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  • woodhog
    I can't seem to reply to your emails. "Failure to deliver"
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  • keystone1974
    Balistol, I get mine from Midway. I use the spray on my slides and the "can" I mix 50/50 with water for cleaning and lubricating . I still use hoppes or sweets to get the copper and fouling, but my friends dad who turned me on to this uses only balistol. I put it on a gun then let it heat up in the sun or near a heater and it gets in the metal's pore's. Then I wipe it good with a clean dry cloth- the gun will Feel different - great. My other lube's are gathering dust.
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  • perry shooter
    Yes I only use TWO products on Firearms . KROIL to remove rust and bore fouling."it if left in the bore 24 hours will let lead and other fouling just roll out with a bore brush" and BALLISTOL to clean and protect Metal, Wood, & Leather. I have never mixed either with Water. and see no reason/benefit To trying this but YMMV. Cheers Perryshooter.

    EDIT I just read my post on Ballistol and Stated that it was NON TOXIC and Biodegradable not water soluble . I hope this clears up this minor point.
    EDIT Thanks Keystone I will try this .
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  • Wolf.
    quote: Sir; sometime recently you spoke of a lubricant you used on your firearms, I believe you said it was water soluable and wouldn't stain the wood. I forgot to write down the name and wonder if you could repeat same. Thanks in advance
    This from the MSDS for Ballistol:
    "Solubility in Water----Not easily. Emulsifies."

    EDIT
    I had not given it much thought before, but keystone's reply, below, does not contradict the above. To be clear, an emulsion is not to be confused with solubility, but the effect essentially makes for similar usability. An emulsion is a suspension of components. So, this would work as far as mixing components, but might require shaking up the solution periodically to keep the water in suspension (some emulsions are hard to break and some are not...salad dressing, for instance). If you've ever blown a head gasket on your car, you have seen the result of an emulsion...the muddy-looking stuff that spills out of your engine. That is an emulsion of coolant and motor oil.

    Personally, I would not dilute Ballistol at all, however the issue with water as a diluent, as I see it, is that much of Ballistol's usability as a cleaner/lubricant/protectant degrades when mixed with water, because water will contribute to corrosion and, if used on wood stocks, may seep under the oil and form cludy patches in the finish. The water doesn't evaporate quickly enough. If I absolutely had to dilute the stuff, I would use a pure form of some type of alcohol (not drugstore 70% or 91% isopropyl, which is mixed with water), but something like 99% isopropyl, which may be available at good hardware stores or on line.
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  • keystone1974
    I've been mixing it with water for 2 yrs, it goes further and unless it's a slide it doesn't need to be full strength and also it seems to get in the pores better. The guy who pulled me away from rem. Oil/ w/Teflon and hoppes gun oil called the mixture "moose milk" . It always sprays consistent out of my pump sprayer even in my cold garage; you should try it.
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