Car Wax The best for preventing Rust

[DBR]

MHO use Eezox. Follow the instructions. You won't have any rust.

 

[Hogfan1911]

Learn something new every day....

Never heard of wax for preventing rust on guns before. Makes sense, though. Have heard many times not to use WD-40 as a rust preventative because it is water-based. Have been using synthetic Militec-1 for close to 10 years now with outstanding results. Absolutely no rust whatsoever.

 

[Sam Adams]

WD-40 is a water displacer (and it was the 40th formulation tried, hence the name). It is not a rust preventative, and on top of that it gums up over time.

I used to use it for rust prevention, but no more. I would use it if I went hunting and the gun got dunked in the water, and all I had to use was a can of WD-40 in the trunk - but I'd degrease and re-rustproof the gun immediately after getting home.

Thanks to those who've posted on Renaissance Wax and on Blue Wonder's Armadillo. I got a tiny can of RenWax from Milt Sparks when I sent my holster for repair (thanks, guys), and the stuff is great on leather - no prints at all, and it has a very lusterous shine. Now I think that I'm going to put it on my carry gun and some other metal that I want protected. If the museums use that stuff for high-carbon steel blades and suits of armor, it must be good.

 

[ArmedBear]

Cosmoline works the best.

 

[p35]

I was having problems with my Vaughn rigger's ax rusting in the garage, so I cleaned it up and coated it with Gunk Dri-Lube PTFE. Basically a Teflon coating. Just got back from a long weekend at the beach, and after four days of (occasional) rain and salt air there's not a mark on it. I'm really liking this stuff.

Besides, it's a great lube and won't collect dust. You can really feel the difference after lubing slide rails with this stuff.

 

[confed sailor]

for our 1861 springfields, we use a pure beewax candle after polishing them back to armory bright.

 

[c_yeager]

Has anyone had problems firing their waxed guns, getting them hot, and having the wax liquify?

Mine smells kinda like a birthday candle after a few rounds. If you apply it like your applying it to a car (wipe on/wipe off) you shouldnt have enough on there to cause problems.

I only use wax on guns that arent going to be used for awhile, its too much of a pain (and unnecessary) on a firearm thats going to be fired on a weekly basis, but for safe-queens its awesome.

Anything that is clear-coat safe *should* be free of any abrasives. The finish on a new car would seem to be a lot easier to damage than the bluing on a pistol or rifle.