Why is there a booger in my Mil-tec?

Thomason said:
A strong resemblance to Richard Nixon. Wasn't his middle name Militec?
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No, no! It's John Paul II! I recognize the hat! It's a miracle! Sainthood NOW!

:D
 
It's actually Mescal, not Tequila that comes with a worm at the bottom of the bottle. With Tequila, like Miltec, you get a booger :)
 
Interesting! They do make a Militec grease, maybe some of that got in with the oil?

Or maybe the guy filling the bottles was surfing the web and needed a place to take care of business before the boss came back!
 
250° is too hot! When I dripped some water on the blades it sizzled but didn't completely evaporate. They were at that temperature for about 30 minutes. I hope I didn't ruin the temper.

Gollnick? :confused:

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Somebody been using that stuff to pleasure himself :) .......little splashback so to speak :D


Thomas Zinn
 
fulloflead said:
250° is too hot! When I dripped some water on the blades it sizzled but didn't completely evaporate. They were at that temperature for about 30 minutes. I hope I didn't ruin the temper.

Gollnick? :confused:

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250 should be fine. The problem with household ovens is that they're not well-controlled. An oven set for 250 can easily hit 300 and now we're starting to get close to danger territory. But, even then, the temper of most knives is not affected until you exceed about 350.

My guess is your safe.

I suggest the drop-of-water test because if a drop of water on the blade doesn't sizzer at all, you know the blade is well below about 250 which gives you a hundred-degree safety margin.

The other reason I suggest the drop-of-water test is that it's so simple. It's simple to understand because most everyone knows that water boils around 212F. And it's simple do to because it doesn't require any special materials or equipment or any exotic technique, just a drop of water.
 
Gollnick said:
250 should be fine. The problem with household ovens is that they're not well-controlled. An oven set for 250 can easily hit 300 and now we're starting to get close to danger territory. But, even then, the temper of most knives is not affected until you exceed about 350.

My guess is your safe.

I suggest the drop-of-water test because if a drop of water on the blade doesn't sizzer at all, you know the blade is well below about 250 which gives you a hundred-degree safety margin.

The other reason I suggest the drop-of-water test is that it's so simple. It's simple to understand because most everyone knows that water boils around 212F. And it's simple do to because it doesn't require any special materials or equipment or any exotic technique, just a drop of water.
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Thanks, man.
If water boils at 212°F and I had it at 250°F that makes sense. It was probably somewhere between 250 & 300°.

Next time I'm doing it at 200° though.

I have a few stubborn folders that stay kinda tight even with the pivot loostened to the point of having a tiny bit of blade play, so I look forward to seeing how the treatment affects those. Sometimes I think that the liner/frame lock rubs on the blade too hard, creating too much friction. I wonder if it would help that.

I also wonder if I disassemble the lockwork of a D/A revolver, coat the parts in the stuff and apply heat a few times if it would make a smoother action when the parts are wiped dry again and reassembled. (Assuming burrs are stoned off.) I like dry lubes on gun internals so they don't attract lint & grit.
 
if i remember right Militec has a bugger in the bottle contest going on--the lucky person to find it gets a gallon of Militec(minus buggers)--so pull out that bugger--ship it to Militec and you going to be Militec-ed for life :eek: :) :eek:
 
fulloflead said:
Ya know. There seems to be some discrepency on how to use this stuff and I can understand why. While reading their website I repeatedly made the following exclamation, "You want me to do WHAT?" They want me to stick my gun under a black tarp in the sun? (See what happens when you eat the worm?)
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What part of this did you not understand? Were you drinking and surfing?

STEP TWO: FIRING. Once you fire your weapon enough times to reach operating temperatures, the heat and friction will activate MILITEC-1, strengthening the bonding process that was started in Step One. While firing, MILITEC-1 creates a self-lubricating, water-repelling, dry compound within the gunmetal.

As for the "booger"
Either it is a loose piece of plastic swarf that was not removed when the bottle was made,
OR
it really is booger, but it is from Micheal Jackson's plastic nose!
 
AKA Knife Knut said:
What part of this did you not understand? Were you drinking and surfing?
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Oh, I understood it. I just was a little taken back by the gun under the black tarp thing. Now that I've got the stuff opened and have been playing with it, I like the viscosity of it. I think it would make a good lube even if it doesn't bond.


AKA Knife Knut said:
As for the "booger"
Either it is a loose piece of plastic swarf that was not removed when the bottle was made,
OR
it really is booger, but it is from Micheal Jackson's plastic nose!
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It's definately not plastic. It was definately snot-like until I shook it up and now it's more like a, well... I don't know. Look at the pictures.

It must be some kind of residue from build-up on the surface of whatever mixing pot they use or something.
 
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