Soaking degreaser?

[sean69]

Use it for fire starter at a bush party?


Anyone use grease instead of oil for lubrication? Was watching a video for assembly and the guy was using grease on a few moving parts for his 94.

Grease loves to stay in place and collect lint dirt, grit, grime, bugs, name it.... makes it great for parts that cycle rapidly, need to stay lubricated and get regular maintenance (!). Say an M1, or axles on your truck.

A high quality oil is all that is needed 99.9% of the time. Won't collect as much crap = keeps your action cleaner.

Unless specifically recommended by manf. I would recommend staying away from grease.

 

[WobblyHead]

Grease loves to stay in place and collect lint dirt, grit, grime, bugs, name it.... makes it great for parts that cycle rapidly, need to stay lubricated and get regular maintenance (!). Say an M1, or axles on your truck.

A high quality oil is all that is needed 99.9% of the time. Won't collect as much crap = keeps your action cleaner.

Unless specifically recommended by manf. I would recommend staying away from grease.

+1 on that and you don't want to see what grease does to the action and firing pins of if the gun sits for a couple of years even soaking the firing pin in hoppes number 9 overnight didn't free it took several hours with a hammer and punch to free it.

 

[sean69]

+1 on that and you don't want to see what grease does to the action and firing pins of if the gun sits for a couple of years even soaking the firing pin in hoppes number 9 overnight didn't free it took several hours with a hammer and punch to free it.

I've fallen in love with Clenzoil lately. use it to condition blued surfaces and lube - it's great. Even use it on my machine tools!

Which brings up another point. Metal is porous - you want oil built up in the pores (conditioning) to prevent rust. especially BP bores. soaking an entire gun in degreaser (and heaven forbid an ultrasonic bath!!) can/will leech the oil out of those pores. If you absolutely have to give your gun a bath - oil every surface with a good penetrating oil! an overnight soak would be optimal.

 

[tjhaile]

Steel is not porous like cast iron. Go ahead and clean your guns with varsol/brake cleaner/ultrasonic/etc. as long as you re-oil afterwards to inhibit corrosion.

Grease can be a reasonable lubricant for sliding surfaces, just don't get carried away and pack the action with it. The advantage is that it stays put and doesn't run off or evapourate. The disadvantages are that it isn't as easy to apply and doesn't get into nooks and crannies as easily.

 

[sean69]

Steel is not porous like cast iron. Go ahead and clean your guns with varsol/brake cleaner/ultrasonic/etc. as long as you re-oil afterwards to inhibit corrosion..

porous, maybe an inaccurate term (for lack of a better one & you will get spanked hard for using it in some metal working forums.) surface irregularities, voids in the structure, voids caused by impurities etc - etc - etc.... type of steel and how it was worked also play a big part as do surface treatments (bluing, polishing etc) the lesson here is, if you have to remove the oils, put them back after.

funny thing I learned about cast iron recently ... it doesn't pitt! rust like hell all over the surface, but won't pit .. neat!