If Ballistol accidentally mixes with Breakfree CLP...?

Ignition Override · July 22, 2020, 10:58 PM

My handguns are being converted from something else, and are already clean via alcohol wipes.

---But my rifles have had only Breakfree CLP, and wiping them with alcohol to Then switch to Ballistol would take much more time and effort.

The question regards what could happen (?) if Ballistol were ever >>mistakenly<< put on any of my semi-auto rifles.

**JohnKSa** · July 22, 2020, 11:57 PM

I can't imagine that it would cause a problem. There are some gun care products out there that have warnings about mixing them with other products, but I've never heard or read any from BreakFree CLP nor Ballistol along those lines.

I just mixed some together and I can't tell that anything unusual happened. I put some on a blued magazine and some more on a blued pistol barrel. I'll leave the rest in a container and put it in the garage for a few days to see what happens to it.

**JohnKSa** · July 24, 2020, 09:54 PM

Well, after a couple of days I can't tell any ill effects from mixing the two products. The resulting oil appears to be normal.

The quantity in the container hasn't separated or gummed/thickened unusually or done anything unexpected.

It seems unremarkable where it was spread on the blued barrel and magazine.

I think it's ok.

cslinger · July 24, 2020, 10:39 PM

CATS AND DOGS LIVING TOGETHER!!! MASS HYSTERIA!!!

Seriously though, I have used both as well as 3 in 1 oil over the years and I am sure they have mixed/come into contact with each other at some point and besides the third nipple I am growing I see no ill effects.

Chris.

RickB · July 25, 2020, 10:19 AM

Is wiping-down a gun with one product, then wiping it down later with a different product, "mixing" the two products?

After a year, most gun oil evaporates and leaves very little residue on the surface, so going over it with Ballistol, which is itself a CLP, should clean the previous oil from the surface.

I started using Ballistol to wipe-down stored long guns, so that I could use one product on the entire gun; literally lock, stock, and barrel, without having to worry about getting petroleum products on wood and slings.

**JohnKSa** · August 16, 2020, 10:06 PM

The sample of mixed Ballistol and BF CLP has been sitting on my workbench for 3 and a half weeks now and if anything bad has happened, I can't tell it. It hasn't gummed up or gelled or anything and it still looks like it did when I initially mixed it.

IZZY · August 26, 2020, 03:56 AM

the insructions on a can of balistitol ( old green ones) used to say to water it down for use as a cutting / drilling lubricant in industrial applications...so no surprise to me that Break Free cut with Balistol should be fine.

tmlynch · August 29, 2020, 10:51 PM

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The sample of mixed Ballistol and BF CLP has been sitting on my workbench for 3 and a half weeks now and if anything bad has happened, I can't tell it. It hasn't gummed up or gelled or anything and it still looks like it did when I initially mixed it.

JohnKSa, thank you for your service to the collective. Your willingness to use your fluids on your materials to help a fellow forum member is admirable.

July 22, 2020, 10:58 PM	#1
Ignition Override Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2008 Location: About 20 nm from the Big Muddy Posts: 2,884	If Ballistol accidentally mixes with Breakfree CLP...? My handguns are being converted from something else, and are already clean via alcohol wipes. ---But my rifles have had only Breakfree CLP, and wiping them with alcohol to Then switch to Ballistol would take much more time and effort. The question regards what could happen (?) if Ballistol were ever >>mistakenly<< put on any of my semi-auto rifles.

July 22, 2020, 11:57 PM	#2
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 24,972	I can't imagine that it would cause a problem. There are some gun care products out there that have warnings about mixing them with other products, but I've never heard or read any from BreakFree CLP nor Ballistol along those lines. I just mixed some together and I can't tell that anything unusual happened. I put some on a blued magazine and some more on a blued pistol barrel. I'll leave the rest in a container and put it in the garage for a few days to see what happens to it. __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?

July 24, 2020, 09:54 PM	#3
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 24,972	Well, after a couple of days I can't tell any ill effects from mixing the two products. The resulting oil appears to be normal. The quantity in the container hasn't separated or gummed/thickened unusually or done anything unexpected. It seems unremarkable where it was spread on the blued barrel and magazine. I think it's ok. __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?

July 24, 2020, 10:39 PM	#4
cslinger Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,045	CATS AND DOGS LIVING TOGETHER!!! MASS HYSTERIA!!! Seriously though, I have used both as well as 3 in 1 oil over the years and I am sure they have mixed/come into contact with each other at some point and besides the third nipple I am growing I see no ill effects. Chris. __________________ "Is there anyway I can write my local gun store off on my taxes as dependents?"

July 25, 2020, 10:19 AM	#5
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,518	Is wiping-down a gun with one product, then wiping it down later with a different product, "mixing" the two products? After a year, most gun oil evaporates and leaves very little residue on the surface, so going over it with Ballistol, which is itself a CLP, should clean the previous oil from the surface. I started using Ballistol to wipe-down stored long guns, so that I could use one product on the entire gun; literally lock, stock, and barrel, without having to worry about getting petroleum products on wood and slings. __________________ Runs off at the mouth about anything 1911 related on this site and half the time is flat out wrong.

August 16, 2020, 10:06 PM	#6
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 24,972	The sample of mixed Ballistol and BF CLP has been sitting on my workbench for 3 and a half weeks now and if anything bad has happened, I can't tell it. It hasn't gummed up or gelled or anything and it still looks like it did when I initially mixed it. __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?

August 26, 2020, 03:56 AM	#7
IZZY Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2000 Location: Florida Posts: 938	the insructions on a can of balistitol ( old green ones) used to say to water it down for use as a cutting / drilling lubricant in industrial applications...so no surprise to me that Break Free cut with Balistol should be fine.