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Posted: 8/8/2010 6:46:00 PM EDT
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Take a look at this test results from Brownells on rust protection. WD-40 surprised me.
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If you haven't seen the thread by SoCalTrojanSoldier, Try here, too. And here, for part 2. |
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Yes, it is surprising that WD-40 was that good. Based upon personal experience with WD-40 protecting a dive knife that was exposured to seawater, I knew that it would provide some protection, but I wouldn't have suspected that it would be almost as good as a protective grease.
I'm glad to see that Boeshield did very well. I suspected that it would be a good performer. When you consider that the products that performed as well (Cosmolene and RIG grease) are not a spray-on product, the ease of application of Boeshield is a plus. One concern I have about WD-40 is long-term protection. I suspect that it won't hold up well, while the greases will perform the best. I wonder how wheel bearing grease would compare with RIG grease in a long-term application. |
| Yeah I imagine if you just want to put it in the safe for years and not touch it, grease would be better. But wd-40 is really easy to use. The only thing i saw against WD-40 was that it said long term use may cause some kind of inhibitor to the use of blueing salts. So if you have a nice blued firearm and ever think of getting it reblued in the future wd-40 might not be the best option. |
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I have a '42 Colt 1911 that for the 62 years I can vouche for it being in the family has never had any finish on it. Read that IN THE WHITE. Never had any finish. It's been soaked with WD40 so many times we won't try to count, and had two barrels shot out of it. Not a speck of rust on it anywhere, has a patina somewhat like electroless nickle. It's beautiful.
You'll never convince me there is any thinng better than WD40 to keep rust away. Ask the black powder shooters what they soak their weapons down with. Thanks, Mike |
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I have a '42 Colt 1911 that for the 62 years I can vouche for it being in the family has never had any finish on it. Read that IN THE WHITE. Never had any finish. It's been soaked with WD40 so many times we won't try to count, and had two barrels shot out of it. Not a speck of rust on it anywhere, has a patina somewhat like electroless nickle. It's beautiful. You'll never convince me there is any thinng better than WD40 to keep rust away. Ask the black powder shooters what they soak their weapons down with. Thanks, Mike You want to sell that Colt? You dont need that outdated design anyway, you cant hit a broadside of a barn with it, and it jams all of the time. I will do you a favor and give you enough so you can buy one of these new "modern" plastic guns that "never" has any problems. 
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I have a '42 Colt 1911 that for the 62 years I can vouche for it being in the family has never had any finish on it. Read that IN THE WHITE. Never had any finish. It's been soaked with WD40 so many times we won't try to count, and had two barrels shot out of it. Not a speck of rust on it anywhere, has a patina somewhat like electroless nickle. It's beautiful. You'll never convince me there is any thinng better than WD40 to keep rust away. Ask the black powder shooters what they soak their weapons down with. Thanks, Mike You want to sell that Colt? You dont need that outdated design anyway, you cant hit a broadside of a barn with it, and it jams all of the time. I will do you a favor and give you enough so you can buy one of these new "modern" plastic guns that "never" has any problems. [/quote
I'll give you credit for the effort. That Colt came home from Berlin with my uncle, a combat pilot, on July 2 1948, the day I was born. Everyone in the family learned to shoot with that Colt. My uncle taught my 15 year old future wife to shoot with it. He would never say where the Colt came from, or why it never had any finish. We always speculated that maybe the slide and frame came out of an armorer's stash of replacement parts. ???? If I get so broke I'm living under an overpass, I'll have that Colt on my left hip. 
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