rust prevention test summer 2023 edition

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Seems your coconut oil concoction and Frog Lube preform similarly for a reason.

FrogLube is Probably Made From Coconut Oil (Not Frogs) -

Last month Andrew Tuohy published a blog post comparing FrogLube with two other lubricants TrackLube+ (a rollercoaster lubricant) and Seal1, another gun lube. He commissioned a infrared spectroscopy analysis of the three lubes and found they were virtually identical chemically, despite being...

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[kane22]

Day 80, there are couple of really small rust spots starting on the frog lube now. Humid everyday with some scattered storms.

 

[Letoff]

We've just about washed all the prevention off of everything now.

The wife prob saying "When's he gonna get that dang rusty pole off the back porch, freakin weirdo!"

 

[Culprit99]

K kane22 , thank you for running this experiment. I've always heard good things anecdotally about Frog Lube, but have never tried it. It appears that I should.

It's not food safe, but I'm curious how Strike Hold would fare. I should buy some Frog Lube and give it a shot.

 

[kane22]

I think I'll let it go 90 days. Maybe try to clean it up a little and see what it looks like with the surface rust nocked off.

 

[kane22]

100 days! That's basically all summer here. The top three were the same as last year. Frog lube outlasted everything by a couple weeks.

Hit em all with a scrubber pad and some water. Frog lube looks good, followed by my homemade beeswax mix. Not a lot of difference between the rest.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Frog Lube is basically coconut oil. I thought everyone knew that.