Frog Lube and a M&P

I just bought and used Froglube...all I can say is, I am very pleased with the results. I used it on an old shotgun and it came out looking brand new, very impressive in my opinion. With that said I followed the info on YouTube and heated the parts with a blow dryer and applied the paste while hot, waited an hour an wiped off the excess.

I also treated my competition shotgun (an MKA 1919) and will hopefully be shooting on Thursday night, I will post the results. I hope it delivers as advertised, because I really like the idea of only having to deal with one product for, clean, lube and protect. In the past, I had used a whole array of stuff cleaning and maintaining my guns.
 
COL V said:
I believe! I ordered some Froglube paste and liquid and will begin treatment of my 9C when the FL arrives. But I have yet to find consensus on if it should be the best practice to also use liquid FL consistently on the 7 lube points. I would welcome all feedback on this question. My gut is to continue to do this 7 point lube. What say you?
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I do do that too. It's hard to put just a little drop. I found that the enital coating does the trick just fine with out hitting the 7 points (like you would do with regular gun oil). If you don't want to do it though,it still works great. Frog Lube comes to life from the heat generated shooting the handgun (or any weapon). If your handgun gets to looking "drippy/oozy"" after extened shooting,I wipe mine down and continue on. Once you shoot and try it,it's easy to make your own call about whether or not to do it.
 
Yes get it. No diff between paste and liquid except form. Liquid a little better in barrel and hard to reach areas. Either will work if u just buy one.

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loveMD said:
Yes get it. No diff between paste and liquid except form. Liquid a little better in barrel and hard to reach areas. Either will work if u just buy one.

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Should a new user get the FL solvent or just use isopropyl alcohol?

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S&WForty said:
Should a new user get the FL solvent or just use isopropyl alcohol?

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The alcohol is only used to clean off the old grease/oil. It's not necessary to get every drop of old oil off because the Frog Lube will eat it up anyway. Still, it's better to start with a clean gun.

Frog Lube is a Cleaner, Lubricant and Protectant (CLP). No other product is necessary.
 
Well me being the knob that I am, I heated a bunch of guns up and stripped them with GunScrubber (nasty) and then treated them with the liquid FL.

After taking the lab out pheasant hunting last weekend I switched the old 870 to FL, but I cleaned it with Denatured Alcohol and then used the paste FL on it.

I like the paste better for that initial treatment. The steel really looks great.

I'll reheat all my other guns as they need cleaning and apply the paste.
 
Okay, dumb question of the day from someone new to firearms. Can I clean my polymer handgun with dishwashing soap, air dry the components with compressed air, finish cleaning with alcohol, and then heat and apply the FL?

Please be gentle,

Bob.
 
Robert_W said:
Okay, dumb question of the day from someone new to firearms. Can I clean my polymer handgun with dishwashing soap, air dry the components with compressed air, finish cleaning with alcohol, and then heat and apply the FL?

Please be gentle,

Bob.
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Not a dumb question.

Yes, you can.

However, if you clean with dish soap, a good grease cutter, there will be no need to follow with alcohol. Just go straight to heat and Frog Lube.
 
COL V said:
But I have yet to find consensus on if it should be the best practice to also use liquid FL consistently on the 7 lube points. I would welcome all feedback on this question. My gut is to continue to do this 7 point lube. What say you?
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I only use the paste....don't even own the liquid. After cleaning everything, I put a very small amount of paste on my finger and rub a *tiny* bit on the wear parts. I'm talking thin thin thin film, on the barrel and the rail sections. Pretty much wherever it is a little "silvery".

Tracy
 
S&WForty said:
Should a new user get the FL solvent or just use isopropyl alcohol?
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I spoke to FL when I bought mine and they said any degreaser will work. They recommended Simple Green cleaner. Has worked well for me.

The other day my RO asked what the hell I was doing sniffing my gun. Yes, it was safety checked, empty, and pointing down range. It's weird to smell mint on a gun but the cleanup is FAST. I just put a little liquid FL on a boresnake, passed it through the barrel, and wiped down the gun. Done!
 
Your gun will smell like it pulled a hamstring for a week or more, but people swear by the stuff. I've seen test rip it up, but I recently switched to find out how I like it. Currently have it on my 357c, but can't find any ammo to test it, or the gun.
 
Lol genetic, yeah you dont have to get their solvent, and like has been said the stuff will eat any grease u dont get.

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Thanks for the feedback Maddmax and Zotzer. I will go ahead and treat the 7 lube points at every cleaning, even with full treatment of my MP9C… can’t hurt. Glad that I purchased both the FL paste and liquid versions; can see the utility of both.

Good to read all the posts about initial degreasing. I opted not to get the FL solvent, as I figured FL is a CLP product and would be redundant. I have gun cleaning solvent, but would much rather use Simple Green or Dawn as degreaser to ensure I’m removing all petrochemicals & stuff. Will rinse and use air compressor to blow out my pistol (as Robert W commented).
 
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I started using FL about 2 month ago and treated all my handguns with it (made the heat treatment 3 times just in case) All I can say is Wow. This thing works on Polymer, Aluminum and Stainless Steel frames. More than 1000 rounds thru all my handguns and they look and feel great. After a range trip you only have to wipe with a cloth, put a bit on the rails and other friction parts and the gun is good to go.
 
After reading all the great reports, I had to place an order for some FL!
 
I just switched this week, I hope to head to the range next week. I have done my Sig230, M&P Shield 9mm, Glock 30, Berretta 92....long guns next.
Basically everything in this thread is exactly how I understand it. You tube is awesome for how to vids. Once going with FL do not clean or use anything else as the FL will eat normal petroleum products away.
If you think about how it works it makes perfect sense.
 
I've really enjoyed reading thru this thread.. I will have three new firearms shortly (M&P 9mm FS, M&P 9mm Shield, and a Beretta PX4 Storm .40 FS) and plan on doing all three with the Simple Green cleaning and then the FrogLube paste method with heat. Since I am new to firearms, I know one important step is cleaning the factory grease out of them, from what others have said, Simple Green works well, is compressed air needed or just a good wipe down with paper towels and rags okay? I would think that the heating with hairdryer process will dry up any additional leftover Simple Green..

Also, seeing as I will be doing three, will it be better to get the 8oz kits versus the 4oz kits?

Thanks for the replies..
 
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