So after reading about 'coconut oil = frog lube' in several forums I decided to test coconut oil vs some other gun oils. I will continue to post my results here.
To start I bought a steel bar from lowes for $5, cleaned it, dried it, and divided it up with tape. I will post pics when the test is all done in 2 more days (testing for 72 hrs total) but figured I would post the 24hr results here. I am also going to test the back of the bar with a number of other oils too after this test is done so there will be an experiment #2. To get the bar to rust I have sprayed with a salt water solution and I live at the beach so my air is very salty. The bar is sitting in my garage.
24 hour results (and total 4 salt sprays):
Control - some rust specs all over.
Turtle wax - some rust specs all over. almost worse than control.
olive oil - one small spot of rust
fractionated coconut oil - one small spot of rust
regular coconut oil (the white paste stuff) - perfect
WD40 - perfect
Breakfree CLP - perfect
Hoppes 9 - perfect
So far the regular coconut oil is holding well. The fractionated, which is an oil did not. For the next test I am going to do all of these plus add several more oils including ballistol, eezox, and about 5 others I have laying around. I will also post pics at the conclusion. I will make my next test post at 48hrs.
To start I bought a steel bar from lowes for $5, cleaned it, dried it, and divided it up with tape. I will post pics when the test is all done in 2 more days (testing for 72 hrs total) but figured I would post the 24hr results here. I am also going to test the back of the bar with a number of other oils too after this test is done so there will be an experiment #2. To get the bar to rust I have sprayed with a salt water solution and I live at the beach so my air is very salty. The bar is sitting in my garage.
24 hour results (and total 4 salt sprays):
Control - some rust specs all over.
Turtle wax - some rust specs all over. almost worse than control.
olive oil - one small spot of rust
fractionated coconut oil - one small spot of rust
regular coconut oil (the white paste stuff) - perfect
WD40 - perfect
Breakfree CLP - perfect
Hoppes 9 - perfect
So far the regular coconut oil is holding well. The fractionated, which is an oil did not. For the next test I am going to do all of these plus add several more oils including ballistol, eezox, and about 5 others I have laying around. I will also post pics at the conclusion. I will make my next test post at 48hrs.
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