veral smith soft blue

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porthos posted this 03 February 2025

what would be a good replacement for veral smiths soft blue

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pat i posted this 03 February 2025

There's a lot of good lubes out there but since I always used LBT I cant recommend any. My advice is to check the match results and see what the good shooters are using. There's also alot of homebrew recipes floating around on the net but some I've read about looked like such a PIA to make it didn't seem worth it. There's also a lot of fan boys of some of the guys that came up with them that I don't know if it's all hype or they really are that good. I have my opinion.

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Eddie Southgate posted this 03 February 2025

I wish I knew . Probably several that are as good if you make your own but I have not used a store bought lube as good as soft blue. I an hoping Veral's wife or daughter gets the lubes up and running as I have heard they intend to. I have only used the soft blue because it does all I need from a lube and goes thru my old Lyman and Ideal lube sizers without any undue strain or need for heat like Lyman's harder lubes . I got plenty of the Orange Lyman Lube and a few tubes of the Lyman Moly lube but I never really cared for the one and have no use at all for the other. I hope if the Smith's do not decide to continue making the lubes that they will either publish the formulas or sell them to someone who will produce them for sale. Speed Green is good and the White Label lubes are good I'd give them a try.

PS: What would be a good replacement for you will depend on what you are using it for.

Grumpy Old Man With A Gun......Do Not Touch .

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Bud Hyett posted this 03 February 2025

This listing is from the Fouling Shot in 2016: https://castbulletassoc.org/uploads/newpdf/cblube2016.pdf

This is a complete listing from that time, I know Grays's 24 and M&N lube are no longer made.

Farm boy from Illinois, living in the magical Pacific Northwest

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Lucky1 posted this 04 February 2025

Ok...does anyone know what the difference is between Veral's Blue and the Carnuba Blue still sold on Ebay?

Scott Ingle

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Ross Smith posted this 04 February 2025

Is anybody going to take up Veral's business?

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Eddie Southgate posted this 04 February 2025

Been rumored that his daughter and wife were planning to get the lube end up and running. I doubt the mold business will ever live again . No Veral = no LBT molds. And from the pictures I'd guess all of his tooling for mold making was as melted as the rest of his shop.

Grumpy Old Man With A Gun......Do Not Touch .

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358156hp posted this 05 February 2025

My understanding is that Veral lost all of his tooling and machinery. With his passing, I can't see how moulds can be duplicated. I suppose original moulds could probably be scanned for reproduction, but since nobody has done it already I don't see it happening. The few moulds I've seen at auction now bring scandalous prices. I am hoping Charity will be able to resume lube making. I suppose she could try contacting Paco Kelly for help with the soft lube since I've heard all along that Soft Blue is a slightly modified version of Apache Blue. I've never been able to verify that totally though.