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- Smyth Busters: Is WD-40 a Good Lubricant for Guns?
WD 40 will penitrate into the primers and also into your powder and cause fouling He had a whole batch of 12 ga shells that the powder got fouled and it was real funny watching him try and shoot geese and have his shells go off and the shot and wads just barely clear the end of his barrel and fall to the ground
- What is the best oil for knives and axes? - Bushcraft USA Forums
Stay away from WD-40 if you want to prevent rust or corrosion It was not designed as a lubricant or rust preventative, it was designed to displace water Displacing water can help to reduce rust but dues little in reality I can't tell you how many rusted guns I have seen because all the owner used was WD-40 CLP works pretty well in this
- Test- Removing sticky trap sticky from cloth . . . - Bushcraft USA Forums
Testing which products or things remove sticky trap sticky from three different types of cloth -Using what I have on hand- Cotton- Old T-shirt Polyester- Seat from an outdoor camp chair Nylon- Tent pole bag Test strips cut Each strip pressed into a sticky trap Fresh part of sticky trap
- Ballistol good or bad - Bushcraft USA Forums
WD-40 is also not a good long term rust preventative It was meant to displace water and doesn't have a film per se that protects metal I like Ballistol because it works on most everything, it doesn't smell bad (actually, pleasant), it's not the best at everything but pretty good and I can just use things like bore paste for the situations it
- Ruger MK IV Standard - Bushcraft USA Forums
WD-40 tends to penitrate where you dont want it to ie into ammo Have a friend that used to use WD-40 to clean his guns and stuff We were out hunting ducks and every shell he tried to run thru his gun fired the primer only He had really hosed down his shotgun and when he loaded up the gun the excess WD-40 got into the shells and fouled the
- What is the best method for cleaning Linen Micarta handle scales?
Hydrogen Peroxide quickly breaks down to water and Oxygen, which should not adversely affect the handle scales Plain and simple Oxygen won't attack rust - it causes it Oils or blends like WD-40, which is primarily an oil with a lot of paint thinner, will not remove (dissolve) rust So not of much use for rust
- Clean your pocket knife and restore snap to old blades.
WD-40 works well for this Its a mild solvent that will clean out any gunk Once its cleaned up use some mineral oil to lubricate the pivot Boiling can damage wood and bone, but stuff like G10, micarta and Delrin are pretty much impervious to everything The heat won't do anything to the metal parts
- In search of a lighter tomahawk. . . - Bushcraft USA Forums
Also, I welcome any advice on restoration I think it's pretty straightforward -- just remove the rust with some WD-40 and a wire brush, and take a file and stone to the edge maybe clean up the eye with a file if necessary But I've never actually restored an axe or hawk before
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