14, 2024, 04:38:22 AM

just wondering what Flux shooters use and why.Dan I should have mentioned for casting lead

Title: Re: What Flux
Post by: smylee grouch on March 14, 2024, 04:53:03 AM

If your talking about flux for casting, I use dry sawdust or bees wax.

Title: Re: What Flux
Post by: J.M.Browning on March 14, 2024, 05:05:31 AM

Quote from: smoke on March 14, 2024, 04:38:22 AM

just wondering what Flux shooters use and why.Dan

I have no knowledge of flux for shooting , I flux my casting lead several times in the process of a final cast projectile . Sawdust .

Title: Re: What Flux
Post by: snapper on March 14, 2024, 05:06:53 AM

bees wax

Fleener

Title: Re: What Flux
Post by: P.W.Berkuta on March 14, 2024, 07:08:11 PM

I use candle wax, canning wax, crayons. Beeswax is too precious to waste. ;)

Title: Re: What Flux
Post by: Daryl on March 14, 2024, 08:13:43 PM

With over 10 pounds of beeswax, (the really good stuff) that's what I use now, otherwise paraffin.

Title: Re: What Flux
Post by: recurve on March 15, 2024, 05:23:50 PM

saw dust works , bees wax smells better and works

Title: Re: What Flux
Post by: J.M.Browning on March 16, 2024, 12:50:13 PM

I had a friend over in the winter I was making ingots for Travis he would warm up in the shop & have a smoke . I threw his cigarettes he left unattended  in a 60 pound cook , very good flux , I sometimes buy cheap cigar Throw outs at the drug store .

Title: Re: What Flux
Post by: Pukka Bundook on March 16, 2024, 04:46:06 PM

They throw cigars out at your drug store, JMB??

I use beeswax in lead, got lots.

Title: Re: What Flux
Post by: bluenoser on March 16, 2024, 06:10:10 PM

Quote from: Pukka Bundook on March 16, 2024, 04:46:06 PM

They throw cigars out at your drug store, JMB??

  ::) Treat myself to a # 59 factory throw out every now and then.  Wish they were available  - and affordable - in Canada.
Sorry, getting a little off topic.

Title: Re: What Flux
Post by: Daryl on March 16, 2024, 08:52:50 PM

Some years ago, at fishing camp (2 weeks every June) one of the "boys" would throw us each a Cohiba. He had a "source" for them, straight from Cuba, via small plane.
I did not ask any further questions.

Title: Re: What Flux
Post by: J.M.Browning on March 17, 2024, 05:26:51 AM

(https://i.ibb.co/nc1M3r5/factory-throwouts-n49.png) (https://ibb.co/pzKjW29)