What is the best stuff to polish and protect Firearms?

If you have guns that you don't shoot much, I woul put a coat of light grease. I had an uncle who passed away when I was a kid, he had a slew of guns, and they were left for almost 20 years greased and put away. I believe we covered this issue last month and this was the preferred method. Perhaps a member can give you the name of a good product to use.

The Best

Rig Grease----nothing better

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I would definitely second the use of RIG grease. Goes on like petroleum jelly and stays on, unlike most lubricating oils.

Rig Grease----nothing better

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RIG grease works great. I have some and it will stay where you put it.

How come you only touch your guns once a year?

CLP and cosmoline!

CLP I have never used anything else. It works and stays where you put it. You can use rig grease if you want. CLP is choice, I have never regretted it. Make double sure you clean the chambers of all the guns you have. Bores get swabbed but the chambers get ignored. The most overlooked and the most critical part of the gun.

Eezox for pre-treatment, then CLP for normal use storage. For extended I would go the grease route, or look into Boeshield T-9 spray. Developed by Boeing Aircraft for corrosion protection. It's basically a parrafin wax in a carrier spray you can use either thin or spray on thick and let dry. Penetrates all the nooks. Works like a dream on cast-iron tools even in humid conditions (my table saw in Florida!). If you spray on thick it will need to be cleaned off just like the grease though.

You will probably need to order Eezox and Boeshield online though. T-9 actually states it can be used on firearms, so it's not an "adopted" use.

How about Rem Oil?

I'm favorably impressed by Renaissance Wax. It's expensive but it seems to be effective both as a protectant and a beautifier.

I wonder who else has tried it and is willing to offer an opinion.

Long Term Storage

I just bought a bottle of Break Free Collector (same people that make Break Free CLP). "Collector" is a new product and is made for long term storage and preservation of firearms. Supposedly, it's good for 5 years before requiring a cleaning and reapplication.

I'll tell you in 5 years how well it works.

I'm favorably impressed by Renaissance Wax. It's expensive but it seems to be effective both as a protectant and a beautifier.

I wonder who else has tried it and is willing to offer an opinion.

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I'll second. I've been happy with it.

Just noticed it has made it into Wikipedia.
I suppose that means it now exists in the view of the digital generation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Wax

cosmoline!

You can get a can of Johnsons Paste Floor wax at Walmart. It's not expensive. I've used it for 41 years. Put it on with a shoe shine dauber and buff.

Also:
http://www.grantcunningham.com/lubricants101.html

Grease the collectors CLP the shooters and you should be good to go.

My father gave me a rifle which had been in his closet for twenty-five years. It may have been in storage for some years before that. He always cleaned and RIG'd his gun, every time he used it. After twenty-five-plus years in that gun sleeve, the rifle was just fine!

I asked him the other day about cleaning and greasing the gun. He said, from a memory from long ago, and adamantly, "Never go to bed with your gun dirty!"

So, Hoppes and RIG it is.

cosmoline for long term storage and the almighty "KROIL" for a quick wipe down, works for me