plainsdrifter
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One thing I discovered by accident is that MPro7 and Mobil1 mixed approximately 50/50 makes, initially, a very thick oil. This thick oil (which I liked pretty well as a gun oil) has gradually continued to thicken to the point that it has turned to grease in the bottle in about four years. Also, during this period I have added more and more Mobil1 to the bottle, and it has still continued to thicken over time.Slip2K, Mpro7, Geissele Go Juice and Mobil1, are best of the best lubricants as well as protectant. I have a bunch more too, enough to last several lifetimes.
If I wasn't already stocked to the gills, I would purchase a supply of Geissele Go-Juice, it could be just like any other lube but Bill Geissele has some kind of engineering degree, has extensive knowledge and expertise on metals and friction re lubricants from a career in the railroad industry, and he seems to really know his stuff. I only use a small amount of Go-juice from the free stuff he send with triggers but it does work well, cant really say if it's any better than everything else, but certainly better than some.One thing I discovered by accident is that MPro7 and Mobil1 mixed approximately 50/50 makes, initially, a very thick oil. This thick oil (which I liked pretty well as a gun oil) has gradually continued to thicken to the point that it has turned to grease in the bottle in about four years. Also, during this period I have added more and more Mobil1 to the bottle, and it has still continued to thicken over time.
On the general topic of lubricants and mixing lubricants... for a few years I had a friend and business acquaintance who was one of the world's top authorities on lubricants and fuel additives (among other things, he ran Chevron's R&D labs when they invented Techron). He told me once that when you start mixing oils, such as engine oils (which all have their own additive packages) with off-the-shelf oil additive products, you have no idea what the result in the crankcase will be BECAUSE the additive packages can do funky things when mixed together. He strongly recommended against doing that kind of thing (putting additives into your engine oil). When I saw what happened when mixing the MPro7 and Mobil1, it brought to mind what my friend the lubricants expert had told me.
Two friends of mine are oil and lubricant blenders here in So Cal. They mix into the specific base, let’s say it is for a 10W40 dino oil, whatever additives the customer wants for their packaged product. The next customer gets their additive blends for their brand, and so on.One thing I discovered by accident is that MPro7 and Mobil1 mixed approximately 50/50 makes, initially, a very thick oil. This thick oil (which I liked pretty well as a gun oil) has gradually continued to thicken to the point that it has turned to grease in the bottle in about four years. Also, during this period I have added more and more Mobil1 to the bottle, and it has still continued to thicken over time.
On the general topic of lubricants and mixing lubricants... for a few years I had a friend and business acquaintance who was one of the world's top authorities on lubricants and fuel additives (among other things, he ran Chevron's R&D labs when they invented Techron). He told me once that when you start mixing oils, such as engine oils (which all have their own additive packages) with off-the-shelf oil additive products, you have no idea what the result in the crankcase will be BECAUSE the additive packages can do funky things when mixed together. He strongly recommended against doing that kind of thing (putting additives into your engine oil). When I saw what happened when mixing the MPro7 and Mobil1, it brought to mind what my friend the lubricants expert had told me.
I got a couple more round here but this is whuts in one area.
Yes, if anything close to what happened in my MPro7/Mobil1 bottle were to happen in an engine crankcase, it'd be terrible for the engine. Viscosity-wise, I'd say the resulting viscosity is close to refrigerated honey..... they have mentioned in the past that adding chemicals outside of the oil can occasionally cause weird things to happen to motor oil in engines, too.
Well, I guess I'm obsessed or I just like to experiment, but for me it's just a history of having spent time in a wide variety of environments (middle east desert, high desert, mountains in winter, south Florida, western Washington in the rainy season which is like 11 months long, SE Asian and central American jungles) with a wide variety of firearms... it's not always just that one product that works for everything all the time...I guess I don't understand the obsession some people have with gun oil.
Pretty much me... My LGS gave me a case of Wilson Combat lube many years ago. I lube everything with it and probably have enough till I am 6' under.Here's mine. Mobil One 30w