What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by deye243 » 23 Feb 2018, 9:21 pm

break free CLP 1.1.1 ever since I got a 5LT jug from the gov fantastic stuff ..... enough to last me and my kids a life time smells like liquid paper but
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by bigrich » 23 Feb 2018, 9:41 pm

Apollo wrote:WD-40 is not an oil that leaves a residue. Bit like Rem-Oil. I would never consider putting WD-40 near any of my firearms, my choice only.

"O-Cedar" is a furniture polish that cleans, will leave a very slight residue but not much. Nice to wipe over a timber stock that is either oiled and/or coated with a clear finish.

I wipe my firearms with a cloth that has a slight residue of either / both Tetra Gun Oil / Inox and/or Ballistol all of which are on a soft rag. I wipe the whole firearm, metal and wood. Don't live on the coast and firearms are stored inside with moisture control inside the gun safe.

balistol is the stuff . lots of other oils , includeing G96 im told, will eat into the wood on a rifle and are petrolium based. balistol was developed by the german army before or during the first world war and can be used on leather and as a antiseptic on cuts and wounds ! i'm very OCD about looking after my guns :crazy:
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Rathie » 21 May 2018, 3:30 pm

+1 for Lanox.
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Oldbloke » 21 May 2018, 5:14 pm

Yeah, labor does a pretty good job. But any light oil is OK. Keep mineral oils away from timber.
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by brett1868 » 21 May 2018, 11:14 pm

A liberal spray of G96 on the guns and a dab under the armpits, keeps the guns and missus happy :)
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Post by brett1868 » 21 May 2018, 11:15 pm

juststarting wrote:...and he means eveeeerything.


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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Kelsey Cooter » 22 May 2018, 8:11 am

I use g96 purely because it smells so good haha
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Member-Deleted » 16 Jun 2018, 7:20 pm

bigfellascott wrote:I use Lanox or Inox or g96 - just depends on what I have at hand really.


Me too, I have had better results than other lubricants.
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by Sus_scrofa » 17 Jun 2018, 7:11 pm

Inox, G96 spray on & lanolin spray are my rust preventative solutions and used on the wood.. (yeah i wouldn't use wd-40 either if u are u may well use the $3 supercheap multi purpose spray ie. Water Dispersant)
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Re: What do you clean the outside of your guns with?

Post by bigpete » 17 Jun 2018, 8:45 pm

The blood of my latest kill
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