Jeremy P said
I've found the Ballistol works well as wife repellant too, she doesn't visit the gun room much when I have that stuff sprayin'!
  

LOL!

Mine hates any chemical smell or petroleum based lubricants, along with many of the associated smells that can go along with the repairs we sometimes make along the way to our firearms and similar repairs involving the many hobbies we seem to stay busy with. Hence the exhaust fan, and oh yeah, 44 years of marriage!

Tony

Zebulon said
 
I don't keep WD-40 anywhere but my garage shop.  Fine Woodworking ran a controlled study of the best stuff to protect cast iron saw  tables, some products being apparently made of powdered Unicorn horn. They also tested their contaminating effects on raw wood - whether it interfered with subsequent finishes. The authors of the study were mechanical and chemical engineers who worked wood as a hobby. Guess who won? 
Good old WD-40. I use it on my tablesaw, jointer, and band saw religiously and it works if you apply it after running stock. The stuff doesn't have the chance to gum and build up.  Compared to Woodworkers' Unicorn Paste it is very cheap, too. 
  

I periodically take steel wool and WD 40 and polish the cast iron tables on all of my equipment.  Protects the tables and makes the wood much easier to move around.  As far as oil on the wood, I have never had a problem with any of the oils.  I have seen the effects of excessive oil left on wood.  Whichever oil I have used I always wipe off the excess. 

I've taken to wiping down anything I handle with Ballistol - although it stinks -because I don't have to be carefully about the wood.  I'm  still inclined to protect bores I don't expect to shoot for a while with R.I.G.  

I don't keep WD-40 anywhere but my garage shop.  Fine Woodworking ran a controlled study of the best stuff to protect cast iron saw  tables, some products being apparently made of powdered Unicorn horn. They also tested their contaminating effects on raw wood - whether it interfered with subsequent finishes. The authors of the study were mechanical and chemical engineers who worked wood as a hobby. Guess who won? 

Good old WD-40. I use it on my tablesaw, jointer, and band saw religiously and it works if you apply it after running stock. The stuff doesn't have the chance to gum and build up.  Compared to Woodworkers' Unicorn Paste it is very cheap, too. 

TXGunNut said
I was amused several years ago when the gun rags sold some WD-40 ads and the gun writers had to say nice things about the product. I remember several years ago I got rained on for most of a day hunt. That night I took my waterlogged firearm out of its synthetic stock and hosed it down with WD-40 before setting it near the space heater in the bunk house for the night. 
I want to know how the Navy shakes 55-gallon drums of Break Free to get those PTFE solids suspended. Break Free CLP is my go-to gun lube but I know it needs to be shaken before use. Never had any problem with Rem Oil because I've never used it. I've always heard good things about it. I like the way Hoppes #9 and Kroil make my gun room smell and they work!
 
Mike
  

One of my old pickups used to get water into the distributor if I hit a deep puddle.  I would take the distributor cap off and spray some WD 40 and down the road I went.  I have never used Rem oil but my Dad did.  I got tired of cleaning his shotgun and finally bought some Break free for him.  Problem solved. 

Well in Bert's case I guess they just turned the sub upside down a few times. 

I want to know how the Navy shakes 55-gallon drums of Break Free to get those PTFE solids suspended. Break Free CLP is my go-to gun lube but I know it needs to be shaken before use. Never had any problem with Rem Oil because I've never used it. I've always heard good things about it. I like the way Hoppes #9 and Kroil make my gun room smell and they work!

Mike

The only product I have had problems with is Rem Oil.  It gums up in freezing weather. 

Anthony said

Bert,

One more thing that I learned from The member here who educated me on the Balistol, is it can be used on wood and metal, with doing no harm, to either.
Tony
  

That is the same for the Old West Snake Oil.  I wipe down the entire gun with it and it has no ill effects on either.  My dear departed friend Dr. Larry Shennum used it for many years.  He would put on an old heavy cotton glove, squirt some of the Snake Oil into palm of the glove, and then spend 30 - 40 minutes fondling all of the old Winchester going on to the tables and racks at all of the guns shows he attended.  For many years, he would bring 2-cases of it to the shows for resale.  A little of it goes a long way, and I still have several bottles of it, with one I keep in my gun show box.

Bert H. said
Bill,
The U.S. Navy buys BreakFree CLP in 55-gal drums.  It is what we used to clean all of the weapons in our Small Arms lockers for decades.
I have known for a very long time that WD-40 is not a good gun care product, but there are a lot of people who still foolishly buy and use it for that purpose.  
My recipe for cleaning old guns (or modern guns that are real dirty) is quite simple...  Kroil and acetone.  For oiling (protecting), there are two products that my grandfather, father, and I have used for the past 90+ years... Marvel Mystery Oil and/or plain 3-in-1 machine oil.  I do use Old West Snake oil to wipe down my guns before putting them on the rack at gun shows, and because I have a lifetime supply of it, I probably will not buy any Ballistol for future use, but it is good to know that it is a good product.
Bert
  

Bert,

I can certainly understand you're position, and with you're experience, I can appreciate you're stance, as I've done and still do frequently.

You can't beat the Renaissance Wax, on a very clean and highly finished Arm. IMO!

One more thing that I learned from The member here who educated me on the Balistol, is it can be used on wood and metal, with doing no harm, to either.

Tony

tionesta1 said
Tony,
Thanks for posting the video, very interesting.  
Al
  

Absolutely Al,

It's something that many of us have thought about, and are guilty of old habits, and in many cases just use what's handy, or close by, at hand. It's nice to see the group participation, and the many interesting, and very understanding comments also.

Zebulon said
Couldn't get by without Kroil. I ought to.man up and by a good sized jug of it but there's always somebody tired of a gun I need...
  

Bill,

I will always lean on my Kroil, when needed and especially for those tough jobs, I seem to tackle!

You know that you've got me thinking again! LOL!

Tony

A touch of TW25B Extreme Performance Synthetic Grease on bearing surfaces. 

The U.S. Navy buys BreakFree CLP in 55-gal drums.  It is what we used to clean all of the weapons in our Small Arms lockers for decades.

I have known for a very long time that WD-40 is not a good gun care product, but there are a lot of people who still foolishly buy and use it for that purpose.  

My recipe for cleaning old guns (or modern guns that are real dirty) is quite simple...  Kroil and acetone.  For oiling (protecting), there are two products that my grandfather, father, and I have used for the past 90+ years... Marvel Mystery Oil and/or plain 3-in-1 machine oil.  I do use Old West Snake oil to wipe down my guns before putting them on the rack at gun shows, and because I have a lifetime supply of it, I probably will not buy any Ballistol for future use, but it is good to know that it is a good product.

Bert

That allegation contradicts everything else I've ever read. 

I use  Ballistol because it won't damage wood or wood finishes. 

A product I've used regularly on all unplated steels is BreakFree CLP. It seems to ease friction particularly well in automatic pistols. It isn't cheap but I've not heard anybody knock it. It definitely will get underneath and loosen nickel plating if it finds a chip or bare spot.