Thread: Gun oil vs WD-40

Originally Posted by PhatMan

PaulKidd,

If specialist preservatives are hard to come by in Tonga, you could try using motor oil as as a preservative; it contains detergents, corrosion inhibitors etc, and can do a fine job and is usually very available

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

he makes great sense..... do this if you can find nothing better.....

Originally Posted by riooso

WD-40 has some harsh chemicals in it that I would not trust on some scales like bone or whatever. The best single step application thus far is Corrosion-X.

+1 good product.

Always read the vendors data sheets:
http://www.corrosionx.com/msds/corrosionx-data.pdf
CorrosionX

For example:
Rubber: No visible effect on Buna-N, Viton or Neoprene products. Slight swelling and/or softening of
butyl rubber items.

What about the Remington Dry lube spray? It's a teflon coating mainly camping stuff.

Originally Posted by JeffC79

What about the Remington Dry lube spray? It's a teflon coating mainly camping stuff.

yes.... that will serve just fine....

Originally Posted by JeffC79

What about the Remington Dry lube spray? It's a teflon coating mainly camping stuff.

As I read the manufacturer site it is a lubricant and
not a surface rust preventative in the context of what
we are looking for.

It would be cleaner than graphite and not plate surfaces
the way moly-disulfide does so it would be nice for the
close tolerances of some firearms. It would also
be nice on bicycle chains in a number of situations.

BTW: If you read the Teflon patents for
razors it takes a bit of serious heat to get it to coat the surface
and thus requires very well timed heat and precise temp to preserve
the temper.