Frog Lube is Coconut oil.

[IL Guns]

I was told by my father that in WW2 that they would throw their 1911s in a bucket of kerosene and grab another one that some poor guys job was to wipe down the ones that sat in a different bucket.
I was also told by a old timer who runs a rather large internet gun distributor site to use Hoppes #9 to clean the Cosmoline out of a new gun and that's what he used to clean his personal guns. Lube them with oil like Hoppes gun oil. He buys more guns in a day then anyone on this forum will ever buy in a lifetime unless you are Sports South.
I personally like the smell of Hoppes and find that it has always done the trick. I almost consider it cologne. Drakkar Noir #9.
If it has always worked for me and the people who were shooting guns LONG before I was born, why would I use the flavor of the month?
I don't care if Frog Lube is actually liquefied gold. I will use what I was taught to use from people who have been using the same stuff for 75 years.
I also use dry graphite on my sears in the winter. You wont have viscosity issues hence a constant trigger.
Does anyone use a Sham Wow to wipe down their guns?

 

[guyfromohio]

I'd prefer that it was a natural, renewable lube. Bravo Frog Lube! I can also fry an egg and reduce belly fat by licking my rails.

Edit... Now that I think about it, I've never seen an oil thread that has a post stating that they tried x,y, or z lube that didn't work. Perhaps lubrication is just something that lubricates?

 

[IL Guns]

You could use it for a sun tanning lotion. I wonder what the SPF is?

 

[jaguarxk120]

Had to make a run to the store before dinner, guess what they have coconut oil on sale, $4.99 for a 27 ounce jar.

 

[OilyPablo]

My guess is part of Frog Lube is FRACTIONATED non food grade coconut oil. Even though we can have some fun with it (mainly the price) this type of lube isn't crazy bad. Especially as a case lube.

 

[jaguarxk120]

Chances are the oil is filtered or run through a centrifuge to take out the solids.

Then a scent is added.

Lastly it is put into small bottle's with a high price tag.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Good to know. I shared this on TFL and another website.

 

[Carne Frio]

Frogs supposedly make for a refreshing drink in South America.
I'll stick with the usual gun cleaners and Mobil1 Synthetic for my guns.

 

[trentcwwilson]

I was told by my father that in WW2 that they would throw their 1911s in a bucket of kerosene and grab another one that some poor guys job was to wipe down the ones that sat in a different bucket.
I was also told by a old timer who runs a rather large internet gun distributor site to use Hoppes #9 to clean the Cosmoline out of a new gun and that's what he used to clean his personal guns. Lube them with oil like Hoppes gun oil. He buys more guns in a day then anyone on this forum will ever buy in a lifetime unless you are Sports South.
I personally like the smell of Hoppes and find that it has always done the trick. I almost consider it cologne. Drakkar Noir #9.
If it has always worked for me and the people who were shooting guns LONG before I was born, why would I use the flavor of the month?
I don't care if Frog Lube is actually liquefied gold. I will use what I was taught to use from people who have been using the same stuff for 75 years.
I also use dry graphite on my sears in the winter. You wont have viscosity issues hence a constant trigger.
Does anyone use a Sham Wow to wipe down their guns?

I found some "hoppes 9" scented cologne a while back along with some cedar scented soap. Should have bought both.

 

[IL Guns]

I don't work for Hoppes but really the smell of it makes me think clean like Irish Spring for guns. My neighbors wife claims she is allergic to it so the poor guy has to clean his guns in the garage. We both buy it by the quart. It's been around since 1905 so I think that's a pretty good track record. As for oil I will use Hoppes, Outers, Mobil 1 and moly graphite engine assembly grease. Dry graphite powder on my sears. On SS barrels I have used carb and brake cleaner. Nothing will get a barrel cleaner then some nasty carb cleaner. $3 a can and Mobil 1 is $5 a qt. on sale. Of course I will use the brake and carb cleaner if needed in the garage, I don't want to blow up the house.

 

[GBExpat]

I recall reading about another expensive, "hightech" gun lube product, FireClean, that turned out to be Canola Oil.

 

[guyfromohio]

Oil is a carbon-based substance. Carbon comes from organic material whether that be dead dinosaurs, corn, rape seed, or coconuts. I wouldn't think too much about this.

 

[Drail]

Don't use graphite in a gun - it is mildly abrasive and will cause wear over time. Any light machine oil will do. Guns only rust when someone fails to keep them maintained - or in combat. I have been working on guns for 30 years and not one of mine has ever rusted and I run them hard. But I have had many many customers show me a rusted gun they kept in a gun rug under their bed and never oiled it. So many beautiful shotguns with ruined finishes that their father gave them. The Horror......

 

[OilyPablo]

Worse....kept in the closet next to the bathroom, no oil. Open soft case and find mass of rusted steel.

 

[rcmodel]

But, is Frog Lube good on Vanilla Ice cream, or not?????

rc

 

[trentcwwilson]

Some of these replies are bringing me to tears. This definitely needs to be a sticky. Show people what kind of personality this forum has.

 

[njl]

Frogs supposedly make for a refreshing drink in South America.
I'll stick with the usual gun cleaners and Mobil1 Synthetic for my guns.

I've been using Mobil1 on my guns for the past 15 years. I hear it's generally used as a motor oil.

If you're paying more than about $0.25/ounce for your gun lube, P. T. Barnum is looking for you.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

I've been using Mobil1 on my guns for the past 15 years. I hear it's generally used as a motor oil.

If you're paying more than about $0.25/ounce for your gun lube, P. T. Barnum is looking for you.

Well, if you wanna go this far...if you're paying anything at all, you're paying too much.

Especially if you consider the dregs of the oil jugs as stuff that would get tossed. Or more especially if you pick up those "empty" oil jugs at the auto hobby shop or mechanic's shop for free.

 

[trentcwwilson]

I rarely see jugs of oil at auto shops anymore. It's either 55 gal drums or they have a 1500 gal tank they get filled every so often.

 

[IL Guns]

I've been using Mobil1 on my guns for the past 15 years. I hear it's generally used as a motor oil.

Are you sure about that?
I ask because I have been using Coconut oil in my cars for 30 years. I average about a car a year so roughly 30 cars.

 

[rcmodel]

You can't be serious!!!

Everyone knows Sperm Oil is the only thing you should use on Gunnes, or Internal Combustion or Steam engine Babbitt bearings.

rc

 

[IL Guns]

Don't use graphite in a gun

No, I just have to plain disagree with that.
Dry graphite powder great for a sear or places where you could be exposed to unbunrt powder or say sand, the last thing you want in there is any sort of grease. That is HIGHLY abrasive. It also absolutely will not freeze so it's great for -100F to 850F. It keeps things moving VERY smoothly. They sell a lube version called Gunslick Graphite Lube. This VERY old school knowledge from my father who built anti aircraft guns after WW2 through the early 50's for the USN.
As for the moly graphite engine assembly grease I was told about this from my 1911 guy who is a 3rd generation gunsmith. A little dab (I use CRC) on each frame rail and then one drop of oil. You can pull off the slides off my 1911s and you will not see ANY wear. My one Colt 1911 has well over 20,000 rounds through it and shows no wear on the rails or frame.
I do try and take my handguns down to the frames once a year. They are cleaned and lubed within two days of shooting in most cases.
After 36 years of shooting do I know it all? No. I do know that I will go with what works and learn from people who have more knowledge then me whether it be experience or information passed down through generations.
I have never had an issue with graphite and guns but do know to avoid it on aluminum.
I go with what I know and that's why I avoid frog lube and the latest fads because they can't even get their marketing story straight. "Developed by Navy SEAL's" NO. "Was discovered in a rural Pennsylvania barn six years ago by a group of mechanics and engineers who wanted to shoot a cannon." - Who knows and I don't care.
I'll go with has proven to work for me and I have been taught since I was nine years old.

 

[LiveLife]

So it turns out the "goo" they found inside the cannon that prevented rust all these years was coconut oil ... add some mint fragrance and green coloring ... tada, new super duper food grade gun lube!

Even though I don't shoot when it is below freezing, I don't think I will go out and buy coconut oil to use on my guns. Hoppes #9, BreakFree CLP and synthetic/even conventional motor oil at lower cost have worked fine for decades in my guns (collecting residual oil left in containers after oil change almost bring the cost down to free even).

 

[Rule3]

Do you also have whales caged up in the swamp?

Well of course not, that would not work. Whales need salt water, not fresh. You need to kill the whale to get oil. We are being environmentally GREEN.
We supply our own sperm oil.

 

[Drail]

rimshot/cymbal.........