Trying Rem Oil currently; Which grease or oil with it?

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Just my opinion based on use. RemOil and "Sentry Solutions Hi-Slip Grease" is about as perfect of a lube combo as you are likely to find in this life. Use the grease on slide rails and "contact" surfaces. It will reduce wear to essentially zero. Sentry Hi-Slip is approved for Navy Seals and Spec. Forces. A full synthetic that does not thicken at 60 below zero, and continues to lube up to 650 degrees F. Will not "wash" off under water also.

The Rem Oil with Teflon migrates well into hard to lube areas. Then leaves an invisible Teflon coat that works long after all evidence of oil has left. Lube a pistol with this combo and months after the cleaning. You can pick it up and it will run like you lubed it 15 minuets ago. You can also pretty much shoot it until it melts and the Sentry will continue working.

I have pistols with well over 10K (estimate on the VERY low side) rounds and they are as tight as new with no signs of wear. I've read that most all the Factory Shooters use grease. I do not believe you can wear a pistol out lubed with this combo.
 
I'm wondering location on those who aren't adamant remoil is trash. Maybe in AZ the corrosion protection it offers is sufficient. In Ohio you better not apply it Friday and hope to make it through a humid weekend hunting without some surface rust by the time you clean your arms Sunday night.
 
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I'm no oil expert or Petroleum Engineer. But I have used many products over the years and this is just my experience from using lubes on firearms.

I live in Virginia, to me it's hot and quite humid in the summers. I realize it's not Florida or Texas though. Perhaps the story is different elsewhere. I've had no problem with rust at all using Rem Oil. Any oil will do for the most part I suspect, if applied often enough. In Virginia RemOil works very well, at least for me. I like the Teflon element too.

In other applications I've used RemOil and the Teflon, though invisible, provided lube for many many months. Long after the "oil" seemed to have evaporated and disappeared.

Also an important part is the "Sentry Hi-Slip Grease" it truly is a GREAT product in my opinion. And fairly unique, at least I know of nothing quite like it.
I also like the large "hypodermic" type applicator it come in.
 
I like the Teflon element too.
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You should be careful where you use lubricants with PTFE. For example, FN specifically warns against using lubricants with PTFE in their semi-auto shotguns because PTFE has a melting point of 620F and can cook onto surfaces exposed to gasses as part of the semi-auto action (mainly the piston).
 
Years ago, I used to spray rem oil on my firearms before storing them away. That is until I noticed that some of my tools in the path of the spray developing rust. Anything in the overspray area had surface rust and anything outside that area was pristine. That was enough to convince me to rid myself of any unused remoil and never buy another drop of the crap.
 
I live in Virginia, to me it's hot and quite humid in the summers. I realize it's not Florida or Texas though. Perhaps the story is different elsewhere. I've had no problem with rust at all using Rem Oil.
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Years ago, I used to spray rem oil on my firearms before storing them away. That is until I noticed that some of my tools in the path of the spray developing rust. Anything in the overspray area had surface rust and anything outside that area was pristine.
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Perhaps the rust problems came about using the original Rem Oil and the gentleman with no rust problems was using the newer Rem Oil with "VCI" technology.


In other applications I've used RemOil and the Teflon, though invisible, provided lube for many many months. Long after the "oil" seemed to have evaporated and disappeared.
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Are you sure this isn't a sort of placebo effect?
 
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The "other application" of RemOil is a rather silly one. I don't mind if you laugh. So I'll tell you what it was. I have aluminum shower curtain rods in our home. The metal hooks that slide on the aluminum rod were a pain. Always hanging up. digging in, very hard to impossible to slide etc. In frustration I lubed them with RemOil.

The result was simply amazing. They glide effortlessly for many months. Long after any oil is visible. It may have been a stretch to apply this simple example to a firearm. But I did. And now I love the stuff (along with the Sentry Grease).

As an aside, I have suggested to a couple of friends with aluminum frame 19ll's that had a problem with galling. That they smooth the emerging burr and try RemOil. It seemed to work for them too. Perhaps the Sentry Hi-Slip grease would have worked as well. Perhaps anything would have. This is unscientific and just a simple opinion. Your mileage may vary.
 
Any oil will do for the most part I suspect, if applied often enough.
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That may be the problem also. I have one rifle I haven't used or cleaned for six years. If I touch it for any reason I wipe it down with RIG grease, but otherwise nothing. Still no rust. Remoil appears to be entirely gone in a couple months. I don't shoot any long guns over the winter. I don't want a product that can't hold over until spring.
 
Another vote for Lubriplate SFL line of grease (I like/use SFL-1). Food machinery grade (non-toxic). $20 for 14 oz can has lasted me a few years so far... google it several places in the interwebs have it for less than $20.

As to their oils (FMO-350-AW $20 for 12 oz), I have that too, but although it is also food machinery grade and non-toxic, it migrates too much for my taste. I use MPro-7 LPX oil now, and it stays wet and stays put like a champ.

My health is worth more than the color of the rails on one of my guns. YMMV.

Good luck.
 
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Looking it up on several retailers and the SFL line of grease has the most consistently positive reviews of any product I have ever searched. Midway USA has 16(100%) 5 star reviews for instance.
 
Motor oil...is full of chemicals that are poisonous and/or carcinogenic…
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I have always been with the understanding that only used motor oil was carcinogenic? Maybe I’m wrong?

As for the chemicals, I don’t know. All oil, be it gun oil, engine oil, electric motor oil, all of them contain chemicals that would scare us all if we knew what was in them.

I use Mobile One Synthetic 5w20 by the way. As mentioned above, less than $10 for a quart gives you a 10 year supply for use on guns.
 
Try some white lithium grease once or twice. Comes in a tube. But don't heavy-up oil to think it makes the finely manufacturing work better. Too much of anything is "too much" and too little of anything is "too little. Service your firearm regularly. An older 1911 is made for combat and is a little looser than the newer makes. Clean, oil as needed and don't use heavy grease. Enjoy the shoot!
 
on polymer striker fired pistols, anyone using just ballistol or breakfree clp for everything - meaning cleaning lubrication preservative
 
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