WD-40 on guns
01-05-2014, 07:16 AM
#31
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Northern Tennessee
Posts: 128
Man, I just read this entire thread chuckling to myself. That’s some funny stuff, I don’t care who you are.
I have been using a product for 30 years but somebody told me it doesn’t work…
The best was WD 40 should only be used for what it was designed for. By the way it was designed as a Water Displacement product for Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles.
I don’t always use WD 40, but when I do….I prefer ICBMs
I have been using a product for 30 years but somebody told me it doesn’t work…
The best was WD 40 should only be used for what it was designed for. By the way it was designed as a Water Displacement product for Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles.
I don’t always use WD 40, but when I do….I prefer ICBMs
01-06-2014, 09:33 PM
#33
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,913
I haven't read all of the responses here (some, not all), but I figured I'd throw in my two cents, that nobody asked for, since it seems like this one is hanging around a while.
You can usually tell when a shooter uses a lightweight oil or WD-40 type product on their guns for any substantial time, just by looking at them. A properly weighted gun oil won't do this, but USUALLY the lightweight oils and sprays will find their way to wood, and blacken or darken the wood where it meets the metal. Instantly drops a guns value for aesthetics. Granted, some guys slather on proper gun oils like they're icing a cake, so they'll get the same darkening of the wood, but with a proper light coating for oxidation prevention, proper weight oils won't migrate to the wood as readily and cause the staining.
You can usually tell when a shooter uses a lightweight oil or WD-40 type product on their guns for any substantial time, just by looking at them. A properly weighted gun oil won't do this, but USUALLY the lightweight oils and sprays will find their way to wood, and blacken or darken the wood where it meets the metal. Instantly drops a guns value for aesthetics. Granted, some guys slather on proper gun oils like they're icing a cake, so they'll get the same darkening of the wood, but with a proper light coating for oxidation prevention, proper weight oils won't migrate to the wood as readily and cause the staining.
01-07-2014, 06:17 AM
#35
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Comance county, OK
Posts: 11,409
Johnson's paste wax also works great for protecting gun metal from rain and snow.
