Home gun lubing cloth?

A lambs wool applicatior works great. You can get a rectangular one at a big box hardware store. You can find them with the hardwood floor refinishing supplies.

A small cloth made of what? There are fabrics that do not throw lint. Flannelette for one. That'd be PJ/winter bed sheet material.

Worn out undershirts. By the time they're ready for gun duty, all the lint is gone.

CraigC said:

Worn out undershirts. By the time they're ready for gun duty, all the lint is gone.

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Yep, old undershirts and boxers is all I use. When they get holes in em, just cut some squares out to make gun rags with, and toss the rest

I've used old handkerchiefs for years without any lint problems at all. You can put any type of gun oil on them and practically use them forever. I've never washed one either, if one gets too dirty or I just can't stand the sight of it any longer then in comes another one.

I appropriated one of my oldest sons cloth diapers (when he was a baby 31 years ago). Unfortunately, its starting to wear out. But its soaked in about 30 years worth of gun oil and I can't part with it.

Like others, I've used tshirts for years. They make good patches too.

Had a worn out chamois with big holes, cut a few squares, sprayed with breakfree and store in an old salsa jar. Works pretty good and I was going to replace the chamois any way.

Cloth diapers x50! They last forever, hold all the oil you can squeeze and never leave lint.

I have several from my 24 year old daughter that I still use on guns, and two others I use to wipe off and oil hand tools.

Get a shaving brush from your grandfather. Put some oil on the tip & you will be amazed. When done put it in a plastic zip loc until next time.

GRIZ22 said:

Like others, I've used tshirts for years. They make good patches too.

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Same here!

I have an oily red shop towel that does not lint. It might have when it was new but that was a long time ago.

I get the bulk pack of white and blue microfiber clothes from Wal Mart for aLL my gun cleaning. Durable and leaves 0 lint and each one last a long time.

To make a pub in cloth, I cut about a 3x3" square of the cloth and drizzle gun oil on it and let it sit. The oil pent rates the whole cloth and is great for a quick wipe down and can be replenished as needed. I also have found RIG grease to work great using the same squares of cloth to apply it.

cotton gloves that are covered with your choice of lube. I wear latex under gloves just so my hands aren't covered afterwards. Very seldom do I have just 1 gun to clean.
First I open safe, clean each gun, put in safe upon cleaning, remove gloves and lock everything up.
A pair is usually good for a few years.

I use blue disposable shop towels. One will typically last me for several weeks before it needs replaced.

Small paint brush. For a travel/field kit you can cut the handle down, and store it in a suitable container.

bassjam said:

I use blue disposable shop towels. One will typically last me for several weeks before it needs replaced.

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Ok for working guns but those blue shop towels are a little rough to be wiping down collector quality finishes on knives and firearms. Plus they can tear and leave lint if wiping sharp edges like filework or engraving.

I also use the blue towels a lot in the shop but I've always saved any worn out but still soft socks or t shirts to use as rags on the nicer stuff.

I use old t-shirts or if they're not available, I will buy a bag of painter's rags at the store.

I've been using a couple old silicone-impregnated cloths that are now also impregnated with all kinds of gun oils and grease.

As an aside, a couple mentions above about old cloth diapers. Try to find "new" cloth diapers! Walmart clerks didn't even know they carried them anymore.

While in the Reserves I found the Army issued the best cloth possible, and it was always at hand and in plentiful supply - the t-shirt on your back. Pull out the tail, clean weapon, tuck it in.

There was also the benefit of having the smell of CLP to counteract the inability to get a shower for ten days or so out in the field.

New t-shirts leave very little lint and as they grow older the fluff is quickly laundered out. While some might not care to have the tails of their's marked with stains at least military shirts come with the luxury of long tails, unlike the cheaper discount store variety. Even military plumbers are discreet on the job.

Average shooting irons aren't particularly blessed by using miracle cloths or magic lubricants. Unless someone stores their guns under museum conditions in nitrogen charged cases what to use is simply a matter of common sense. It's the interwebz and social oneupmanship which make it a contest.

CraigC said:

Worn out undershirts. By the time they're ready for gun duty, all the lint is gone.

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This is what I do. I am cheap anyway. I drip in some oil and it leaves a nice protective coat