Corrosion prevention

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Buddylee

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I have a question for you guys out there. I want to put a protective coating of oil on the exterior finish on my rifle. It's not for long term storage but I'd like something to protect my finish while I'm outside in the elements. Do you have any suggestions about which product will perform the best? I've heard people like the Froglube that comes in a container or the classic Hoppe's no. 9 oil. I'd love to hear your input! For context I have a Remington 700 Police model.
 
Many moons ago when WD40 was a fairly new thing buddies and I would spray the entire gun down with it. Worked great until the first heavy snow day that left the evergreens loaded with snow. Pushing thru these reveled what happens when WD40 gets wet. We switched to paste wax. I’m suspicious of any lube one can spray for continuous wet applications.
Dry storage another thing.
 
As an additional comment. I’m a big fan of Ballistol for black powder guns. Ballistol is a synthetic lube from pre WW2. Water soluble, available as a thinner spray or thicker liquid.
Sprayed on it will mix with water, in fact we mix it 25/75 with water as a cleaner patch lube, but once the water evaporates it leaves the lube behind.
Smelly, some like it, and non toxic.
 
I use Boshield T-9, a light lubricant that soaks into metal. It seems to work crud out of bearing surfaces so cleaning is easier.
 
For a long term solution, you might consider something like duracoating. I did my ruger mark II, Remington 700, my 1911, my AR, etc. it isn’t hard to do and it’s a tough coating. No more worries about rust. Not on the exterior anyway. The interiors I just lube. I bought a bunch of this stuff called slip 2000, which is a synthetic lube. I don’t even know if it’s still sold, but it doesn’t just disappear with the passage of time like some lubes seem to.
 
I use Boshield T-9, a light lubricant that soaks into metal. It seems to work crud out of bearing surfaces so cleaning is easier.
I use it on my tablesaw (one of the machines Bioshield was designed for), but it needs regular replenishment. It is NOT a cure-all, despite their ads. I would never use it on a firearm.
 
I use food grade pure silicone sprayed on a rag and then wiped all over silicone will repel water and it stays put and it is a cheap fix for any rifle used in the elements for any length of time. I also use it on my table saw and other tools that get hard use outside.
 
I use it on my tablesaw (one of the machines Bioshield was designed for), but it needs regular replenishment. It is NOT a cure-all, despite their ads. I would never use it on a firearm.

Care to elaborate?
 
Yes, its rust-preventative effect (affect?) seems to dissipate after a few months. If I leave a piece of (recently purchased) wood on a part of the metal surface for a few days, all is well. But if I do the same thing after a couple months there appears a "blooming" of surface badness (rust "fogginess") after just a day. So I don't think it's good for long-term storage, just short-term. Once I get through the can I have I won't be replacing it.
 
I hate how the table saws told rust, I got my dad one a few years ago for his new to him house. I think it's a nice saw, one of them job site delta's. His garage have a lot of moisture in it,one day hope find is that. He uses it almost every day and forgets to oil it and it will rust quick.

I suppose it would be a good thing to use for testing, I may try that next time I am up there.
 
I live in a high humidity area where if you don't do something it will rust in a day. I have found Johnson Floor Paste wax to be the best for me. I have my table saw, band saw and joiner covered with it. At time the humidity is so high there is dew setting on the tops when I go out to the shop. It seams to hold up for a good year+ if not using the equipment. If I use them a lot I will put another coat of wax on it. Sure makes the wood slide easily.
 
I have friends who keep guns on their fishing boats to use on sharks and any bad actors that might come around while out in the gulf. The guns get cleaned twice a year with a fresh coat of paste wax. No rust evident when they keep to that schedule and you know salt air is rough on metal, even stainless.
 
Table Saw trick
On a cast iron table for a table saw, clean and polish with a block of wood and wet n dry paper moving in line with the blade. Remove all oil and residue. Melt Bees Wax, apply it hot to the steel, let it soak into the metal and rub down with a dry cloth. The wiped down surface will be slick to wood run on it and rust proof for years even in an outside shop. You can warm the surface from underneath with a propane torch, to re-apply wax, blow off saw dust first. Old, old wood shop trick.

Guns in weather.
I travel all over the world with Browning Citori shotguns, wing shooting. I always carry a can of G-96 and a bore Snake and a wipe rag in a zip lock with me anywhere I go. My guns function and look as new wherever I go.
 
Vast majority of gun cleaners are triple action cleaners that clean, lube, and protect against rust. G96, Breakfree/Military CLP, and Rem oil are the top 3 I use depending on application and my supply of it. And there are dozens more.
 
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