I’ve been using this as a general purpose cleaner/lubricant for probably 30 years or so, and it’s always worked well for me. I know that nowadays there is a wide assortment of products that do just as well or better (or maybe MUCH better).
I’ve heard some guys say “I miss the old Breakfree formulation from the 1980’s and 1990’s. It worked better”. Guess I really haven’t been paying attention, but is that accurate?
There are several threads which discuss Breakfree, these seemed to be most relevant:
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?99544-Weapons-lubricant-updates-info
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?161889-CLP-vs-LSA
Plus there was the epic, Fireclean…is it just re-branded Crisco Vegetable oil? thread that went on, and on, and on… https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?173451-Fireclean-is-it-just-re-branded-Crisco-Vegetable-oil-Video
Well, I’m not familiar with Fireclean but it sounds delicious.
I think Fireclean sued the Vuurwapen blog guy for false statements or something. Either way, it’s always worked very well for me.
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I use slip2000. I just detailed my glock, lubed it and let it sit(edc gun) for a week or so, and it seems the lube disolved a lot of carbon in crevices because the inside was filthy again. Just thought Id share as I noticed today and seemed somewhat relevant.
I started using Weapon Shield CLP, same guy that made FP10 CLP. He does tests under “Weapon Shield” on youtube with various lubes and you can see how bad some of the competition perform. He uses some kind of friction machine and basically his performs better than most of the big name stuff. Dude has some doctorate in oil or something. He tests nearly every major manufacturers lubes on the machine- it’s basically a pass fail type situation until the machine seizes up from friction.
I still clean with Breakfree but wipe it off after the part is clean and lube with Slip2000 EWL, especially the BCG of my AR’s.
Bores I’ll usually leave lubed with Breakfree once they’re spic-and-span.
Call me a traditionalist that won’t change, but I see no need to change from the synthetic 5W-40 motor oil (typically Castrol Syntec) I’ve used for nearly 20 years on private and .mil arms. Save one deployment where I used the vehicle motor oil from the maintenance yards (they said it was synthetic, so not really cheating on the faithful)
It’s far cheaper than the latest craze in “gun oils” and works perfectly fine in my experience. I still keep a can of Breakfree around for spots of corrosion, but by and large, the motor oil is my go to and a quart lasts a long time.
Have you ever read this?
I’ve tried lots of them but I don’t seem to see much difference in how the gun works. For personal preference though FP10/Weaponshield if I was limited to just one. It just seems to take more junk off as a CLP than anything I used. I honestly use it as a bore cleaner more often than anything else I own. Pleasant smell doesn’t hurt either.
This stuff is prehistoric by today’s standards, but some folks swear by it:
Great stuff but smells like ass. I used it on a couple of pairs of cuffs I carry as I wanted something “light” to flush them out. That smell lasted for days…
Didn’t get to that link, but the sds for mobil 1 says no significant hazard. Did I miss something?
I used to use Mobile 1 as a weapon lube. Worked great. But if you do some actual research on it you’ll find that using motor oil as a gun lube is bad for your health.
Raw motor oil is pretty benign, but as its used and breaks down, it creates some nasty stuff. For those of us that shoot often, its worth it to get something like slip2k IMO. Slip also lasts much longer in use and storage than motor oil in my experience.
I read it, it was quite a dry subject, so my attention may have been lacking, but I saw nothing alarming, so if I missed it would you please clarify &/or elaborate?
Nothing earth shattering, respiratory and eye irritant.
I wouldn’t use motor oil.
Meh, I’m a smoker and have other health concerns. You are gonna die eventually.
For what it’s worth, here’s a guy that tested 46 gun oil products. Now, he only tested corrosion resistance not shooting.
http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/showthread.php/141077-Results-of-gun-care-product-evaluation
I use Hopes and CLP. No real reason, just happened to buy that. They clean, I never have rust issues even with surplus ammo. I typically buy whatever is cheapest or closest to reach. Maybe there’s a difference if I were in a sub tropical jungle near salt water or in extreme cold environment. As it is Pennsylvania isn’t either and I never had issues with the run of the mill cleaner/lubricant
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