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What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:14 am
by cmgee67
What oil and or lube or grease do you use on your gear (guns knives etc.) ? I use Breakfree clp to clean my guns then lube with Lucas Oil extreme duty gun oil. On my knives I use Froglube Clp paste because I do use my knives for food prep and it's food safe and minty haha
Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:41 am
by maverick2076
Slip2000 EWL. I tried FrogLube for a while, but I found that lint sticks to it. Plus, it creeps my wife out that it smells like toothpaste.
Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:51 am
by Nano
I have been using FrogLube CLP exclusively on my guns for 2 years. I really like it.

Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:59 am
by Flightmare
Nano wrote:I have been using FrogLube CLP exclusively on my guns for 2 years. I really like it.

Same here. Plus my guns smell minty fresh!
Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:05 am
by oljames3
Hoppe's Elite gun cleaner and Hoppes' 9 lubricant. When my current supply runs out, I may try something else or I may not. I used to use only Quaker State motor oil in my motorcycles. Now, for my cars, I use whatever brand meets the manufacturer's requirements. I have no brand loyalty.
Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:07 am
by Liberty
I use some white grease TW25 to lube the sliding parts smear it on real thin along sliding parts. I got a free tube at the NRA convention in Houston. It will probably last me a lifetime. I use Hoppes oil to reach the places I can't get at with the grease. I don't really believe any oil or grease is much different. My guns don't rust nor show any signs of wear. I also wipe down my guns after cleaning them with a silicone rag. I don't know if it helps at all, but it doesn't hurt.
Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:12 am
by JustSomeOldGuy
Mobil1 (good for race guns as well as race cars)

Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:14 am
by cmgee67
The froglube paste does attract lint quite a bit but it lasts forever on my knives even when nasty and dirty they are still slick as all get out. I tried it in in my guns for a little bit at one time but did not like it on them. That's when I went to break free clp to clean and lucus oil extreme duty to lube the guns
Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:30 am
by Bitter Clinger
Thinking about trying some "Liberal Tears":
http://liberaltears.net/
Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:32 am
by dlh
I use Ballistol as a solvent and Mobil1 as a lubricant. Works great for me.
Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:00 am
by rotor
Everyone will chime in but really, which ones don't work? How exactly is failure defined? Presently using Ballistol because Hickock45 uses it but I really don't know if one lube is better than another. All my guns work and none are rusting.
Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:15 am
by oljames3
rotor wrote:Everyone will chime in but really, which ones don't work? How exactly is failure defined? Presently using Ballistol because Hickock45 uses it but I really don't know if one lube is better than another. All my guns work and none are rusting.
I think you defined "failure" as "all my guns work and none are rusting." Works for me.
Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:27 am
by RossA
You should see my gun cleaning kit. I have who knows how many different cleaners, solvents, oils, greases, etc., probably like some of you. The truth is, I have never had any gun problems that I could trace to failure of a cleaner or lube.
Re: What oil/lube do you use
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:36 pm
by Abraham
"Fireclean" for all my guns.
And about a jillion other kinds depending on what it's for as in bicycle chain lube, or a squeaky gate, or the various moving parts on my overhead garage door.
It could be old fashioned 3 in 1 oil if something is finely geared or a thin type of synthetic for fishing reels.
The list of lubes from oil to grease fills up about a third of a wall in my garage.