Preserving a recoil pad
In my gun safe is a Ruger 10/22 (checkered walnut stock model) with a black rubber recoil pad (maybe 3/4" thick). It belongs to my daughter and doesn't get out much any more.
The pad is turning white.
Any suggestions on what to use as a preservative/restorative?
The pad is turning white.
Any suggestions on what to use as a preservative/restorative?
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Balistol works on every metal leather wood plastic rubber non toxic biodegradable can even use on house plants and cuts and scrapes. 0 -
Picked up a bottle at the local gun show and it seems to work just fine. Looks like I will be experimenting on LOTS of stuff.
I have one last question.
In all the literature, there is a warning that it is not to be used for medical purposes.
Not that I would, or that I would encourage such use, but what possible medical purposes are we talking about? Is that like putting Windex on skin rashes? (From" My Big Fat Greek Wedding")0 -
It is non toxic on animals and plants. However I think this warning is directed to those that might want to test on the human body internally. The older bottles I have had did say you could use on a cut or scrape. 0 -
Yes, the old literature on Ballistol claimed it would do about anything the gun or shooter needed.
Stoegers had a product they called Stogerol that sounded remarkably similar. From the 1939 Stoeger's catalog:
Stogerol kills pus germs and bacteria in wounds in man and beast, and sterilizes them until medical assistance can be procured. Effective in running sores, chafing and soreness after horseback riding, perspiring and sore feet, burns, frostbite, prickleheat, eczema, rheumatism, gout, colds in the head, coughs (rub nose, throat and chest or other affected areas with Stogerol.) Stogerol relives piles eczema, dry and moist, destroys fleas, body lice, mange, crabs, scabies, and all other vermin on man or beast.0 -
I expect you could use Hoppe's #9 on piles too. I bet the results would be spectacular![:0][xx(]
I am not sure it is true, but I have heard from several guys here on the board that Perryshooter uses Ballistol as salad dressing...[}:)][:D]0 -
quote:Originally posted by Hawk Carse
From the 1939 Stoeger's catalog:
Stogerol kills pus germs and bacteria in wounds in man and beast, and sterilizes them until medical assistance can be procured. Effective in running sores, chafing and soreness after horseback riding, perspiring and sore feet, burns, frostbite, prickleheat, eczema, rheumatism, gout, colds in the head, coughs (rub nose, throat and chest or other affected areas with Stogerol.) Stogerol relives piles eczema, dry and moist, destroys fleas, body lice, mange, crabs, scabies, and all other vermin on man or beast.
But can it make your willy hard?
OK, a bit more seriously, the stuff has been around in Europe for a gazillion years. Here's the history, per the American distributor:
BALLISTOL: ITS BIRTH
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In 1874, Friedrich Wilhelm Klever, an attorney with interest in economy, founded the Klever Company" in Cologne, Germany. He began producing oils and greases from coal and eventually bought a coal mine so he would not run out of raw materials. At the turn of the century the imperial German Army (the Wehrmacht) began to look for an all-around oil. The idea was to maintain the metallic parts of the soldier's rifle but also to protect the wooden stocks and his leather gear. The soldier was to use the same oil for the treatment of minor wounds, sores and scratches. Friedrich's son, Dr. Helmut Klever, had become a professor of chemistry at the Technical University of Karlsruhe. He set out to develop what the Army wanted. In 1904 he succeeded to produce a special oil which he named BALLISTOL, from the word ballistic and the Latin word for oil, `oleum'. Thus the descriptive meaning of the word BALLISTOL is: ballistic oil. It soon became obvious that the new wonder Oil had truly amazing capabilities. The Army tested it and adopted it in 1905 and it stayed in use until 1945. But the word had spread and within a decade hunters, boaters, motorists, hikers, mountaineers and outdoorsmen in Germany, Austria and Switzerland convened to the new miracle oil.
Anyway, this "miracle" oil is mostly just plain mineral oil, mixed with oleic acid (which is a common fatty acid found in olive oil, sunflower seeds, and animal fat), and benzyl alcohol.
Its effectively non-toxic, and it probably *IS* good for a number of the medical applications listed (eg getting rid of insects, use in relieving eczema, chafing).0 -
HE DOG Never tried as Salad dressing but might give it a try [:D][:I][:o)]I got a fancy perfume bottle years ago and filled with the original Hoppe's #9 gave to the girl I was dating and she said she loved the stuff. I am still married to her 37 years later. [:p][^] I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express . 0
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