grampajack
AR Junkie
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- Mar 31, 2016
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I agree the timken test is pretty shady when used for marketing, but I think it can be useful for development so long as you do your best to make it repeatable.
As far as commercialization, not planning on that at the moment. I'm not saying I wouldn't if I just so happened to come up with something that was the proverbial magical unicorn spit, but thus far I don't think I've come up with anything that outperforms what's already on the market. The point is just to get a reasonably priced alternative to the non toxic stuff on the market.
I would be more than happy to provide a sample to whoever is willing to test it, providing they shoot enough to give real feedback. That would certainly speed up my process by orders of magnitude. All I can promise is to disclose what's in any given batch, and it's up to you to decide if it's safe for your guns, health, etc.
I'm a little reluctant to discuss what's in it, for fear of infringing on someone's patent or leading them into doing something dangerous. I'm not a chemist, so I can't really guarantee that anything I'm doing is safe. There's always the possibility I will create some toxic by-product or something. I think the risk of that is very low given my intent to use only natural ingredients, but everything starts out natural.
I will say this. The absolute best oil I've found is safflower, with a smoke point of 510* and a melting point of 0*. Its problem is that it has an iodine number of 140, so it dries extremely quickly. The most stable oil is fractionated coconut oil, with an iodine value of 1. You can leave the stuff out for years and it won't oxidise. It's really overkill for the application. But it has a narrow temperature range. So basically I've got two strategies. I can make safflower non drying, or I can expand coconut's temperature range. I've successfully expanded coconut's temperature range, but I don't have a strategy to make safflower non drying yet.
As far as commercialization, not planning on that at the moment. I'm not saying I wouldn't if I just so happened to come up with something that was the proverbial magical unicorn spit, but thus far I don't think I've come up with anything that outperforms what's already on the market. The point is just to get a reasonably priced alternative to the non toxic stuff on the market.
I would be more than happy to provide a sample to whoever is willing to test it, providing they shoot enough to give real feedback. That would certainly speed up my process by orders of magnitude. All I can promise is to disclose what's in any given batch, and it's up to you to decide if it's safe for your guns, health, etc.
I'm a little reluctant to discuss what's in it, for fear of infringing on someone's patent or leading them into doing something dangerous. I'm not a chemist, so I can't really guarantee that anything I'm doing is safe. There's always the possibility I will create some toxic by-product or something. I think the risk of that is very low given my intent to use only natural ingredients, but everything starts out natural.
I will say this. The absolute best oil I've found is safflower, with a smoke point of 510* and a melting point of 0*. Its problem is that it has an iodine number of 140, so it dries extremely quickly. The most stable oil is fractionated coconut oil, with an iodine value of 1. You can leave the stuff out for years and it won't oxidise. It's really overkill for the application. But it has a narrow temperature range. So basically I've got two strategies. I can make safflower non drying, or I can expand coconut's temperature range. I've successfully expanded coconut's temperature range, but I don't have a strategy to make safflower non drying yet.