Lubrication and the 1911

[jondoe297]

Dang, mold?
I cleaned my Super yesterday. At least Froglube is easy to clean up. Most of the gum wiped off and I went back to my nasty, noxious cleaning chemicals.. In the garage. Reassembled with some of my old Enos Slide Glide on the rails and my old supply of Mobile 1. I also used some G96 in some tight places. It may be a while until I go as far as 1000 rounds again since I got my S&W 686 back from my gunsmith.

Yeah, supposedly they've changed their formulation to fix the mold issue. I wish I'd taken pics of it.

EDIT: Here's someone that had the same issue with a pistol:
http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=413342

[19852]

Cleaning my AR today! No mold for me...

[jmoore]

How many here remember the STP engine oil treatment TV commercials, where they stuck the tip of a flat blade screw driver into the STP additive and then flipped the screw driver over vertical, trying
to hold onto said screw driver with their finger tips? LOL NO one could ever hold the screw driver.....

Yep - Andy Granatelli!!!!! Oops - now I'm giving away my age:) - john

[Ironbutt]

How many here remember the STP engine oil treatment TV commercials, where they stuck the tip of a flat blade screw driver into the STP additive and then flipped the screw driver over vertical, trying
to hold onto said screw driver with their finger tips? LOL NO one could ever hold the screw driver.....

Yep - Andy Granatelli!!!!! Oops - now I'm giving away my age - john

Yeah, that's way before my time.

[blriehl]

Meh. Keep it wet with whatever you want.

If it's a tight match gun, especially in 9mm, use oil.

If it's a service grade gun, white grease or similar. Wilson's Ultama works great. I have a bunch, and that's what I use.

[samuse]

Anything will work, I like stuff that doesn't stink.

I'm away from home and I just had to (very lightly) lube the P2000 I'm carrying with Chevron ATF. It stinks. I need a bottle of Slip in my carry bag....

[T2C]

Meh. Keep it wet with whatever you want.

If it's a tight match gun, especially in 9mm, use oil.

If it's a service grade gun, white grease or similar. Wilson's Ultama works great. I have a bunch, and that's what I use.

This would be sound advice. For oil, I use Mobil 1 synthetic in whatever weight I used when I changed the oil in my zero turn mower.