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Bed Bug, I use pearl lube, 1 pt toilet ring, 1 part soy wax(cheap from a candle maker store) and 1/2 part vegetable shortening(read the label and avoid those with salt) just as you use your mixture.
I punch my wads from felt ordered from durofelt products. An 11mm punch from Harbor Freight works well. $15 worth of felt will more than cover a year of heavy cowboy shooting. I lube them essentially as you do.
I've recently carried the lube use a bit further and lube the arbor on my 1860s with it. The arbors are the cleanest I've ever had in several years of shooting.
The problem with using lard is 1. Salt content and 2. if the mix is not used rapidly the lard can go rancid. You don't want to go there(rancid).
I threw a leftover red candle stub from a Christmas decoration to give me some color in my last lube batch. I was pleasantly surprised that my lube smells like strawberries.
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