Silicone gun rags

[labnoti]

I have been using Rig grease on a rag to wipe down guns after use. Works well.

What do they use, if you know, and why is it better than Silicone. (I never was a fan of Silicone)

I have no first-hand experience, but I noticed that "Sentry Solutions" also sells a spray and tub of dry film lubricant or dry film rust inhibitor. So whatever it is, a person could conceivably make their own clothes saturated in it.

Personally, I have not worn out the yellow flannel cloth that Ruger sent me with a blued gun. I don't know what's on it, but I imagine it's silicone. The guns I use and prefer to use the great majority of the time are stainless steel and while I do still wipe them down, they don't need any wonder chemicals to pamper the finish.

 

[AFK]

I keep a silicone rag in my range bag. I give my guns a wipe down after shooting on a hot day to get my sweat off of them. Then in to the case for the ride home. Once home they get a cleaning and a wipe down with either Hoppes or Remington oil wipes. I wipe off excess oil with a microfiber before being put in the safe.

 

[Poper]

I have been using Rig grease on a rag to wipe down guns after use. Works well.

What do they use, if you know, and why is it better than Silicone. (I never was a fan of Silicone)

Different non-silicone product:
I discovered Qmaxx at a friends of NRA event about 3 years ago. It is heavier than water so it purges water from the surface and when it dries it leaves a very dense, very slick, proprietary micro thin layer behind. Protects like nothing I have ever seen before and cleans so well and easy that a guy has to use it to believe it.

The first time I used it was to clean the bore of my old .22 lr Remington 572 that hadn't been cleaned since 1978. Literally. Of course it hadn't been used much, either. But the bore came clean in just a couple passes... The first pass with a patch nearly all of the lead fouling in the barrel came out on the patch gritty, like sand. Crazy stuff. Not a solvent though it uses solvents as a vehicle.

I rarely use anything else these days.

 

[Walkalong]

I discovered Qmaxx

Never heard of it, I need to research it.

 

[Walkalong]

I used it was to clean the bore of my old .22 lr Remington 572

Which QMaxx product?

 

[Poper]

Which QMaxx product?

QMAXX Blu:
https://www.qmaxxproducts.com/product/blu/
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Matrixx-...WyegBvOxX5Gv0SlQvxQOJNraXdW_TCLoaAv4EEALw_wcB

 

[Poper]

By the way, if you have a chaindrive anything, the QMAXX product to use is H2O. I use it on my garage door. It didn't leave a mess behind and it quieted it down lots.
Another guy told me to use it (H2O) on the factory chrome rims of my Ford Ranger to keep the disc brake dust from sticking to them. Who'd a thunk it? All I have to do now is hose 'em off or drive it through the car wash! No muss, no fuss. Slick!

I was told the dried film had a wear resistance, so just for kicks and grins, I started applying it to my electric Remington shaver's micro screen and blades when I had to replace my old one. That was 2 1/2 years ago and I am still on the original screen and blades. I use it (the shaver) every day.


A friend of mine says I suffer from NSOS. (New Shiny Object Syndrome)
I think he exagerates.