WD-40

[300 RUM]

I worked in a machine shop where WD-40 was used during maching of aluminum. You should see the build-up on the machine, you removed it with a putty knife. when the roof leaked the coated machines rusted. I will not use WD-40 for anything. I like BreakFree CLP, Rem Oil, Kroil.

WD-40 is not meant to be used as a cutting fluid in the first case, have you ever seen some one use wd-40 while actually turning aluminum, the stuff evaporates so fast the whole shop will fill with smoke...I will post a video if you need to see it for your self In fact any oil you use during a machining process will leave some kind of residue. Thats like saying that one kind of gasoline v. another wears your car tires out more then the other. Also WD-40 is what we use to clean our machines with and after 15 yrs there is no residue other then shop dust. Any one who actually uses WD-40 on a regular basis will agree to this.

 

[Will]

And here I was using BALLISTISOL for all these years, could have been using WD$). NOT !!
http://www.ballistol.com/
WD$) is OK around house but not my firearms. Ballistsol is totally different .

 

[nosualc]

Directly from customer service at WD-40 themselves.

Thank you for contacting WD-40 Company concerning the use of WD-40 on guns.

WD-40 will protect the metal of shotguns and other firearms from corrosion and moisture. It also will provide a light lubrication on the moving parts. It will not harm the bluing on the metal surface of the guns. After using your gun, we recommend cleaning with a gun solvent then protecting the barrel and other metal parts with WD-40.

We recommend that you use a light spray of WD-40 on the wood of the gun and wipe off immediately after applying. WD-40 cleans the dirt and grim and leaves a polishing effect. You may want to pretest it on a small surface prior to applying to all the wood surfaces, because it may tend to darken some of the lighter wood finishes.

Would you expect the good folks at WD40 to say anything else? :

-nosualc

 

[fr3db3ar]

I use CRC 3-36. It's water displacing and leaves a thin dry lube on the surface.

 

[300 RUM]

Of course WD -40 is going to say it works well on fire arms, because it does. The reason we all use something different, my self included is that there are better products out there. There are many reasons in the past when products were limited is that WD-40 never advertised/ labeled their product as a "gun cleaner" I use Tri-Flow and rem oil to lube moving parts my self.

Here some food for thought if there are 50 different types of cleaner, solvents, and lubricants out there 90% of them are the same product with different labels on them.

Very few people have there own labs to generate and manufacture their own formula/product. It may look the same or different, it may smell the same or smell different but when it comes down to it, there the same.

3M, DuPont, Bayer etc are major producers of 95% of all chemicals today, them simply relabel for their contract customers.

Another a bit of news to some and maybe all , and this will for sure stir up shit. Rem Oil has added TEFLON to their product, yes. Well guess what if you add TEFLON to WD-40 what do you have? UMM

WD-40 striped away a single chlorine molecule to make it a water based formula, repackaged as REM OIL in the early days. When Remington won the bid to supply a MIL SPEC lubricant that was "OIL" bases they re-introduced the molecule making it an Oil based product and then adding TEFLON to it.

In my aerospace business I have to conform to mil-spec standards, belie me there are very few product that really differ from each other.

 

[TC260]

And here I was using BALLISTISOL for all these years

Count me as a semi-new convert. I started using it some time back but the smell kept me from using it very much. After I got used to it and found the odor dissipates pretty quick, it's a staple around my work bench now.

 

[Juma]

I've never heard of Inox, but EEzox is the cat's whiskers. Go to the search function here and type EEzox and read the salt spray test that was done.

It is now all that I use.

http://www.inox-mx3.com/inox.htm