wiping down your guns ?

rebs · April 12, 2013, 05:11 PM

do you guys use a silicone cloth or what do you use to wipe your guns after handling them ?

Microgunner · April 12, 2013, 05:29 PM

I buy cloth baby diapers (a single package will last for years) and Corrosion-X.
Has worked for years.

Kreyzhorse · April 12, 2013, 06:50 PM

A silicone cloth works great but I generally use a rag that been lightly oiled.

kilimanjaro · April 12, 2013, 06:57 PM

Silicone cloth, but anything to remove finger and hand oils from the bluing before putting it aside.

BumbleBug · April 12, 2013, 07:02 PM

Use a cotton bore patch sprayed with silicon. Rub down all outside metal, including the scope. A patch of light silicon down a clean barrel before storage is always a good thing!

...bug

cvc944 · April 12, 2013, 07:15 PM

I keep all my gun metal dressed with Birchwood Casey's Barricade. I just think it is a really great product.

Hawg · April 12, 2013, 07:29 PM

An old t shirt and 3N1.

jaguarxk120 · April 12, 2013, 07:39 PM

A sheepskin with RIG worked into the wool. It will leave a very thin film of RIG on the metal surface.

WallaceB · April 12, 2013, 08:34 PM

shop cloth with Ezox

TXAZ · April 12, 2013, 09:19 PM

Clean shop cloth & TW

ClydeFrog · April 12, 2013, 10:48 PM

I use an old clean t-shirt or rag(fiber cloth) & a small amount of a synthetic CLP like LPX, Weaponshield, Gunzilla, etc.

You do not need large amounts of gun care or cleaning products for regular cleaning/oils.

A small drop or dab will do it.
Law enforcement agency armorers & professional gunsmiths say excessive oils/CLPs are some of the most common problems they see with firearms.

johnwilliamson062 · April 13, 2013, 08:45 PM

RIG on sheepskin is preferred. Must be a Midwest thing.
I carry a silicone cloth in my trunk and with my hunting equipment. I try to wipe a gun down with it before I put in the case. Sometime it doesn't go back in the safe the moment I get home.

SteelChickenShooter · April 14, 2013, 03:50 AM

I keep a clean, worn out, thin, wash cloth in the shop and apply a few dozen drops of gun oil every so often. I wad it up in the vise for compression to spread the oil, then I keep it in a clean spot in one of the drawers. After handling, the blued rifle barrels and hand guns get wiped down.

rebs · April 14, 2013, 05:33 AM

I have been using a winchester gun cloth with silicone kept in a zip lock baggy. From the replies I take that this is ok ?

Nathan · April 14, 2013, 07:32 AM

Sheepskin with Weaponshield in it. When it gets too dirty, clean with brake clean and refill with Weaponshield.

Works better than other stuff I've used and leaves the gun dry enough.

Tactical Jackalope · April 14, 2013, 09:16 AM

I have a silicone cloth. I got it for when I used to carry SIG's more frequently.

I recommend them.

603Country · April 14, 2013, 12:21 PM

I have several 'oily wiping rags' here and there. A couple of them are small chunks of cotton towel (4 inch by about 6 inch) that I've oiled up. The others are the silicone cloth wiping towels that appeared to run out of silicone after some years, so I just put oil on them (3 in 1 oil) and kept on using them. I think I like the oiled up towel best, but just about any cotton cloth will do just fine.

Beginner 1960 · April 14, 2013, 05:05 PM

Was wondering if u use anything differnt to wipe down blued,nickel or stainless finishes

Garycw · April 14, 2013, 05:08 PM

I wipe ALL of mine down with eezox

**Shane Tuttle** · April 14, 2013, 05:42 PM

Eezox here with a soft cotton cloth.

I don't like to use cleaning stuff with silicone in it. The only exception is the polishing agent I use for tumbling my brass.

Slamfire · April 14, 2013, 05:58 PM

Oily patch. I keep that off the wood but on the metal.

April 12, 2013, 05:11 PM	#1
rebs Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2012 Posts: 3,881	wiping down your guns ? do you guys use a silicone cloth or what do you use to wipe your guns after handling them ?

April 12, 2013, 05:29 PM	#2
Microgunner Senior Member Join Date: March 6, 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 3,324	I buy cloth baby diapers (a single package will last for years) and Corrosion-X. Has worked for years. __________________ *Proud NRA Benefactor Member*

April 12, 2013, 06:50 PM	#3
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	A silicone cloth works great but I generally use a rag that been lightly oiled. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

April 12, 2013, 09:19 PM	#10
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	Clean shop cloth & TW __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

April 12, 2013, 10:48 PM	#11
ClydeFrog Junior member Join Date: May 1, 2010 Posts: 5,797	CLP... I use an old clean t-shirt or rag(fiber cloth) & a small amount of a synthetic CLP like LPX, Weaponshield, Gunzilla, etc. You do not need large amounts of gun care or cleaning products for regular cleaning/oils. A small drop or dab will do it. Law enforcement agency armorers & professional gunsmiths say excessive oils/CLPs are some of the most common problems they see with firearms.

April 12, 2013, 06:57 PM	#4
kilimanjaro Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2009 Posts: 3,963	Silicone cloth, but anything to remove finger and hand oils from the bluing before putting it aside.

April 12, 2013, 07:02 PM	#5
BumbleBug Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2013 Location: Near Heart of Texas Posts: 870	Use a cotton bore patch sprayed with silicon. Rub down all outside metal, including the scope. A patch of light silicon down a clean barrel before storage is always a good thing! ...bug

April 12, 2013, 07:15 PM	#6
cvc944 Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 2013 Location: Lenhartsville, PA Posts: 164	I keep all my gun metal dressed with Birchwood Casey's Barricade. I just think it is a really great product.

April 12, 2013, 07:29 PM	#7
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	An old t shirt and 3N1.

April 12, 2013, 07:39 PM	#8
jaguarxk120 Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,619	A sheepskin with RIG worked into the wool. It will leave a very thin film of RIG on the metal surface.

April 12, 2013, 08:34 PM	#9
WallaceB Member Join Date: June 24, 2011 Posts: 25	shop cloth with Ezox

April 13, 2013, 08:45 PM	#12
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	RIG on sheepskin is preferred. Must be a Midwest thing. I carry a silicone cloth in my trunk and with my hunting equipment. I try to wipe a gun down with it before I put in the case. Sometime it doesn't go back in the safe the moment I get home.

April 14, 2013, 03:50 AM	#13
SteelChickenShooter Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2011 Posts: 863	I keep a clean, worn out, thin, wash cloth in the shop and apply a few dozen drops of gun oil every so often. I wad it up in the vise for compression to spread the oil, then I keep it in a clean spot in one of the drawers. After handling, the blued rifle barrels and hand guns get wiped down.

April 14, 2013, 05:33 AM	#14
rebs Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2012 Posts: 3,881	I have been using a winchester gun cloth with silicone kept in a zip lock baggy. From the replies I take that this is ok ?

April 14, 2013, 07:32 AM	#15
Nathan Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2001 Posts: 6,323	Sheepskin with Weaponshield in it. When it gets too dirty, clean with brake clean and refill with Weaponshield. Works better than other stuff I've used and leaves the gun dry enough.

April 14, 2013, 09:16 AM	#16
Tactical Jackalope Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2010 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 6,429	I have a silicone cloth. I got it for when I used to carry SIG's more frequently. I recommend them.

April 14, 2013, 12:21 PM	#17
603Country Senior Member Join Date: January 6, 2011 Location: Thornton, Texas Posts: 3,998	I have several 'oily wiping rags' here and there. A couple of them are small chunks of cotton towel (4 inch by about 6 inch) that I've oiled up. The others are the silicone cloth wiping towels that appeared to run out of silicone after some years, so I just put oil on them (3 in 1 oil) and kept on using them. I think I like the oiled up towel best, but just about any cotton cloth will do just fine.

April 14, 2013, 05:05 PM	#18
Beginner 1960 Member Join Date: March 11, 2012 Location: East TN Posts: 47	Was wondering if u use anything differnt to wipe down blued,nickel or stainless finishes

April 14, 2013, 05:08 PM	#19
Garycw Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2011 Location: Ohio-Kentucky - florida Posts: 1,221	wiping down your guns ? I wipe ALL of mine down with eezox

April 14, 2013, 05:42 PM	#20
Shane Tuttle Staff Join Date: November 28, 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 9,443	Eezox here with a soft cotton cloth. I don't like to use cleaning stuff with silicone in it. The only exception is the polishing agent I use for tumbling my brass. __________________ If it were up to me, the word "got" would be deleted from the English language. Posting and YOU: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting

April 14, 2013, 05:58 PM	#21
Slamfire Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2007 Posts: 5,261	Oily patch. I keep that off the wood but on the metal. __________________ If I'm not shooting, I'm reloading.

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