grease or oil

bspillman · December 9, 2012, 02:03 PM

Im thinking of switching from grease to oil because it just seems that rim oil and clp just dont last. would you guys recommend a good grease to use please.

Pahoo · December 9, 2012, 02:36 PM

For what application or service? ...

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bspillman · December 9, 2012, 02:38 PM

Im thinking of using it for rails and metal to metal/aluminum contact surfaces.

Zhillsauditor · December 9, 2012, 02:40 PM

Both: grease should go on parts that slide; oil other areas. Lightly.

All oil will eventually leach out of a firearm. Grease less so, but some things really need oil, not grease.

Zhillsauditor · December 9, 2012, 02:41 PM

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would you guys recommend a good grease to use please.

I use lubriplate. http://www.brownells.com/gun-cleanin...001003_d_10192

wyop · December 9, 2012, 02:45 PM

There's three greases I used in guns: Two of them are Lubriplate: 105 (general white lithium grease), Lubriplate 103-A ("Rifle grease" for Garands, M1-A's, etc) and commercial moly NLGI #2 grease for applications where I'm looking to get the most lubrication from the least grease.

dahermit · December 9, 2012, 02:49 PM

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Both: grease should go on parts that slide; oil other areas. Lightly.

That statement has always confused me...at the Macro/microscopic level, all friction points seem to be, "slide". That is, metal sliding against metal.

jaguarxk120 · December 9, 2012, 03:03 PM

For the outside wipe down use a sheep skin that has RIG worked into the wool.

It will leave a very thin film of RIG on the surface of the metal protecting it.

December 9, 2012, 02:03 PM	#1
bspillman Senior Member Join Date: October 28, 2011 Posts: 152	grease or oil Im thinking of switching from grease to oil because it just seems that rim oil and clp just dont last. would you guys recommend a good grease to use please.

December 9, 2012, 02:36 PM	#2
Pahoo Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 4,408	Need for info !! For what application or service? ... Be Safe !!! __________________ 'Fundamental truths' are easy to recognize because they are verified daily through simple observation and thus, require no testing.

December 9, 2012, 02:38 PM	#3
bspillman Senior Member Join Date: October 28, 2011 Posts: 152	Im thinking of using it for rails and metal to metal/aluminum contact surfaces.

December 9, 2012, 02:40 PM	#4
Zhillsauditor Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2008 Posts: 584	Both: grease should go on parts that slide; oil other areas. Lightly. All oil will eventually leach out of a firearm. Grease less so, but some things really need oil, not grease.

December 9, 2012, 02:45 PM	#6
wyop Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2012 Location: Wonderful, Windy Wyoming Posts: 132	There's three greases I used in guns: Two of them are Lubriplate: 105 (general white lithium grease), Lubriplate 103-A ("Rifle grease" for Garands, M1-A's, etc) and commercial moly NLGI #2 grease for applications where I'm looking to get the most lubrication from the least grease.

December 9, 2012, 03:03 PM	#8
jaguarxk120 Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,683	For the outside wipe down use a sheep skin that has RIG worked into the wool. It will leave a very thin film of RIG on the surface of the metal protecting it.