Best gun cleaning spray

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I have plenty of oils and stuff like that but they are all the drop kind and I have some WD 40 but I have places where I can get Rem Oil and other stuff like that from Wal Mart and Academy and other shops around town so what do yall use.
 
WD-40 is a water displacing oil, was not designed to clean or protect metal from corrosion. Lots of good products out there but I am not familiar with what your local Walmart is carrying. Hoppes, Shooters Choice and many other specialty brands out there designed for gun cleaning.
 
I use and always trusted Break-Free products.

Never had an issue.

Started selling some of their product on my site and never had a return or complaint.
 
There is nothing wrong per se with WD-40, as it is comprised of mineral spirits (a mild solvent) and mineral oil (a light lubricant). I would rather clean a gun with WD-40 than leave it dirty. Leatherman recommends it to clean and lube their multitools, for example.

There are many better (much better) products for guns, though. I like Break Free CLP, and it is highly regarded, but there are plenty of others as well. Break Free cleans well, lubes and protects well, and has teflon particles suspended in it (you can see them) to aid in lubrication.
 
I was once asking a similar question regarding gun cleaning products. Right now I like to use Breakfree CLP or Rem-oil. I use Hoppes 9 if stuff is really caked on. However, I'm wanting to try Balistol because it is completely non-toxic and could replace the other products if I like it enough.

Some trivia. Balistol stands for ballistic oil.

powernoodle said:
Break Free cleans well, lubes and protects well, and has teflon particles suspended in it (you can see them) to aid in lubrication.
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Is that why Breakfree comes out grey looking?
 
harkamus said:
Is that why Breakfree comes out grey looking?
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Not sure about that, but you can see the tiny PTFE/teflon particles collect in the bottom of a clear container. Some folks (me) place a small nut or other item in the bottom of a Break Free bottle to aid in dispersing the teflon when the bottle is shaken. Sorta like how some spray paint cans have a ball bearing or something in the can.
 
bitter1 said:
I have plenty of oils and stuff like that but they are all the drop kind and I have some WD 40 but I have places where I can get Rem Oil and other stuff like that from Wal Mart and Academy and other shops around town so what do yall use.
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An old mechanic who taught me everything I know about loosening rusted bolts and removing oxidated residues from metals in general always mixed 50% ATF with 50% acetone and probably had the cleanest guns and engines I'd seen before or since. He was also not a fan of using a lubricant oil on the slides or bolts of his firearm actions, preferring graphite grease at the wear points because "oil thins out and she drains away, grease stays put!" Film strength lessens the argument for grease vs. oil in some of the modern gun oils (Tetra?), but I'm sticking with what works for me.

This topic often has views that will border on religion, prepare for a further flurry of opinionated respondents!

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TKAZ said:
I use and always trusted Break-Free products.

Never had an issue.

Started selling some of their product on my site and never had a return or complaint.
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+100

There is nothing better than CLP , I dont say things like that often either.


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Yeah I was saying that I have WD 40 and that is the only spray that I have and want something better. I have break free but it is the drop bottle. So CLP is just what I might go with. I know some shops that carry it here in town.
 
And I do not want to start any oil wars here on the forums but if it gets me more options then I am all for it.
 
I've used BreakFree for years for gun cleaning/preservation, lubing slipjoints, bare metal protection (knives, axes) and for cleaning diamond hones.
 
Practical Use said:
Simple green. Hot water. Blow it out with compressed air!!!! Then Milspec-1, or Break Free or ......
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Well said, and it usually negates the need for hoppes elite gold bore gel if used on a fairly clean weapon, have found nothing better for pulling powder fouling from a bore than that hoppes gel though...

It also pulls a lot of the "dark" from my old Mausers and such. Well that and a homemade electronic bore cleaner...;)
 
I love the smell of Hoppes, but I've found nothing easier or more effective that a hose down with break free CLP, run a bore-snake through once or twice, then wipe down.

(Bore-Snakes rock, get one.)
 
I have a friend who LOVES to clean guns. He shoots just so that he has an excuse to clean. And if you stop by his house on the way back from the range, he will be glad to clean your guns for you and they will be cleaner than they left the factory. I usually bring some beer to show my appreciation for his fine work.

Anyway, many years ago I took some guns to him to clean and he said he was trying out this new solvent. "Stand back, the smell will bring tears to your eyes, but it works great." Indeed! The moment he opened that bottle, the room filled with ammonia!

Ammonia! What else has ammonia in it, I asked myself. Windex does. So I tried cleaning a gun with Windex and found that it works really well.
 
I have heard that Windex works good for cleaning guns after shooting corrosive ammo because it has the ammonia to break down the corrosive particles.
 
Went looking for some bf at Wally's and discovered CLP is now replaced by the Winchester Logo - Guess they bought them out?
 
Gun cleaning sprays:

WalMart carburetor cleaner spray works great.

Kroil is good too, but pricey.

Brake cleaner is not as agressive as carb cleaner, but dries with no residue.

PB Blaster-- Haven't tried it, waiting for a pretext to use it.

I like spray cleaners for cleaning mechanisms I don't /can't get apart, or for complex/intricate surfaces that I can't physically reach to scrub with a Q-tip.
 
Just a word of caution on brake cleaner....cleans to bare metal..if you don't lubrication, rust will follow soon. The "old" aerosol brake cleaners were loaded with carcinogens, read the warning label carefully...best used for blasting out gunked up actions, not so much for cleaning bores, IMHO.

There are better bore cleaners but CLP and RemOil fine for intended purposes, WD40 a good water displacer, not so hot as a lube IMO..tends to gum and collect junk over time in my limited experience.
 
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