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Reading all of this, I'm starting to wonder what I'm doing wrong. I use a boresnakes for the bore and a micro fiber cloth for the rest. I use Hoppes #9 to clean. maybe a smear of TW25 Gun Grease for slide rails that I got free at the NRA Convention and any light oil for the rest of the lube (Hoppes or 3 in 1). Oil is oil. I did some work as a mechanic in my younger days and never had a little bit of auto fluids hurt anything that soap and water didn't fix at the end of the day.

The thing is I just dampen a corner the microfiber cloth or the front end of the bore snake with #9 and everything comes out spiffy clean. I am not getting me or my hands soaked. I clean my guns normally outside on my back porch and the odor of the fumes is barely noticeable but pleasant. Maybe it's the cigar I normally smoke when cleaning has something to do with it? At any rate, I don't see anything particularly toxic about Hoppes, and Ed's Red typically has lanolin so it's gentle on the hands.

BTW: does anyone know If ED's Red can be purchased in a reasonable quantity?
Are these CLP products as good as the individual Cleaners Oils and Greases and Protective Silicone cloths?
Does it replace all three products?

I've never considered it. I would if handling a real old gun with a delicate finnish. but most of my guns are a pretty hard bluing or stainless. I also whipe my guns down after cleaning with one of those silly rags.