So, does anyone grease their balls........?

[hunter63]

Had to check, didn't ya.

Been working with my melt pot, processing wheel weights, and, wow, are there ever a bunch of different kinds.
Need to do the "scratch test" to see how hard they are before melting.

Anyway, I though I would clean out the pot and melt up some pure (or reasonably pure lead) for some .490 round balls/Maxi's etc.

Going thru my muzzle-loader shooting bags/boxes I am finding a bunch of balls/Maxi's that a buddy and I poured back in the '80's....
Some of them were stored in a shooting box with a can of powder and they are oxidized.

A little rubbing w/ wd-40 cleaned them up, should be alright, but there are a bunch of balls, from guns that I had given away/sold, don't own that cal. any more, so I melted them down.

Now the question:
What do y'all coat the balls with, so as to prevent oxidation for long term storage? or just nothing?

[poorboy]

Away clean in jars and leav'em alone till use..Maxi's and r.e.a.l.'s i sometimes prelube, so's they're ready ta go..switching to .45's both sidelock and inline, so my .50 round ball and r.e.a.l. moulds will gather dust I suppose..Have TC Maxi, and Lee r.e.a.l.&round ball molds for my .45's...hunted with the Maxi last time, gonna try the r.e.a.l. this year..Maybe the rb a little on squirrel iffin i have time..

[YuccaFlatsRanch]

How would a light coat of the lube you rub on brass when reloading work??