46 corrosion protection products compared

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46 corrosion protection products compared

Post by keen » 29 Jul 2014, 4:18 pm

Awesome write up here on gun care stuff, 46 different things compared with controlled tests as well.

Comprehensive corrosion test: 46 products compared

We all want to use goods quality products on our guns, bows, fishing gear, knives, autos, hunting and lake front gear and like you I’m not a fan of letting things get rust on them nor am I a fan of items wearing out prematurely. To protect my investment in gear, I began searching for rust inhibitors and lubrication solutions to make the maintenance of my gear as effective and efficient as possible but I understand that neglect is the primary cause of corrosion and wear and we must be diligent but having a corrosion inhibitor and lubricants aiding us in meeting those goals is helpful.

The problem is there are so many products on the market all making claims of how well they perform. Who do you trust? What is one to believe? Online searches turned up all manner of comparisons, reviews and evaluations of a couple of products here and a few more there but no large sampling of a really long list of products all compared at the same time. So that’s what I set out to do to determine for myself which product I want to use as a rust inhibitor and lubricant. Along the way I will also look at water displacement (a common claim) as well as reactions with non-metal components.


Goes on for aaaages with heaps of info. Read the whole thing here when you have some time.

A few winners in there we know like Frog Lube, and some to avoid which did pretty poorly.

Check it out anyway, good read I hope helps a few people.
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Post by Tonit » 31 Jul 2014, 3:43 pm

Took me 2 days to get through it but a good read :lol:
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Post by hrrl » 31 Jul 2014, 6:59 pm

I was keen, but ain't nobody got time to read all that :lol:
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Post by Tonit » 31 Jul 2014, 9:35 pm

keen wrote:A few winners in there we know like Frog Lube, and some obviously ones to avoid which did pretty poorly.


Frog Lube, got it. Now no need to read the whole thing :lol:
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Post by veep » 01 Aug 2014, 1:16 pm

That's all I ever do.

Skip to the conclusion at the bottom and pick the winner.

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Post by keen » 01 Aug 2014, 1:16 pm

Jeez you try to help a bunch of guys and you get this :P

Ungrateful bunch of SOBs :lol:
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