The thing to use wasnt motot oil, but atf. But it stains, has an odor, and isnt non toxic. If your shopping at the auto parts store for gun oil, a better bet is "nyoil", they also sell it on Amazon. Frankly the best option according to the grant cunningham article, is Lubriplate FMO-350- AW, but that only comes in large quantities (Amazon only sells it in 4 packs of a gallon, for 140 dollars). Lubrikits.com sells it sub divided into smaller 4 oz containers for 9 bucks. They also sell a grease kit/oil combo for 17 bucks that pretyy much covers 99% of your gun lube needs.Greg wrote:Don't want to necro the gun lube thread.
Needed to buy some oil for the lawnmower today. Picked up a jug of generic 10w-30 which is what Honda recommends. 5 quart jug should last me a year or two. Actually changing the oil was easy.. once I remembered how to do it. But that's true of many things you don't do often.
Anyway, while I was in the store I also bought a quart of 5w-20 Mobil 1 full synthetic. Not for my lawnmower.
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I wonder if anybody has ever tried power steering fluid? It's synthetic with similar properties as ATF (since older PS systems used ATF), mostly colorless, and doesn't seem to stink.HTRN wrote:The thing to use wasnt motot oil, but atf. But it stains, has an odor, and isnt non toxic. If your shopping at the auto parts store for gun oil, a better bet is "nyoil", they also sell it on Amazon. Frankly the best option according to the grant cunningham article, is Lubriplate FMO-350- AW, but that only comes in large quantities (Amazon only sells it in 4 packs of a gallon, for 140 dollars). Lubrikits.com sells it sub divided into smaller 4 oz containers for 9 bucks. They also sell a grease kit/oil combo for 17 bucks that pretyy much covers 99% of your gun lube needs.Greg wrote:Don't want to necro the gun lube thread.
Needed to buy some oil for the lawnmower today. Picked up a jug of generic 10w-30 which is what Honda recommends. 5 quart jug should last me a year or two. Actually changing the oil was easy.. once I remembered how to do it. But that's true of many things you don't do often.
Anyway, while I was in the store I also bought a quart of 5w-20 Mobil 1 full synthetic. Not for my lawnmower.
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Why bother? A gallon of fmo350aw is 25 bucks plus shipping on ebay.
Admittedly, you have the whole alaska problem, but the next time you're in an auto parts store, check to see if they have nyoil..
Admittedly, you have the whole alaska problem, but the next time you're in an auto parts store, check to see if they have nyoil..
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Why would I need a food grade oil?
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Go read the grant cunningham articleNetpackrat wrote:Why would I need a food grade oil?
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Did I miss a link? Also, who is Grant Cunningham, and why do I care?
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HTRN wrote:Go read the grant cunningham articleNetpackrat wrote:Why would I need a food grade oil?
HRTN, are these the articles to which you are referring too?
http://www.grantcunningham.com/2006/05/lubrication-101/
http://www.grantcunningham.com/2012/07/ ... your-guns/
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Why do I want something that stains, and is toxic?HTRN wrote:The thing to use wasnt motot oil, but atf. But it stains, has an odor, and isnt non toxic. If your shopping at the auto parts store for gun oil, a better bet is "nyoil", they also sell it on Amazon. Frankly the best option according to the grant cunningham article, is Lubriplate FMO-350- AW, but that only comes in large quantities (Amazon only sells it in 4 packs of a gallon, for 140 dollars). Lubrikits.com sells it sub divided into smaller 4 oz containers for 9 bucks. They also sell a grease kit/oil combo for 17 bucks that pretyy much covers 99% of your gun lube needs.Greg wrote:Don't want to necro the gun lube thread.
Needed to buy some oil for the lawnmower today. Picked up a jug of generic 10w-30 which is what Honda recommends. 5 quart jug should last me a year or two. Actually changing the oil was easy.. once I remembered how to do it. But that's true of many things you don't do often.
Anyway, while I was in the store I also bought a quart of 5w-20 Mobil 1 full synthetic. Not for my lawnmower.
Note, I also have knives and various other tools.
I use mineral oil on anything that has a chance to touch food - it's food grade, buy it in the laxative aisle at the store. But the mineral oil doesn't seem to be particularly great as a lubricant.
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Yes. There's a lot of snake oil being sold these days as gun lube. You can buy a gallon of the fmo350aw off of eBay for 40 bucks, and unless you're an armorer or are named ,"Candyman" it will be enough to last five lifetimesTheArmsman wrote:HTRN wrote:Go read the grant cunningham articleNetpackrat wrote:Why would I need a food grade oil?
HRTN, are these the articles to which you are referring too?
http://www.grantcunningham.com/2006/05/lubrication-101/
http://www.grantcunningham.com/2012/07/ ... your-guns/
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Grant Cunningham, is a gunsmith who posted a couple of articles debunking miracle gun lube, what's cheap that works, and supposedly spoke with triboligists(oil engineers) before writing said articles. I don't know how true the last part is, but my limited knowledge of oil and grease(relatively speaking) makes my gut feeling that he's on the money.Netpackrat wrote:Did I miss a link? Also, who is Grant Cunningham, and why do I care?
Frankly the toxic issue is less of a concern than a staining issue do you plan on licking your pistol slide? At most it might be a skin irritant from incidental contact. The reason why motor oil is a bad idea, is they typically contain benzene, which causes oxidation issues.
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