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Tools and Uses => Firearms and Accessories => Topic started by: bknaka on April 11, 2013, 12:18:12 AM
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Was kinda curious.
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I'm seeing this on many gun forums and YouTube videos that you can lube a guns slide with white automotive lithium grease or synthetic 5-w20 motor oil. Do any of you guys use this. I figured it's cheaper paying $6 for a 1 pound tub of lithium grease or a quart if synthetic motor oil than $10 for 1.5 fliud ounces of gun grease.
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This way I get to spend more money on things that matter, like guns and ammo
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I used the spray form on the inside of my 10/22 s. Leave a ugly white thick film.
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FrogLube is the answer!!!!
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bknaka, please post all your thoughts in one post. This isn't twitter.
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Yah bk stop being a post whore
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I use light synthetic grease. Automotive type.
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it works but not that great. i mean even glocks come with just plain old copper anti seize. anything of that type will work. i wouldnt use motor oil it attracts dust and isnt good to handle long term. the detergents and hydrocarbons are toxic...saving a few dollars a year isnt worth cancer.
bknaka did you still want that bottle of slip2000 ewg? 2oz lasts forever and is non toxic as i mentioned in pm's. a pound of white lithium is kinda ridiculous unless youre planning on opening up an automotive repair shop
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No because the white lithium grease turns to "mud," which could cause malfunctions.
I use FP10.
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Used high-temp moly grease (for automotive brakes) in a pinch. Seemed to work fine.
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gun/weapons oil are just re-branded lubricants
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SLIP 2000
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I use my mili-tec1 since I still have so much left for most of my guns. I have used white lithium grease out of a spray can for my shotgun recently and it seems to work just fine.
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Brian Enos Slide Glide http://www.brianenos.com/store/slide-glide.html (http://www.brianenos.com/store/slide-glide.html). It works great! And the 2 ounce tub lasts a long time - been using mine for a 1-1/2 years and only used about 1/4 of the tub so far.
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Use it on th AK. Works great. Wouldn't use it on another operating system though......
Fuller swears by it.
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I'm a fan of using white lithium grease. I dont like the spray one, you end up using way too much and it leaves a wierd film. I like the tubs you can get for cheap from the auto stores. I dont see the point in overspending for a "gun" labeled grease when they are essentially the same thing.
I picked up a 1lb tub of white lithium grease for around $4-$5 dollars at checkers (now o'reillys). It might just last me the rest of my life. I like grease because it stays where I put it, and doesn't run.
I dont buy into the whole grease turning to mud thing. A gun will still work dirty as long as its lubed. Though I do belive grease starts to gun up in sub freeing temps. I wouldn't wanna use it on a .22lr in -10 degree weather. Lucky we live Hawaii though.
It should be noted that I dont JUST use grease. I use both oil and grease. I use oil where appropiate, and grease where appropiate. For instance, on my BCG for my ar, I use grease on the sides where there is major wear, but I use a thinner coat of oil (clp) over the rest of it. My M1a is more or less designed to run on grease better than regular lube also.
Something to note. If you over grease your gun, itll fly the excess off. Sometimes in your face. EYE PRO!
I've also used mobile one synthtic 10w-30... It works well. But I'll stick to my clp, since it works better as a cleaner.
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Update on the white lithium...
No because the white lithium grease turns to "mud," which could cause malfunctions.
I use FP10.
So I used white lithium grease to assemble and lube a bolt for one of my mosins. I went back to do my monthly function check of the gun
The bolt was pretty frozen up and difficult to disassemble. The lithium had hardend and caked up in the moving parts of the bolt. I finnaly got it apart, degreased and boiled off all the lithium that had become caked in. Scrubbed the hell out of all areas to ensure it was all gone.
I reassembled it with royal purple silicon gun oil which has not given me issues yet.
Never gonna use white lithium again...gotta sample me frog lube next maybe.
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Update on the white lithium...
So I used white lithium grease to assemble and lube a bolt for one of my mosins. I went back to do my monthly function check of the gun
The bolt was pretty frozen up and difficult to disassemble. The lithium had hardend and caked up in the moving parts of the bolt. I finnaly got it apart, degreased and boiled off all the lithium that had become caked in. Scrubbed the hell out of all areas to ensure it was all gone.
I reassembled it with royal purple silicon gun oil which has not given me issues yet.
Never gonna use white lithium again...gotta sample me frog lube next maybe.
BK how long was it sitting? Just curious as I haven't experienced the same. Was the rifle in a safe?
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Sat about 2 weeks with the white spray grease. Rifle was in a safe, in a silcon protective sock. It wasn't thick cake hard but it clumped up in places like it settles in thick in all thrle nooks and cranies. I'm sure if was firm with the action and cycled it a bunch of times it would have been fine. I'm used to just taking it out and the gun is ready to go.
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FrogLube is the answer!!!!
:thumbsup:
And FrogLube smells AWESOME!