Best protection oil

JD Spydo said:
For the last 4 years I've pretty much been using one product for protection, cleaning and handle preservation. Ballistol is what I use on G-10, Carbon Fiber, Micarta and other handles.

I find that Ballistol works great for storing cutlery for an extended time period. It also has reasonably good lubricating properties but I will admit that mainly use Militec for my most demanding lubricating jobs.

But Ballistol is a great product and you can buy from Spyderco Factory Outlet. I believe Brownell's who is a gun supply mail order catalog also sells Ballistol from what I'm told. You won't go wrong with Ballistol.
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Do these actually have any corrosion protection properties?
 
tonym1 said:
What oil would be the best to put on a blade to protect it from rusting while it is stored? Are there oils for this specific purpose and some for lubrication only? Or is it oils is oils as they say
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It depends on how long you plan on storing it, where you plan on storing it and what you are storing. Also do you plan on re-oiling once in a while?

If I were storing a carbon steel blade, in my damp garage, while I went on a 4year vacation, I would use RIG or equivalent grease. Yes Grease. Or something made specifically for long term rust prevention. Oil will dry out over time. My dad once filled the barrel of his 30-06 full of 3 in1 oil and forgot about it for around 5 years. The barrel was so full of rust we had to throw it out. When I asked him why he never checked his rifle he said, "I filled it full of 3 in 1 oil, what more did I need to do?"

Bill
 
After reading this thread I will have to give mineral oil a try and see how it goes. As already mentioned CLP does work great to clean and protect metal (just make sure you do shake it up good first) and so does Eezox. I cannot find Eezox in anything but an aerosol can anymore though and I don't like that as it requires me to apply outdoors on a windless day and so forth. Eezox is great though in that it takes forever to wear off and it does not attract lint.

I know there are rumors, and maybe they have no validity but I really don't know, that some of the older standbys for oiling knives and firearms (I'm not going to mention names because I don't even know if this is true) have been reputed to damage the plastic polymer parts so popular in modern knives and firearms so supposedly some cleaners/oils should be avoided if you were to have something like FRN scales and so forth. Again, no idea if that is even true but to be safe I usually stick with lubricants that specifically say they will not harm plastics. I figure at this point any manufacturer who believes their product will not harm plastic should be stating it anyway as just about every other thing out there is half plastic anymore.
 
Anyone here with more than a passing knowledge about guns? Know how rifles are stored for decades coated in cosmoline grease?

Grease is what you use to protect metals for long-term storage in hostile elements. Oils will not-only evaporate, but it will move from large flat surfaces and pool due to capillary action.
 
jeffzerot said "I actually wax mine: - On this note, consider that museums around the world such as The Smithsonian, protect their precious items by waxing them. They typically use a wax like RENAISSANCE WAX.

pinhead said "I cannot find Eezox in anything but an aerosol can anymore" - Go to eBay and do a search on "Eezox" and you will find non-aerosol Eezox available in .95 oz. oilers, to 4 oz. cans to 32 oz. cans all readily available.

CWL said "rifles are stored for decades coated in Cosmoline grease." - He's right. Now cosmoline may not be the easiest stuff to clean off a gun, BUT people have cleaned up rifles from WW1 stored in Cosmoline and found them to be rust free. He also said "Oils will not-only evaporate, but it will move from large flat surfaces and pool due to capillary action." - This not always true as some modern products actually bond to the metal surface and stay put, where applied
 
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