Best all-around firearm lubricant/cleaner?

Bennett Richards · October 7, 1999, 09:11 AM

Just wondering if there is any concensus as to whaich firearms lube is best? BreakFree CLP, TW-25B, Rem Oil, FP-10, KelLube M12, Snake Oil, G-Lube, ProLix?

I have liked the TW-25B and the BreakFree... Just wondering what others have found to work....

Ben

jimmy · October 7, 1999, 10:31 AM

FWIW, my personal favorite gun lubricants are Wilson's Ultima-Lube grease and oil, and good-old Hoppe's Gun Oil.

JoeHatley · October 7, 1999, 10:58 AM

Bore cleaner: ProShot

Oil: Break Free CLP

Grease: Rig Grease

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Al Thompson · October 7, 1999, 01:41 PM

Bennett for an all rounder, Break-Free is the way to go. As you've probably noted, very few of us use "an all rounder". Dosen't mean anyone's right or wrong - we just all have preferences.

Good (old) friend who has more experiance than I likes Break-Free. As an example of the differences - he refuses to clean the bores of his guns unless they stop shooting right.

YMMV !

Giz

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James K · October 8, 1999, 03:06 PM

All around cleaner, G96 Gun Cleaner (black, red and yellow can).

Oil, nearly any gun oil.

Avoid ammonia cleaners on nickel plated guns.

Jim

RWK · October 8, 1999, 09:43 PM

I don't have the personal expertise to comment on this topic. HOWEVER, Mike Guarmieri -- the senior gunsmith at Sig-Sauer/SigArms -- recommended Break Free to me. That seems like "the voice of wisdom".

StanA · October 9, 1999, 01:15 AM

Call me weird but not only do I like the BreakFree I think it has a good smell! No I don't try to breath it but you can't help to when you use them. I think some others just smell to loud when used in a small home.

Dakotan · October 9, 1999, 01:57 AM

Try Eezox. I have a friend who was a Break-Free disciple until he reassembled his 1911 at my place, and lubed it with Eezox. He called me yesterday to ask what the stuff was and where to get it. I have used it for 10+ years. Its' lubricity, film longevity, and corrosion inhibitance is absolutely unparalleled by any other product I have ever tried. Try it, and you'll never use anything else. Take Care- Dakotan

Rosco P. Coltrain · October 9, 1999, 07:33 AM

I use mineral spirits as a solvent. It is cheap and works well. For a lubricant I usually use break-free.

BBINJ · November 28, 1999, 10:21 AM

That Eezox is really nice on blued steel! Break-Free is great on rusted bolts and nuts under your mower, its lousy on firearms - especially autoloaders. ESPECIALLY .22 autoloaders! When I was doing general 'smithing full time(walk-in repairs and such), I used to LOVE those Break-Free guys! Fast 'n easy money, just toss their gummed-up Break-Freed stuff into the ultrasonic for instant repair! I still haven't found anything that beats a detail strip, crud removal with a brush in the parts washer(running kerosene), blow off the bulk of the kero & reassemble. If you MUST use oil, Starrett tool & instrument oil very sparingly. If you don't have ultrasonic and you don't want to disassemble that trigger group or whatever, grab a bunch of CRC Brakleen when it goes on sale at the auto parts store. Same as B/C Gun Scrubber and lots cheaper. Hose out that assembly, then blow it out w/ compressed air. Now it's clean and bone dry. Hit 'er with some Starrett M1, and blow out the excess. You're good to go.

plateshooter · November 29, 1999, 06:54 AM

I use Ed's Red for a solvent, then USP Bore paste and Kroil for the barrel. Break free to keep the rust away. I clean the bolts, carriers etc. with Simple Green, dry with a hair drier or compressed air, then Kroil to be sure everything won't rust.

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Plateshooter

Desert Dog · November 29, 1999, 02:49 PM

I mixed up some Ed's Red a couple of weeks ago, and I am impressed! It seems to keep the mechanisms cleaner, even shooting lead. And the weapons seem to clean up easier also. I'm sold on it. Also, I use Birchwood/Casey Sheath on all my weapons.. Good stuff!!!

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TGS · December 2, 1999, 10:26 PM

I do a little blueing and when yall are finsihed with "rust removers" Ill be happy to give you a nice new blueing job!
Ezzox is super, Outters Teflon really can be used with just slight amounts. I like that in that it lubes and protects and keeps things nice and tidy.
The Ezzox is great but I usually apply it let it "set-up" and buff it. Just like a wax.

Ivanhoe · December 3, 1999, 01:45 AM

about Eezox,

a) where are you folks buying it? it seems to be rare in the usual mail-order catalogs.

b) are you having good success with it on autopistols? rifles?

concerning Prolix; I have used the original (carcinogenic) formula on a Glock with good success. it didn't smell, cleaned OK, was an OK dry lube (though maybe a bit thin). I have not yet tried their New! Improved! Non-carcinogenic! formula yet. If it were easier to find I'd probably already have tried a bottle.

DMSC · December 3, 1999, 10:13 AM

I tried Eezox and then went back to Break Free. Not knocking the Eezox, but I haven't had any problems using CLP.

It would be nice if they could improve the smell of Eezox though!

fastball · December 8, 1999, 07:50 PM

Every weapon that I cleaned while in the Marine Corps (M-16, M-243, M-60, Mk-19, .50 cal, etc) was done so with CLP. This is the same as breakfree, just in government bottles. Seemed to work just fine. Cleaner, Lubricant, Protectant.

October 7, 1999, 09:11 AM	#1
Bennett Richards Senior Member Join Date: November 14, 1998 Location: Carlsbad, CA USA Posts: 356	Just wondering if there is any concensus as to whaich firearms lube is best? BreakFree CLP, TW-25B, Rem Oil, FP-10, KelLube M12, Snake Oil, G-Lube, ProLix? I have liked the TW-25B and the BreakFree... Just wondering what others have found to work.... Ben

October 7, 1999, 10:31 AM	#2
jimmy Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 1999 Location: Texas Posts: 1,796	FWIW, my personal favorite gun lubricants are Wilson's Ultima-Lube grease and oil, and good-old Hoppe's Gun Oil.

October 7, 1999, 10:58 AM	#3
JoeHatley Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 1999 Location: Iowa Posts: 2,135	Bore cleaner: ProShot Oil: Break Free CLP Grease: Rig Grease ------------------ Go NRA

October 7, 1999, 01:41 PM	#4
Al Thompson Staff Alumnus Join Date: May 2, 1999 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,611	Bennett for an all rounder, Break-Free is the way to go. As you've probably noted, very few of us use "an all rounder". Dosen't mean anyone's right or wrong - we just all have preferences. Good (old) friend who has more experiance than I likes Break-Free. As an example of the differences - he refuses to clean the bores of his guns unless they stop shooting right. YMMV ! Giz ------------------ Vote Democratic! 1 Billion Chinese can't be wrong......

October 8, 1999, 03:06 PM	#5
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	All around cleaner, G96 Gun Cleaner (black, red and yellow can). Oil, nearly any gun oil. Avoid ammonia cleaners on nickel plated guns. Jim

October 8, 1999, 09:43 PM	#6
RWK Senior Member Join Date: August 20, 1999 Location: Occupied Virginia Posts: 2,777	I don't have the personal expertise to comment on this topic. HOWEVER, Mike Guarmieri -- the senior gunsmith at Sig-Sauer/SigArms -- recommended Break Free to me. That seems like "the voice of wisdom".

October 9, 1999, 01:15 AM	#7
StanA Member Join Date: June 26, 1999 Posts: 32	Call me weird but not only do I like the BreakFree I think it has a good smell! No I don't try to breath it but you can't help to when you use them. I think some others just smell to loud when used in a small home.

October 9, 1999, 01:57 AM	#8
Dakotan Senior Member Join Date: August 24, 1999 Posts: 174	Try Eezox. I have a friend who was a Break-Free disciple until he reassembled his 1911 at my place, and lubed it with Eezox. He called me yesterday to ask what the stuff was and where to get it. I have used it for 10+ years. Its' lubricity, film longevity, and corrosion inhibitance is absolutely unparalleled by any other product I have ever tried. Try it, and you'll never use anything else. Take Care- Dakotan

October 9, 1999, 07:33 AM	#9
Rosco P. Coltrain Junior member Join Date: October 7, 1999 Posts: 267	I use mineral spirits as a solvent. It is cheap and works well. For a lubricant I usually use break-free.

November 28, 1999, 10:21 AM	#10
BBINJ Member Join Date: November 19, 1999 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 22	That Eezox is really nice on blued steel! Break-Free is great on rusted bolts and nuts under your mower, its lousy on firearms - especially autoloaders. ESPECIALLY .22 autoloaders! When I was doing general 'smithing full time(walk-in repairs and such), I used to LOVE those Break-Free guys! Fast 'n easy money, just toss their gummed-up Break-Freed stuff into the ultrasonic for instant repair! I still haven't found anything that beats a detail strip, crud removal with a brush in the parts washer(running kerosene), blow off the bulk of the kero & reassemble. If you MUST use oil, Starrett tool & instrument oil very sparingly. If you don't have ultrasonic and you don't want to disassemble that trigger group or whatever, grab a bunch of CRC Brakleen when it goes on sale at the auto parts store. Same as B/C Gun Scrubber and lots cheaper. Hose out that assembly, then blow it out w/ compressed air. Now it's clean and bone dry. Hit 'er with some Starrett M1, and blow out the excess. You're good to go.

November 29, 1999, 06:54 AM	#11
plateshooter Senior Member Join Date: September 29, 1999 Location: N.E. Ohio Posts: 522	I use Ed's Red for a solvent, then USP Bore paste and Kroil for the barrel. Break free to keep the rust away. I clean the bolts, carriers etc. with Simple Green, dry with a hair drier or compressed air, then Kroil to be sure everything won't rust. ------------------ Good shootin to ya Plateshooter

November 29, 1999, 02:49 PM	#12
Desert Dog Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 1999 Location: Deep East Texas Posts: 474	I mixed up some Ed's Red a couple of weeks ago, and I am impressed! It seems to keep the mechanisms cleaner, even shooting lead. And the weapons seem to clean up easier also. I'm sold on it. Also, I use Birchwood/Casey Sheath on all my weapons.. Good stuff!!! ------------------ "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority" - Thomas Jefferson

December 2, 1999, 10:26 PM	#13
TGS Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 1999 Location: Woodbury TN Posts: 138	I do a little blueing and when yall are finsihed with "rust removers" Ill be happy to give you a nice new blueing job! Ezzox is super, Outters Teflon really can be used with just slight amounts. I like that in that it lubes and protects and keeps things nice and tidy. The Ezzox is great but I usually apply it let it "set-up" and buff it. Just like a wax.

December 3, 1999, 01:45 AM	#14
Ivanhoe Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 1998 Location: Virginia Posts: 412	about Eezox, a) where are you folks buying it? it seems to be rare in the usual mail-order catalogs. b) are you having good success with it on autopistols? rifles? concerning Prolix; I have used the original (carcinogenic) formula on a Glock with good success. it didn't smell, cleaned OK, was an OK dry lube (though maybe a bit thin). I have not yet tried their New! Improved! Non-carcinogenic! formula yet. If it were easier to find I'd probably already have tried a bottle.

December 3, 1999, 10:13 AM	#15
DMSC Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 1999 Location: South Carolina Posts: 249	I tried Eezox and then went back to Break Free. Not knocking the Eezox, but I haven't had any problems using CLP. It would be nice if they could improve the smell of Eezox though!

December 8, 1999, 07:50 PM	#16
fastball Junior Member Join Date: December 8, 1999 Location: Monroe, GA USA Posts: 1	Every weapon that I cleaned while in the Marine Corps (M-16, M-243, M-60, Mk-19, .50 cal, etc) was done so with CLP. This is the same as breakfree, just in government bottles. Seemed to work just fine. Cleaner, Lubricant, Protectant.