dandyrandy
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I figured this would be a good place to post this topic since most of you probably own several firearms and have several in storage. I wouldnt say I have enough firearms for a small army but I do have quite a few. Yesterday I did a firearms/weapons cleaning day and noticed that some of my wall hangers had some tiny spots of corrosion forming. The corrosion was on a stainless steel sword of mine. The sword is a new production weapon made by Cold Steel. I noticed some other weapons with some corrosion on them and was surprised to see it on stainless steel. To make a long story short it was a long day of cleaning and scrubbing. I have tried several methods of cleaning and noticed that the thin film of gun oil method is not good enough! Ive had good luck with Renaissance Wax especially on my old antique wall hangers for a long term rust prevention solution.
The old oil and rag method does not seem to be good enough. Ive noticed that in the past oil likes to gather underneath grips of firearms being stored and form corrosion there especially under wood grips. Ive seen this happen on brand new guns too!
I live in an area that is NOT by the sea and my firearm storage seems to be dry and humid free for the most part. I would think that the heavy gun oil method would be good enough but it does not seem so. Im thinking of using Ren Wax on the rest of my firearms and bagging them with desiccant packets in side. Either that or I would have to clean all of them every two months the old fashion oil and rag method. Ive also used my own gun cleaner, similar to Eds Red but without the transmission fluid, with lanolin in it to clean and prevent rust with good results but that was mostly for cleaning after shooting a gun at the range and not a long term storage solution. What about long term storage? What have you used? I do have a small tube of cosmoline but I havent used that too much. Im thinking wax, cosmoline, or wool wax is the best options for long term corrosion prevention. LONG TERM storage rust prevention is what Im concerned about here. In other words Im mostly concerned about guns/edged weapons/antiques/wall hangers ect.. that are not used or shot on a regular basis.
Interesting note: I have a gallon of Fluid Film that is used on automotive rust/corrosion prevention that is an interesting idea on possible rust prevention on some of my firearms. The stuff is slippery and sticky but for long term storage I could care less about that. It cant be any different that a gallon of cosmoline! I noticed Fluid Film has lanolin in it which I believe is the main ingredient for the long term rust prevention. Thoughts and feelings on rust prevention???
The old oil and rag method does not seem to be good enough. Ive noticed that in the past oil likes to gather underneath grips of firearms being stored and form corrosion there especially under wood grips. Ive seen this happen on brand new guns too!
I live in an area that is NOT by the sea and my firearm storage seems to be dry and humid free for the most part. I would think that the heavy gun oil method would be good enough but it does not seem so. Im thinking of using Ren Wax on the rest of my firearms and bagging them with desiccant packets in side. Either that or I would have to clean all of them every two months the old fashion oil and rag method. Ive also used my own gun cleaner, similar to Eds Red but without the transmission fluid, with lanolin in it to clean and prevent rust with good results but that was mostly for cleaning after shooting a gun at the range and not a long term storage solution. What about long term storage? What have you used? I do have a small tube of cosmoline but I havent used that too much. Im thinking wax, cosmoline, or wool wax is the best options for long term corrosion prevention. LONG TERM storage rust prevention is what Im concerned about here. In other words Im mostly concerned about guns/edged weapons/antiques/wall hangers ect.. that are not used or shot on a regular basis.
Interesting note: I have a gallon of Fluid Film that is used on automotive rust/corrosion prevention that is an interesting idea on possible rust prevention on some of my firearms. The stuff is slippery and sticky but for long term storage I could care less about that. It cant be any different that a gallon of cosmoline! I noticed Fluid Film has lanolin in it which I believe is the main ingredient for the long term rust prevention. Thoughts and feelings on rust prevention???