fariagaurd
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First test: A 96 hour or five day torture test of salt water fog being circulated around the suspended metal blanks. Ouch, a real test! This test meets ATSM B117 Salt Spray Corrosion Test. The salt spray test is a standardized and popular corrosion test method, used to check corrosion resistance of materials and surface coatings. Usually, the materials to be tested are metallic and finished with a surface coating which is intended to provide a degree of corrosion protection to the underlying metal(with this test the surface was scoured with sandpaper to remove the barrier to expose the raw metal). Salt spray testing is an accelerated corrosion test that produces a corrosive attack to coated samples in order to evaluate (mostly comparatively) the suitability of the coating for use as a protective finish. The appearance of corrosion products (rust) is evaluated after a pre-determined period of time. Test duration depends on the corrosion resistance of the coating; generally, the more corrosion resistant the coating is, the longer the period of testing before the appearance of corrosion/ rust. The salt spray test is one of the most widespread and long established corrosion tests. ASTM B117 was the first internationally recognized salt spray standard, originally published in 1939. Other important relevant standards are ISO9227, JIS Z 2371 and ASTM G85. Source for the definition of this test is Wikipedia.
Eezox = (never heard of it) excellent 1st
Barricade = poor (my favorite for a decade because it leaves a film that does not evaporate so it’s great right?)
Safai Land Breakfree CLP = good 2nd
Fireclean = poor
Hoppes lubicrating oil = poor
Hoppes weatherguard = poor
Montana Extreme = very poor
5W30 motor oil = very poor
Remoil = no protection (worst rating) I love Remoil, this was as disappointing as the Weapon Shield test.
Nano Pro MT = fair (never heard of it) 3rd
Safari Charlie = fair (never heard of it)
Silicone cloth = poor
Teflon Silicone = poor
Teflon Non Stick = very poor
Tetra = very poor (worshiped by many for lube qualities but failed on the Weapon Sheild Test too)
WD-40 = no protection (worst rating)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eJSLPLpF5U
Here is test #2 that was a spray it and leave it test. I don’t think this test holds a candle to the above test. With this test the tester seems to be concerned with will how well the rust preventative initially repelled the water by the beading affect like with car wax. Some of the same products were used in the above test that made the water bead well in this test but failed miserably in the above test which was only five days. The metal blanks in this 2nd test were not sanded and sprayed with tap water and left for two weeks. Without any additional rust preventative being added they were sprayed again with salt water and left for another two weeks. The metal blanks were then wiped off and left in the “elements” (I don’t know what that means, location, humidity, temp etc.) for another week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOB5eCReAQY
Winner is:
1st Correx or Corrosion X (never heard of it)
2nd Tie between Frog Lube and Break Free
3rd Mpro7 and Slip 2000
Eezox = (never heard of it) excellent 1st
Barricade = poor (my favorite for a decade because it leaves a film that does not evaporate so it’s great right?)
Safai Land Breakfree CLP = good 2nd
Fireclean = poor
Hoppes lubicrating oil = poor
Hoppes weatherguard = poor
Montana Extreme = very poor
5W30 motor oil = very poor
Remoil = no protection (worst rating) I love Remoil, this was as disappointing as the Weapon Shield test.
Nano Pro MT = fair (never heard of it) 3rd
Safari Charlie = fair (never heard of it)
Silicone cloth = poor
Teflon Silicone = poor
Teflon Non Stick = very poor
Tetra = very poor (worshiped by many for lube qualities but failed on the Weapon Sheild Test too)
WD-40 = no protection (worst rating)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eJSLPLpF5U
Here is test #2 that was a spray it and leave it test. I don’t think this test holds a candle to the above test. With this test the tester seems to be concerned with will how well the rust preventative initially repelled the water by the beading affect like with car wax. Some of the same products were used in the above test that made the water bead well in this test but failed miserably in the above test which was only five days. The metal blanks in this 2nd test were not sanded and sprayed with tap water and left for two weeks. Without any additional rust preventative being added they were sprayed again with salt water and left for another two weeks. The metal blanks were then wiped off and left in the “elements” (I don’t know what that means, location, humidity, temp etc.) for another week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOB5eCReAQY
Winner is:
1st Correx or Corrosion X (never heard of it)
2nd Tie between Frog Lube and Break Free
3rd Mpro7 and Slip 2000
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