Ballistol

[misswired]

Ballistol works magically around rust or other contaminants. Placed 6 or 8 drops on these locked-up cheap chinese pliers and a couple days later they work better than new. The rust is visible weeping outta the joints 3 days later. Treated a stubborn trailer lock with it, works slick as whistle now. Gave a can to a mechanic friend that keeps it hidden. Says he doesn't want the shop monkeys wasting it.

Oh yeah...... works good on guns and smells great too

 

[Kurusu]

Yep. It's good.

 

[misswired]

Just re-upped with a 16 oz pump spray myself.. should last for years.

 

[2152hq]

Simple Mineral Oil and Oleic Acid (the fatty acid found in animal and plant oil and fat).
Some alchohol, perfume and presto the best dern gun oil ever. Great for leather, wood, your quirky elbow and gramps old pocket watch.

It does work good.
I just always wonder why we need all the super lubes constantly heaped onto the market as better than the last one .

 

[misswired]

One old hotrod friend from back in the day exclaimed amongst a crew that if it was that good it shoulda been around at least a hundred years.....(me looking at at him sideways, with finely slit eyes)

 

[rockquarry]

If you can get past the aroma of dirty feet, Ballistol works about as well as anything else and it may be less hazardous than some concoctions.

 

[mckenney99]

rockquarry, you are not alone. While I used to sell quite a bit of it in the shop, especially to the black powder shooters, the smell of it for me is a deal breaker. Just someone opening the can in the shop would turn my stomach. I can't find the proper adjectives to describe how vile it smells to me.

 

[SweetMK]

I use Ballistol , I keep it on my workbench,, the AR bolt was just cleaned with Ballistol.

BUT, lets be realistic,, that pair of Chinese cutters in the pic in the first post?
Kroil would have been FAR SUPERIOR at removing that rust,, IMHO,,,

 

[Babysitr]

It works good, like it on gun wood, but, man it stinks!!!! Ballistol is a lot easier on my sniffer!

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I use it sometime. My wife HATES the smell.

 

[Bugkiller99]

I, uh, don't mind, uh, actually sorta like the smell.
Now my wife...

 

[Stroker468]

I like it!...the smell. Kinda like anise oil.

And it works well. I bring it with me on all range trips. The barrels and cylinders get brushed, and everything else wiped down with it before I leave the firing line.

Probably a bit too much, but I learned my lesson decades ago ... not wiping down my brand new Remington 1100 soon enough after a duck hunt.

 

[tnmandpshooter]

I use it periodically especially on old surplus leather to clean it. I rarely use it on guns as I use rand bore and bolt on them which smells not as bad and cleans alot better to in my experience.

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[blues7]

I have the 16 oz. can without sprayer. I put some in a couple of precision needle bottles for easy application, and have a cleaned out Windex trigger bottle available if I need to mix some up with water for cleaning.

Apply to the tip of a cheap shaving brush, (an idea taken from a review on amazon.com), and you can spread it around on a surface while getting into nooks and crannies...better than doing so with a shop rag.

I don't mind the smell, and my missus hasn't complained about it when I've used it.

 

[jeffrefrig]

I use it a lot, also. That mineral oil is good stuff. That's what most refrigeration oil is. If it doesn't gum up in -45 degree refrigeration lines, it's good enough inside a gun. But, for penetrating, the best I used is 50/50 tranny fluid & acetone. It's all harder to procure now that retirement has set in!

 

[Jack Flash]

I just used some this morning. The odor is strong, but I never would have called it bad. And I thought I am the most sensitive guy on the forum!

 

[ggibson511960]

Odd how our noses convince us of oil's merit. My olfactory can't stand the foamy version of Break Free CLP. Smells like dead organic stuff to me. OTOH, Hoppe's No. 9 is like Chanel. Marvel Mystery Oil and Kroil work great for some tasks, and have unique but not overpowering odors.
Different tastes.

 

[Mals9]

The smell top me is like industrial black licorice. I like it.

Mals

 

[JS Esq.]

It's also great for removing corrosion from batteries in electronic devices without damaging other parts. Saved a number of items that way.

 

[woodsltc]

I've never used ballistol.......& based on y'alls comments it must have a strong/bad smell. Just one question: How long does the smell hang around after you've used it?

Don