Lubriplate is a excellent product for many purposes but I find it will collect dirt too fast in the hard to reach places on my handguns. Oil pentrates deeper in my view. On my vehicles I use grease made for Marine use in my tie rod ends and ball joints. The nice aqua blue grease which is water repellant so they are never without grease at any time. Water does not push it out from all of the front end joints on all my trucks and cars both. Its more money but I get more out of it.