GT 85 spray

[nun_hunter]

You can use mineral oil as a wood preservative so...

Not as a preservative. It can be used on chopping boards etc as it is food safe and also it remains "wet" as such. It soaks into wood, swelling the fibres and softens them. It's not like other oils and waxes which harden as they dry or cure and leave a protective coating.

 

[StephenToast]

No, you cannot.

Yeah. You can.

 

[Steff]

Yeah. You can.

Certainly. If you don‘t want to use it any longer but rather donate it to a museum.

 

[kripton]

Yeah. You can.

Only if you want to rot the wood - how many shotguns have you seen where the wood around the action has gone black and soft over the years where an excess of oil has penetrated the wood?

 

[StephenToast]

Only if you want to rot the wood - how many shotguns have you seen where the wood around the action has gone black and soft over the years where an excess of oil has penetrated the wood?

Mineral oil for wood - 250ml

We understand the importance of ensuring that the products we use in our homes are safe, especially regarding food preparation. That's why our mineral oil has been tested to ensure it contains no harmful chemicals. While it has been designed to be used with our solid wood chopping boards, it is...

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[Bowland blades]

Its very , very good for locks ! i like it on triggers but the Browning oil is my favourite gun oil - do it all . Why? because its not strong smelling and it can be used on wood stocks without harm . Be careful spraying kerosene based or similar into moderators

 

[Koenig]

Use it a lot for bikes and cars. It leaves a PTFE film in place. You can often get it in Aldi or Lidl (can’t recall which) for £2 a can. Don’t use it on guns

 

[Twodogs]

Mineral oil for wood - 250ml

We understand the importance of ensuring that the products we use in our homes are safe, especially regarding food preparation. That's why our mineral oil has been tested to ensure it contains no harmful chemicals. While it has been designed to be used with our solid wood chopping boards, it is...

www.domli.co.uk

Boiled Linseed Oil, proven by use over donkeys years.

 

[nun_hunter]

Mineral oil for wood - 250ml

We understand the importance of ensuring that the products we use in our homes are safe, especially regarding food preparation. That's why our mineral oil has been tested to ensure it contains no harmful chemicals. While it has been designed to be used with our solid wood chopping boards, it is...

www.domli.co.uk

Very handy if all you want to do is prepare lunch on the side of your stock.

Comparing a wooden rifle stock and what it needs to do to a chopping board makes no sense. You may as well compare it to some shuttering ply or a yacht deck.

A chopping board needs a relatively soft surface that will "heal" after being repeatedly sliced into and so regular applications of an oil that doesn't dry out makes sense. It keeps the wood fibres saturated and soft. A gun stock doesn't need to do that at all, you need the edges that mate to the metal to remain hard and strong, likewise the finish uses waxes and oils that dry out and leave a hard film on the top that can be polished. That protects the stock but would flake off when cut with a knife and get into your food if you put them on a chopping board.

 

[viking90]

If you're using your rifles a couple of times a week it'll be fine. If you use them once a month or so it's to thin like most gun oils, depending on how humid your cabinet is

 

[Rusty Gate]

Sorry to hijack, but in a similar vein- ACF-50, a very good anti-corrosive. Used to great effect on vehicles, anyone using it on rifles/shotguns?

This is a thin film grease originally for aviation undercarriages, I’ve used it on bolts & triggers but to greasy as a wipe over. Excellent for long term storage though

 

[Rusty Gate]

GT85 Spray

GT85 Spray is the best kept secret for cleaning, lubing and protecting. It is endorsed and used by cyclists, DIYers, tradespeople and mechanics.

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Anyone use this on firearms ? Just got a general wipe down before putting away ? Made by wd40 company apparently.
Opinions please

A1

Not much protection like WD.

Use TF2, green can. Contains Teflon, wipe that over everything & great on bolt/trigger etc to. Nice & slick.

 

[StephenToast]

Very handy if all you want to do is prepare lunch on the side of your stock.

Comparing a wooden rifle stock and what it needs to do to a chopping board makes no sense. You may as well compare it to some shuttering ply or a yacht deck.

A chopping board needs a relatively soft surface that will "heal" after being repeatedly sliced into and so regular applications of an oil that doesn't dry out makes sense. It keeps the wood fibres saturated and soft. A gun stock doesn't need to do that at all, you need the edges that mate to the metal to remain hard and strong, likewise the finish uses waxes and oils that dry out and leave a hard film on the top that can be polished. That protects the stock but would flake off when cut with a knife and get into your food if you put them on a chopping board.

I don't care.

The point made was that mi eral oil rots wood so don't use it on your guns. Mineral oil doesn't rot wood. Unless it's application in chopping boards or worktops is to make them rot faster then they wouldn't sell it for that application.

As I said. It's fine if you use it in moderation and don't bath your guns in it. If you are putting enough of any oil on your gun to run into the wood then your're using too much. Doesn't really matter what brand or composition it is.

 

[Bowland blades]

I don't care.

The point made was that mi eral oil rots wood so don't use it on your guns. Mineral oil doesn't rot wood. Unless it's application in chopping boards or worktops is to make them rot faster then they wouldn't sell it for that application.

As I said. It's fine if you use it in moderation and don't bath your guns in it. If you are putting enough of any oil on your gun to run into the wood then your're using too much. Doesn't really matter what brand or composition it is.

It does not rot wood but it 100% softens the wood which leads t cracks and unpredictable spongey bedding. Once that occurs you can 100% get cracking following the grain .
Browning Leigia spray is designed for wood and the metal, as in cleaning and nourishing the wood and protecting. Castrol GTX say ? very bad !

 

[Ronin]

Yes, I use it

Also use ACF 50

Ans Napier spray

All excellent

Avoid on wood though as others have pointed out

 

[Smellydog]

Old shotguns often show where wood has gone black and decaying on the inletting from excessive oiling.
It is quite possibly straight mineral oil is quite inert but not when additives are included. In particular distillates that are carriers and often thin wax and other oils such as natural oils within the timber of a stock.
They protect the wood from micro organisms.
Remove them and over time the wood will decay.
To claim it's not harmful to wood when one does not know the nature of the can content is presumptuous.

 

[Koenig]

Not used it on guns / air rifles

but its bloody brillant for getting glow plugs out of cylinder heads

I’ll second that!

 

[Bowland blades]

very good on locks ( the type of lock that we use on doors )

 

[Liveonce]

good for turning aluminium on a lathe also.

 

[paul o']

Yes on guns and shotguns and boat parts and and ! its better than the horrid wd40 and it smells nice lol.
Not on wood just steel parts .