Break-Free CLP

**Slater** · 04-10-20, 15:06

I've been using Break Free since it was introduced in the 1980's, and always had good results. Haven't bought any in a while, but I see that they've changed the labeling for the first time that I can remember:

https://www.safariland.com/products/...7.html#start=1

Occasionally I hear someone say that the old formulation was superior to the current one. Can't say that I've noticed, but has anyone else found this to be true?

**BoringGuy45** · 04-10-20, 15:33

Depends on when the "new" formula came about. I used to use Break Free about 10-12 years ago, when I first got into shooting. I was never a huge fan of it; no matter what I used it on, it always made the action have a gritty feel, like it wasn't even lubed.

**FromMyColdDeadHand** · 04-10-20, 18:12

I transitioned all my guns to the SLIP family of cleaners and lubs. They clean better, I think they lubricate better. The wife doesn't complain about their smell and they don't stain stuff. I hate cleaning guns. The slip and the waterbased cleaners clean soooo much better. $0.02

**ABNAK** · 04-10-20, 19:23

Originally Posted by FromMyColdDeadHand

I transitioned all my guns to the SLIP family of cleaners and lubs. They clean better, I think they lubricate better. The wife doesn't complain about their smell and they don't stain stuff. I hate cleaning guns. The slip and the waterbased cleaners clean soooo much better. $0.02

Yeah, I'm a fan of the Slip2000 stuff, especially the ELW (don't use the ELW for cleaning, just lubing afterwards).

That said, I cut my teeth on Break Free when I was in the Army beaucoup years ago. I still use it for the cleaning portion, dry it off, and use EWL for the lubing part.

**ramairthree** · 04-10-20, 19:35

I have opted out.

I open my cabinet and the first of the dozens of gun specific or vehicle appropriate products sitting there that will work I use.
Literally dozens of things I have tried in the past decades to see what works best.

They all work good enough.

When I’m out of CLP, I use the Breakfree, then the gun lube, then synthetic high end motor oil, then.......

**StovePipe_Jammer** · 04-10-20, 19:36

Originally Posted by BoringGuy45

Depends on when the "new" formula came about. I used to use Break Free about 10-12 years ago, when I first got into shooting. I was never a huge fan of it; no matter what I used it on, it always made the action have a gritty feel, like it wasn't even lubed.

Awesome to know I'm not the only one that thinks it gives everything a gritty feel. Almost like a bit of sand you missed somewhere in the action. I swapped to Slip a few years back and haven't felt the need to even try anything else.

**soulezoo** · 04-10-20, 20:28

I did CLP through the 80s and moved on way back then. Slip 2000 for lubes. Other products for cleaning. Frankly, Mobil 1 is a better gun lube than CLP. Better cleaners out there too. CLP won't even touch a nice hard carbon ring.