What's Your Lube of Choice?

But assuming i keep safe queens in a dry, non humid environment, after wiping down the factory lube, they should be fine dry ?
 
TheMtnMan said:
But assuming i keep safe queens in a dry, non humid environment, after wiping down the factory lube, they should be fine dry ?
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I would think you would be fine. Never tried it on any Blade. I always treat all my Blades even stainless folders. I do not store them with a coat of oil on them,I wipe them down with the Miltec-1 and then wipe them dry for storage. On SR 101 or other steel that easily tarnishes I put a coat of Flitz wax on them. Flitz polish is also suppose to give protection. I have never had any rust between the Miltec-1 and flitz.
 
I didnt have any rust issues more like dried lube/discoloration/imprint of whatever pad or Rag its laying on
 
Mineral oil here, keep a shaving brush impregnated with it on the shelf in my walk in knife safe ;) and use it when something has been used or overly fondled... :D
 
TheMtnMan said:
I didnt have any rust issues more like dried lube/discoloration/imprint of whatever pad or Rag its laying on
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Not had the Miltec-1 dry on firearms. Lube that drys would not be good at all with firearms. I have seen the type drying you are talking about but do not know what the lube was. I do know it is hard to clean up.
 
TheMtnMan said:
But assuming i keep safe queens in a dry, non humid environment, after wiping down the factory lube, they should be fine dry ?
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I have never had a rust problem with clean, dry, unprotected INFI indoors (in a heated/air conditioned house). I even had a coated original NOe in the car for a long time (months/years?), and there was no rust on the uncoated edge.

I do not use any lube/rust preventative, especially for INFI kept in a humidity-controlled safe. I clean off any lube on INFI knives I buy before I store them.

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INFI will rust given enough exposure to water/high humidity.

I have a Boney Active Duty (BAD) with a satin finish that I used in the kitchen, and at times I would let it lie in a wet sink for extended periods of time; it did eventually develop some very minor rust (mainly around the logo). I was curious how rust resistant INFI was, so I intentionally neglected the BAD, and the result was better than I expected.

On my other INFI users, I clean them after use and make sure they are dry before I put them away; once again, no lube is used and I have not had a problem with rust on these.
 
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I typically use Corrosion-X or EDCi.
 
I use lip chap, get for free from work and will never dry out once you put it on a blade. I even have it under my scales of my 1095 carbon blades.
 
CHEMMINS said:
The blood of my enemies......
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I too have used the blood of CHEMMINS enemies and can definitely vouch for that treatment.


mainaman said:
Here is a very detailed article describing the testing of 46 different kinds of oils for corrosion resistance.

http://www.dayattherange.com/?page_id=3667
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Came in here to share this.
My go-to reference on the matter.
Interestingly the overall results seem to have picked a winner in Froglube, but when you look at the composition of Froglube it seems to be nothing more than coconut oil with some additives.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/02/21/froglube-is-probably-made-from-coconut-oil-not-frogs/

Those additives were well thought of, plus the company deserves to be supported, but it's nice to know that people that have shared their experience with using coconut oil as lubricant are on to something.
 
Ive tried mostly everything on the market and at the moment for rust prevention I would say FrogLube used with a hairdryer heating up the steel just enough to absorb is the best I've tried. I use coconut oil on all my kitchen knives and that works fairly well.


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