I'm looking for products to use to preserve metal when storing guns. Needs to inhibit rust.
I'm looking for products to use to preserve metal when storing guns. Needs to inhibit rust.
There have been tests done:
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I use Eezox.
Use a marine-grade protectant. This stuff is the absolute best for duck guns exposed to salt spray in open boats.
https://www.qmaxxproducts.com/product/salt/
Works fine on Mossberg pump, M9 pistols and M240 GPMG.
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CorrosionX is what I use.
I use Boe sheild. Anything that is a water displacer and corrosion inhibitor will work great. VCI paper and moisture pack inside a sealed container will work wonders illuminate corrosion damage.
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Take a look at these results. Poor products are easy to eliminate.
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One product that is used in the oilfield is Micro Mist or Micromist can't remember the way it was spelled. The supply stores that sold it would spray a 2' section of raw steel pipe outside on their pipe rack and leave it alone. I have seen treated pipe after 1 year that had no rust and the untreated portion was totally rust covered. Don't know how it would work on firearms as it was pretty thick when applied to surfaces almost kinda bubbly from the propellant in the spray can. The outside in the weather demonstration was really impressive. Never paid attention to whether it attracted dust, dirt or any other pollutants. Excellent lubricating properties as that was what we used it for and its ability to stay on the surface of treated area outside in the elements.
One observation is just an anectdote. It is not a comparison test of multiple products tested under the exact same conditions.
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I'm old school and a bit set in my ways.
For long term storage of ferrous metals I still trust RIG. (far right in picture)
The goal is to prevent water & oxygen from reaching the surface of the metal. Any oil or grease will prevent water and oxygen from reaching the surface of the metal but the key is some will continue to do that over longer periods of time.
Check out the LPS line of lubes. We used them extensively when I worked at the sawmill. Great stuff!
Tom
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I have been using Eezox for about 10 years in humid Michigan. It isn't a spray but it hasn't let me down. I suspect that there are a number of products that work well. I used to use Rig, but would experience rust unless I was careful to clean and reapply regularly. Rig is a pain to clean and not as easy to get into seams and tight places.
To each his own but there's nothing magical about rust prevention.
Something needs to prevent water and oxygen from reaching the surface of the metal. It ain't Rocket Science. Lots of things will accomplish that goal, some hold up better than others over time.
Because there's level of trepidation that the product will not work over a long period of time AND a certain level of trust needed from the consumer; the market of rust prevention products is ripe for high dollar products. I'm not saying expensive products are bad but I am saying that sometimes expensive products are just expensive and not necessarily better because they are expensive.
I know of a carbon steel 1911 pistol that was stored in summer house on the Connecticut shore for over 20 years. That house was unoccupied and un-heated during the winter. The gun had been cleaned, lightly coated in grease and wrapped in an oily rag. It was fine despite the huge fluctuations in temperatures, high humidity and proximity to the ocean. I'm not recommending that course of action but I do think sometimes we over-think this stuff.
Clean it, coat it with something that will prevent water & oxygen from reaching the surface (preferably something that will not evaporate over time or gum up) and keep it dry - chances are ....... it will be fine.
In testing, the only sprays that do well are
WD 40 Specialist
Hornady Dri Lube
Followed by Frog Lube which is not a spray
As noted, put on most any lube and store the gun and you should be good, spray or not
The extensive testing champ was WD-40 Specialist Long - Term Corrosion Inhibitor .
WD-40 makes a bunch of " Specialist" products...but the stuff you want is the Long Term Corrosion Inhibitor !
Not realizing that I grabbed the first can that had Specialist on it...got home and it was penetrating oil... didn't want that. Read the labels carefully...Long Term Corrosion Inhibitor is the stuff you want .
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I use Balistol in a spray bottle on everything.. and I also make a fixin wax from part beeswax and part balistol for stuf going into long term storage. I live in that marine environment and my guns are exposed to saltwater real regular.
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Hang an aluminum tag to the steel part of the action as a sacrificial anode. It is a electrochemical trick.
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On our fertilizer truck we painted any gun carried in it and shot said gun once a week to blow any corrosion out of the bore. I had a 18” 7.7 Jap 99 for deer season, a Nylon 66 for the rest of the time. NPK and the fumes from them are quite corrosive. On nice guns I use RIG grease or auto wax.
Wondered if someone would mention plain old wax. Where I am now it's pretty darn humid and hot. I oil my guns and pull them out every 6 months or so. Doesn't seem to matter which oil I use. Ballistol, Rem Oil, etc but for long term storage I usually use 0-20w Full Synthetic Motor Oil.
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