Bio-Based Gun Oil/Cleaner - Opinions, Please

[DarrenB]

I was shopping for some new ear pro and happened to notice my local store was clearing out 'Seal 1 CLP' for 80% off.
I've done some research and it looks like this is coconut oil based much like froglube. Does anyone have an opinion on these bio cleaners?
Hoppe's is what I've used since childhood but I'm a sucker for anything 80% off.

 

[Meobius]

I'm using froglube, and the smell of peppermint beats kerosene any day of the week. Great if you have pets or young children that find their way into everything and stick everything in their mouth. Safer for you too.
As for function, all my guns get taken apart and pasted every year, and I use the CLP and solvent as needed on my 22s and after every use on my other rifles.
If you don't shoot in colder temperatures, it's great. I've found that under -5c the guns start getting a bit stiffer and my semi-auto starts having feed issues - though that could also just be the guns themselves and not the froglube.

 

[buckbrush]

frog lube = Soy 100 lube. The price difference is huge.

 

[saskbooknut]

According to the internet, Froglube's chromatographic signature is identical to coconut oil, with oil of wintergreen added.
Awful pricy coconut oil.

 

[Smcx]

I use a water/isopropyl alcohol/ murphys oil soap mix.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Ballistol is my goto oil..

 

[Rhino rpr]

Ballistol is my goto oil..

Yup, plus it’s good for what ails you, coughs, cold, sore holes, pimples on your eyeballs.....

 

[supacat]

Fluid Film is great. Lanolin-based and smells amazing. It even has a picture of a rifle on the can.

 

[Butcherbill]

Ballistol is my goto oil..

+2

I think that’s one of the big reasons I started using it, nice to have a skin friendly cleaner/lube. Plus it’s the best when cleaning after shooting corrosive ammo.

 

[josquin]

Yup, plus it’s good for what ails you, coughs, cold, sore holes, pimples on your eyeballs.....

It's what I use most of the time, too.

I nearly bought the medical version from Amazon US "just because" but it's fairly pricey (about $30 CDN, even sent to my alternate US address.) Don't think it's available up here. I'd guess it's the same as the regular stuff but enured to be sterile.