44 cal chamber hone oil?

[meistermash]

Freinds, got new m29 here with sticky case extraction.
So I ordered a chamber hone from brownells.
Painfully ordered, their site blows.
Anyway the magic bean hone says to use special not in stock hone oil only on the magic bean hone.
Which is not in stock because that's available everywhere. Not so much.

Does anybody know what their magic hone oil that doesn't ruin the hone balls is made of?
Or a fitting substitute is what I'm after.
I'm thinking mineral oil.

Thank you for your input.

 

[Protocall_Design]

It's not all that magic. Just use a thin viscosity lubricating oil. If you want to be picky, use knife sharpening stone oil.

 

[raljr1]

I would think any honing oil you use for sharpening knives would be fine.

 

[meistermash]

Ok thanks. Thinking about sending it in. Thats such a hassle though. Wonder what they would say about me flicking out the lock parts and covering the hole with an extended cylinder release. Maybe send along a pic of my new colt with out one.

 

[Kp321]

I found FlexHone oil on Amazon. It is expensive by the ounce but a little goes a long way. Cheaper than new hones.

 

[meistermash]

Shoot I didn't think to look on amazon.
Stuff is only $13 a quart.
Thankyou.

I have been buying stuff off of there.
Found a tone brand Japanese 3/8" mini ratchet last time.

 

[muzzlestuffer2012]

Freinds, got new m29 here with sticky case extraction.
So I ordered a chamber hone from brownells.
Painfully ordered, their site blows.
Anyway the magic bean hone says to use special not in stock hone oil only on the magic bean hone.
Which is not in stock because that's available everywhere. Not so much.

Does anybody know what their magic hone oil that doesn't ruin the hone balls is made of?
Or a fitting substitute is what I'm after.
I'm thinking mineral oil.

Thank you for your input.

Are you shooting reloads or factory ammo ? Sounds like a potential pressure issue ?? I would consider some jb bore paste on a bore brush are all the cylinders sticky ?

 

[steelslaver]

So I ordered a chamber hone from brownells.
Painfully ordered, their site blows.


Thank you for your input.

I will 100% agree with that part. Finding stuff on their site is difficult at best. Even when I know it is something they have I can go to the correct dept and use every possible description in the world with their search setup and still not get to what I want.

 

[chief38]

As far as I know, "Honing Oil" is nothing more than Mineral Oil. Honing Oil sold for kitchen knives or kitchen appliances like slicing machines is called "food grade" which means all toxins have been extracted and filtered out.

As for what you are doing, any mineral oil would work.

 

[tominboise]

If honing oil is mineral oil, then Ballistol should work if you have some. Also ATF in a pinch.

 

[2152hq]

Most any oil thinned down enough works OK.
Light weight enough to float the cut matr'l away from the surface. But heavy enough to keep the stone lubed so it doesn't wear away quickly.

Mineral oil,,is Baby Oil, and so many other names.
It's plain old petroleum oil as from the ground. Distilled(?) and filtered down to it's extreme purity so as to be edible.
'Food Grade' it's often called.

That works well in the kitchen as any trace of it won't contaminate food.
Some 3 'n 1 in your baked sliced ham might not go well.

For shop purposes, it can even be cut/thinned a bit if needed with mineral spirits. It'll work a bit better when sharpening and honing depending on the oil stone grade and the steel being worked on.

Too thin an oil will leave the honed steel matl behind and it gets imbedded into the face of the stone or hone. They get glazed over and won't cut anymore.
Kind of a balance there. The pressure applied makes a difference.
Too much doesn't always mean more material being removed. It can simply mean the stone will glaze up with the **** after a while and then you get nothing from your efforts.