Hi folks,
First some background.... So, I did some testing of various products with my son. We cleaned some bright common nails in synth safe gun scrubber. Applied each product to 2 nails, then placed the nails in a labeled plastic cup filled with a salt water mixture (8oz water / 1 teaspoon of table salt). We then let the nails sit for 24 hours, we checked at 3, 12 and 24 hours.
We found that Mobil 1 15w50 came in 3rd out of 7 in our testing. Only eezox and S&W premium lubricant did better. The mobil 1 faired better than the control, valvoline synth ATF (virtually no protection), Rem Oil (virtually no protection), and Hoppes 9 lubricant (low/moderate protection).
Ok... now the interesting part. We decided to research Mobil 1 formulations, as it appears that Mobil is using different corrosion additives, depending upon the oil's purpose. So we went to redo the test, but this time with different mobil 1 products. This time, we simply cleaned the nails with soap/water (didn't want to deal with gun scrubber) and only used 1 nail per sample. We also let the nails sit for 48 hours.
From best to worst
Mobil 1 Turbo Diesel Truck 5w40 - rust only present on the very bottom of the nail where the greatest concentration of salt would have settled. About 10-15% of the nail effected.
Mobil 1 4T Racing 10w40 - rust present on the bottom 35-40% of the nail, again following the concentration of salt.
Mobil 1 V-Twin Turbo 20w50 - rust present on the bottom 50% of the nail, following the concentration of salt.
Mobil 1 15w50 - rust on the bottom 60-65% of the nail, again following the salt concentration
Control - Rust all over the nail, with greatest concentrations following the salt concentration.
Sorry for not having any pics. I only have a cell phone camera and didn't like how any of the photo's came out (plus I'd need to set up a hosting solution). I'll try to repeat these and grab some better photo's. I want to see the difference between S&W Premium (which turned in the best performance), Eezox and Mobil 1 Turbo Truck 5w50. Regardless of how it turns out, it looks like I'm going to be using Mobil 1 Turbo Diesel Truck 5w40 which is much less toxic, plus I now have a gallon of it
First some background.... So, I did some testing of various products with my son. We cleaned some bright common nails in synth safe gun scrubber. Applied each product to 2 nails, then placed the nails in a labeled plastic cup filled with a salt water mixture (8oz water / 1 teaspoon of table salt). We then let the nails sit for 24 hours, we checked at 3, 12 and 24 hours.
We found that Mobil 1 15w50 came in 3rd out of 7 in our testing. Only eezox and S&W premium lubricant did better. The mobil 1 faired better than the control, valvoline synth ATF (virtually no protection), Rem Oil (virtually no protection), and Hoppes 9 lubricant (low/moderate protection).
Ok... now the interesting part. We decided to research Mobil 1 formulations, as it appears that Mobil is using different corrosion additives, depending upon the oil's purpose. So we went to redo the test, but this time with different mobil 1 products. This time, we simply cleaned the nails with soap/water (didn't want to deal with gun scrubber) and only used 1 nail per sample. We also let the nails sit for 48 hours.
From best to worst
Mobil 1 Turbo Diesel Truck 5w40 - rust only present on the very bottom of the nail where the greatest concentration of salt would have settled. About 10-15% of the nail effected.
Mobil 1 4T Racing 10w40 - rust present on the bottom 35-40% of the nail, again following the concentration of salt.
Mobil 1 V-Twin Turbo 20w50 - rust present on the bottom 50% of the nail, following the concentration of salt.
Mobil 1 15w50 - rust on the bottom 60-65% of the nail, again following the salt concentration
Control - Rust all over the nail, with greatest concentrations following the salt concentration.
Sorry for not having any pics. I only have a cell phone camera and didn't like how any of the photo's came out (plus I'd need to set up a hosting solution). I'll try to repeat these and grab some better photo's. I want to see the difference between S&W Premium (which turned in the best performance), Eezox and Mobil 1 Turbo Truck 5w50. Regardless of how it turns out, it looks like I'm going to be using Mobil 1 Turbo Diesel Truck 5w40 which is much less toxic, plus I now have a gallon of it