I've mainly been using Ed's Red for the last 20 years or so with some Shooter's Choice or Hoppes thrown in for whenever I run into some heavy leading or copper fouling. Along with that I had a couple of big bottles of Militec that my agency gave me and I supplemented that with Moble1 0W40.
My wife has kind of gotten on me about the smell and potential toxic effects of the stuff in Ed's Red and the other solvents and lubes.......she's sensitive to that stuff and I think she's kind of brain washed me to a degree on this subject.
I've got a lot of stuff, and usually hit the range twice a week with 3-5 weapons plus have a fair number of racked mil-surps that need protection.....so normally I would mix up a gallon of Ed's Red and it would last me 18 to 24 months (that's a WAG on my part).
I wanted to switch to something bio-degradable and non-toxic that doesn't cost out the butt that I could use on everything for everything in general (wood, metal, leather, etc....) so I tried to switch to Ballistol. I felt the price was right at less than $20 for 16oz and ironically my wife doesn't mind the smell of it but I can't stand it, it makes me nauseous, I hate it.
My google-foo searches haven't helped me much. I really don't want to pay through the nose for RAND CLP, Fireclean, Froglube, Slip2000, etc..... all that stuff seems to be $15 for 4oz. and from my limited research is probably coconut oil with some "nano" stuff and other additives thrown in for good measure and/or scent.
I would love it if I could just find unscented Ballistol......but that doesn't seem to exist. Does anyone know of something like that Ballistol that has no scenet?
My wife has kind of gotten on me about the smell and potential toxic effects of the stuff in Ed's Red and the other solvents and lubes.......she's sensitive to that stuff and I think she's kind of brain washed me to a degree on this subject.
I've got a lot of stuff, and usually hit the range twice a week with 3-5 weapons plus have a fair number of racked mil-surps that need protection.....so normally I would mix up a gallon of Ed's Red and it would last me 18 to 24 months (that's a WAG on my part).
I wanted to switch to something bio-degradable and non-toxic that doesn't cost out the butt that I could use on everything for everything in general (wood, metal, leather, etc....) so I tried to switch to Ballistol. I felt the price was right at less than $20 for 16oz and ironically my wife doesn't mind the smell of it but I can't stand it, it makes me nauseous, I hate it.
My google-foo searches haven't helped me much. I really don't want to pay through the nose for RAND CLP, Fireclean, Froglube, Slip2000, etc..... all that stuff seems to be $15 for 4oz. and from my limited research is probably coconut oil with some "nano" stuff and other additives thrown in for good measure and/or scent.
I would love it if I could just find unscented Ballistol......but that doesn't seem to exist. Does anyone know of something like that Ballistol that has no scenet?