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Thread: Froglube and Fireclean...Pre treating/conditioning

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    I've been using frog lube for a couple of years now, here is what i've learned

    1) Follow the instructions as far as cleaning old lube, heating the surface and then applying lube
    2) Follow the instructions as far as wiping the lube off - I found this to be the most important thing to do or you will get gumming. The surface needs to be wiped completely "dry" after it has cooled down from the heat treatment
    3) Clean up is easier then ever before with just a quick wipe down. My process is dry patch/wipe everything till you get clean patches - lightly wet patch to push through the barrel (re-lubing) and then dry patch.

    When I first got the stuff, I did like I always used to do and left everything wet, that is when I noticed the gumming issues. Since then I heat treat, let cool, heat again and wipe ALL excess off and have not had any problems. Plus clean up is so friggen fast and easy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eurodriver View Post
    If there was one thing to ever keep me away from M4C permanently it would be these ****ing lubricant threads.

    Why is there so much passion and emotion tied to this stuff?
    I agree. People do get worked up if you disagree with their point of view. I've tried a few of the newer lubes and I am certain they serve people well, but I keep going back to what I have been using successfully for years.

    Use what works best for you. I know guys who still use Singer Sewing Machine Oil, 3 in 1 Oil, Hoppe's Gun Oil, motor oil, wheel bearing grease, you name it, on their 1911s, Garands, AR-15s, bolt guns and shotguns. If it is thinner you have to apply more lube more frequently. The only thing a majority of them say to avoid is WD-40.

    It ain't rocket science. If the newer lubes work for you, keep using them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eurodriver View Post
    If there was one thing to ever keep me away from M4C permanently it would be these ****ing lubricant threads.
    Why is there so much passion and emotion tied to this stuff?
    Because most other AR reliability and durability questions have simple right/wrong answers.

    The lube threads go overboard, but are sometimes useful. I would probably be using Hoppes if it weren't for lube threads, and I'm convinced that my (unspecified) lube choices based on discussions here are better than Hoppes.

    If you don't find the lube threads interesting, avoid them. I do that with topics where I think the discussion is stupid or I have nothing to add.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Failure2Stop View Post
    My only issue is when people push bad data or spread misinformation [about] good products that have a good track record.
    This.

    Because MISinformation weakens the knowledge base of the forum. Have dozens of associates who all use FireClean without issue just because they used the rest of a can of brake/carb/choke cleaner before using FC the first time. This is not rocket surgery.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eurodriver View Post
    If there was one thing to ever keep me away from M4C permanently it would be these ****ing lubricant threads.

    Why is there so much passion and emotion tied to this stuff?
    This place's version of a holy war... People really get invested in the things that they can be "right" about, and lube is one of the things that doesn't have a right/wrong answer.

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    I'm tempted to just buy some vegetable oil at the store and see how that does.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rermey Lee View Post
    I'm tempted to just buy some vegetable oil at the store and see how that does.
    Let us know how it goes, maybe try some peanut oil.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Rermey Lee View Post
    I'm tempted to just buy some vegetable oil at the store and see how that does.
    It's been done. On this site actually.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rermey Lee View Post
    I'm tempted to just buy some vegetable oil at the store and see how that does.
    Quote Originally Posted by K1tt3n5 View Post
    It's been done. On this site actually.
    Yup.
    Seriously...move on.
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    Real life Groundhog Day, this topic.


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