WD40 the perfect gun lube
NOT!! I have just spent an hour trying to scrape all the brown crud on an old Winchester Super X model 1 left behind from years of WD40 sprayings. Damn near couldn't work the bolt at all, now it's like the bolt is riding on bearings.Scraped it off with a small screwdriver and washed it with Rem Oil and now I need to test fire.
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what else would you have done this afternoon, that is job security...... 0 -
I spent two full days scraping solidified WD-40 out of a Win 1400 that stopped functioning because of it. It has it's uses, but not in guns. 0 -
I have a plastic gallon jug of WD40 out in the garage a fellow co-worker gave me over 30 years ago and it is still un-opened.
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So THAT'S what you've been coating my purchases with. [:0][B)][xx(] 0 -
I use Gibbs for just about everything. Clean, lube, protect. One product. 0 -
I hear ya, Ricci. I spent many and many an hour scrubbing out semi-auto .22 rifles that "don't work no more" because they were habitually hosed with WD-40. That stuff plus powder fouling and bullet wax make a near-road tar combo that eventually hardens to ebony. But customers would just ignre my advice to quit doing that because they just knew WD-40 was the perfect gun lube. Despite the blatant evidence in their own hands.
Incidentally, Corrosion X is a marine anti-corrosion spray that dries to an invisible shield and makes .22s run like corn through a goose.0 -
a friend of my sons grandfather had a collection of guns he kept some upstairs of there house he could not climb the steps so he would have a grand son look after and oil the guns
my son said he went up once with the kid he opened the door of the gun cabinet and just soaked the guns in place with a can of wd-40 said it looked like he had been doing it for a long the guns were a mess
I am sure the grandfather would have been pissed if he had known ( I met him he was a WWII vet great old fellow and had a passion for guns passed away a couple years ago )
growing up 3 in 1 oil was all I ever seen anyone use0 -
WD-40 is really not good for anything except killing primers and geting water out of stuff.
It is not a Lubricant at all.
Balistol or even kroil is a much better lube/penetrateor.0 -
WD= Water Displacment #40 works good for wet gun cleaning. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by wpage
WD= Water Displacment #40 works good for wet gun cleaning.
Yep it is what to use when your duck gun gets dunked.0 -
I won't let that stuff near my anything. Of course I do live in the desert and water is almost never a problem. It is not a lubricant. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Sam06
WD-40 is really not good for anything except killing primers and geting water out of stuff.
It is not a Lubricant at all.
Balistol or even kroil is a much better lube/penetrateor.
Best time for wd-40 right after you pressure washed your old Points Engine. Carried a can in my old truck cause even rain would sometimes shut me down. Otherwise I have not ued it in years.0 -
I am a fan of Marvel Mystery oil. 0 -
WD-40: Kerosene and fish oil. 0 -
WD 40 is a Water Displacement agent not a lubricant.
I can remember in the days of distributors, one shot under the cap and they crank right up and no misses.0 -
Do hobby scale hot caustic bluing. After the bluing tank, part goes in boiling water bath for 15 minutes. When I take it out, spray down with WD-40. Does a good job of GETTING WATER off the parts. When fully dry, oil it with real oil. 0 -
While it's not so great for guns it is recommended as a solution to Britain's drug problems.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-334672/The-answer-Britains-drug-problem-WD-40.html0 -
I use WD40 Silicone spray on some things but never on guns. It is a lubricant though. Things like door locks and hinges and other squeaky things. 0 -
Door hinges need white lithium grease, forget silicone or oil. 0 -
Never use anything that will evaporate on a lock. Dry lube only. When anything like WD-40 is used, as the more volatile part of the liquid evaporates, it gums up pins and tumblers. Powdered graphite is a good luck lube, will never dry out. 0 -
I use WD-40 with a small brush to clean the gears etc. on my old Mitchell fishing reels. Then I spray them with carb cleaner and then use Yamalube marine grease to lube them with.
I also use Mobile 1 0W-20 with a syringe for some areas. A quart of it will last a life time and it's a whole lot cheaper than the "super secrete mystery oil" they sell by the CC in a pretty little bottle for an arm and a leg.
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But I can have 20 little bottles of Super secret mystery oil stored in the same space as your quart, and it costs a lot more so it must be better.[:)] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Sam06
WD-40 is really not good for anything except killing primers and geting water out of stuff.
It is not a Lubricant at all.
Balistol or even kroil is a much better lube/penetrateor.
And catching fish......0 -
Pure alcohol or even better Vodka is better to get moister out of a gun (or electronics or cameras) particularly if you dropped it in water and even more so salt water.
Just dump the whole thing in a bucket let it work out the water then shake as much out as possible
Had to do this to a Nikkor 50MMf1.4 lend about 45 years ago that rolled into a creek. You could see sediment on the aperture blades but the lens worked perfect afterwards
When someone says WD40 and guns in the same sentence I tell them they will fail a background check and not be allowed to own firearms [:D]0 -
quote:Originally posted by toad67
quote:Originally posted by Sam06
WD-40 is really not good for anything except killing primers and geting water out of stuff.
It is not a Lubricant at all.
Balistol or even kroil is a much better lube/penetrateor.
And catching fish......
Was told that about large mouth bass. But never used it myself.0 -
pure alcohol (ethanol) is good. methanol is better. that's what we use at work. isopropyl alciohol (or isopropanol, IPA, rubbing alcohol) should work too.
WD-40 is probably best because of its "oily" component it seeps into cracks and stuff better than ethanol/methanol, if it weren't better as a water displacer they wouldn't be making it. (although methanol dries much faster and leaves no residue whatsoever)
for cleaning I use Gumout. acetone (fingernail polish remover) would be better but I don't have that, it doesn't come in a spray can, and it melts plastic parts. same for paint thinner.
you can lubricate with anything but keep in mind that a lot of stuff does not provide rust protection.0 -
..Okay, someone has to be the devil's advocate here. I'll
confess to using WD on guns as a quick rust preventer. Used
on a rag to wipe a gun down if I'm not able to clean it as it
should be for a while. I'll even drop a whole trigger assembly
out, spray it down and then use the air compressor to blow out
the excess so it doesn't turn to crud. That's the key here...
you can't let it puddle in places. Compressed air should be used
on anything you've soaked with too much of any product. JMHO0 -
quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
quote:Originally posted by toad67
quote:Originally posted by Sam06
WD-40 is really not good for anything except killing primers and geting water out of stuff.
It is not a Lubricant at all.
Balistol or even kroil is a much better lube/penetrateor.
And catching fish......
Was told that about large mouth bass. But never used it myself.
Contrary to popular belief, it contains no fish oil. I've used it before, but never noticed much difference in how many fish I caught versus an untreated lure. Smelly Jelly worked great, but it went on thick, and took a long time to wash off.0 -
I've heard don't use WD-40 on guns as well. But I've used it on guns as well. I spray the WD-40 in the vent rib of a shotgun when it's gotten wet and then blow out with compressed air as well. Same for the inside of a Remington 870 or 1100 if they've gotten real wet until I can clean, then blow it out and lubricate as needed. I do know it hardens and gums up over time but it's just one more tool in the arsenal.... 0 -
Never used WD-40 on my guns. I use Mobil-1 ...never had any problems with it...put it on wipe it off...still very slick. 0
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