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Thread: caring for blued finish

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peters View Post
    WD40 is NOT a light oil. The WD is for Water Displacement. It is fine for spraying in a water soaked distributor to get a car started. It's also fine for cleaning motorcycle chains. It is not a lubricant. It has no place in protecting a firearm.
    +1. It's quite good for removing moisture & oily crud from dirty chainsaws, if you want to clean one in a hurry and get it back to work.

    Thinking hard to try and conjure up a scenario where WD40 would be useful in a gun, I suppose it might have been useful in the muddy Belgian trenches of WWI, to get moisture out of mud-covered guns quickly, although I doubt events then progressed slowly enough for anyone to worry about rust pits on their guns..!
    Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.
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    Quote Originally Posted by texagun View Post
    A light coating of any good quality gun oil should protect it. If you don't intend to shoot it often, Renaissance Wax is an excellent way to protect it, long-term. It is used by museums to protect valuable antique firearms. And welcome to the forum.

    http://ads.midwayusa.com/product/541...FRCGaQodfQULMw
    Of course museums have temperature and humidity controlled storage4.

    Break free CLP for shorter term storage.

    Rig grease for long term storage.

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