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1 lb. Paraffin (free from wife's canning pantry. $2 a brick if I need more.)
1/2 lb. vaseline (cheap as dirt at Wally World)
2 Tbsp. STP oil Treatment (in garage and on hand)
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None of those ingredients will work well with black powder or most of the replica BP. The reason is the petroleum products create a tar from the fouling, that is darn hard to remove, it WILL NOT dissolve in water! Use only natural oils, beeswax, any vegetable oil, or tallow/lard.
Thompson centers natural lube is Crisco and wintergreen oil, with yellow food coloring. It works well to keep BP fouling soft and remain water/soap soluble.