How Do You Use CLP?

[rduchateau2954]

I've tried it before and wasn't a fan. Had some work done and the smith cleaned it with CLP after telling me how great it was.

Get home, pull apart my gun and what do you know, CLP everywhere. My recoil spring plug left a clp ring on my bench.

Wiped and blew out the whole gun and it's still seeping out of every orafice.

Is this just how it is with CLP?

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[Orcon]

CLP was a godsend for keeping the BCG wet during combat tours in the desert. Doubled as a cleaning agent and generally kept everything moving that needed to be moving with the benefit of cleaning carbon out of the bore with a few patches.

What are you using it on?

 

[CLP]

CLP was a godsend for keeping the BCG wet during combat tours in the desert. Doubled as a cleaning agent and generally kept everything moving that needed to be moving with the benefit of cleaning carbon out of the bore with a few patches.

What are you using it on?

Yes. CLP is a Godsend.

 

[rduchateau2954]

In the past I've used it on a marlin 60, a ruger MKIII, and a Sig P938. This time it was on my Ruger 1911.

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[Orcon]

Well, it's a rather low viscosity lubricant so a judicious application can cause a weeping effect. In a 1911, just break the sucker down and wipe off the excess and return to service. Or don't. You can never have too much CLP.

 

[hemiram]

I've basically used it, and Break Free for all my guns since day one. Never had any rust or any other lube based issues.

 

[rduchateau2954]

And you guys don't mind having CLP coming out of the inside and getting all over the outside of your guns while shooting?

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[RON in PA]

Seems to me that you are using too much, are you using a spay can? Try wiping it on the parts.

I've used since the 1970s when it was introduced and have had no lubrication or rusting problems.

 

[AZAndy]

I've learned to apply it with a q-tip. Sounds like yours got the spray treatment, or maybe the smith has a bucket of it that he tosses handguns in.

 

[rduchateau2954]

I've learned to apply it with a q-tip. Sounds like yours got the spray treatment, or maybe the smith has a bucket of it that he tosses handguns in.

I'm kinda thinking that too. In the past when I've used it on my guns I've sprayed them, but then blew them out and wiped them down. I had seepage but nothing like this.

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[Steel Horse Rider]

Don't blame the product for the lack of judgement by the smith. I think it is a good product but like all things, excess is not better.

 

[rduchateau2954]

Don't blame the product for the lack of judgement by the smith. I think it is a good product but like all things, excess is not better.

That's why I'm here asking you all

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[MEHavey]

BREAKFREE (and by extension, BreakFreeCLP) is superb as Cleaner Lube, and Presevative -- been using it since the early `80s.

More recently I've moved over to Fully Synthetic motor oil (AMSOil in my case) for everything that BreakFree did/does -- and more... but I've still got a bottle of BreakFree in the trunk when all else gets forgotten/back home.

Use it like Brycreem instructed and you won't have an problem

 

[ColoradoShooter77]

I use break-free on all of my pistols and both of my AR's. I use my finger and slather the bolt down and the exterior of the BCG. The gun has always run really smooth.

 

[1KPerDay]

I use it when I need some oil between disassembly/cleaning/greasing. Run some down the rails and barrel hood of a 1911 for example. I don't use it to clean, nor as primary lube. I use grease including in my ARs. Stays in place better, lasts longer. YMMV

 

[LeonCarr]

In the case of semiauto firearms you really can't use too much CLP. The firearm will sling off the excess while shooting or it will seep out of the cracks and crevices .

I just recently finished a one gallon can of Break Free CLP I bought in 1999. It was used for about 99% of firearm related purposes (IME it does not remove heavy copper fouling very well) and for a lot of household things like keeping door hinges from squeaking. That gallon still lasted me 17 years.

The most noticeable thing I see with CLP is it never stops cleaning. I can shoot an AR well lubricated with CLP and even after several hundred rounds the carbon fouling stays suspended in the wet CLP and a paper towel or cotton patch takes it right off.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[GRIZ22]

The only two lubricants I use are CLP and Mobil 1 grease. The grease is only for Garands. I prefer Hoppes or some other solvent for the bore and other places you need solvent but CLP will work. Not as good IMO. CLP works at all temperatures as a lubricant and is a pretty good protectorant.

 

[FL-NC]

CLP, breakfree, whatever- is an abomination used by the military to do 3 things- Clean, Lubricate, and Preserve. Since these are 3 very different tasks, the product does a mediocre job at best at all 3 tasks. I think the mil figures the average guy is probably too poorly trained or ignorant to use multiple chemicals properly, so this prevents dummies from trying to lube a weapon with solvent, or cleaning the bore with an oil like the old LSA. It also prevents the mil from having to order and buy multiple products (which are required anyway for sniper systems). I have some a gallon jug of CLP that fell off a truck right before I got out- I only use it on the outside of guns going into storage to prevent rust. When it runs out I will switch to cheap generic motor oil. I lube working parts with white lithium grease, and clean bores, bolts, etc. with MPRO-7 solvent.

 

[cc-hangfire]

I have a gallon of Breakfree CLP I've been using on handguns & shotguns for the past 3+ years, and I expect it'll last me ten more years. I use very little on polymer framed pistols (just on the metal, of course, and none in the firing pin area), & a very thin film after cleaning and wipe down on metal framed ones.

I add a small drop on each rail of the guns that like to run wet - old Stars, Beretta 1951, P38. I'm not a rifle shooter, but if you have lead & copper to clean from a rifle barrel, I expect CLP wouldn't be the best choice.

 

[subierex]

I don't use CLP to clean. I do use it for lube occasionally, but mostly I use it to protect. Last thing down the bores of my guns when cleaning is a lightly CLP'd patch. I also use it to protect the finish of my blued guns (anti rust, I guess). I love the stuff.

I also use it for the locks on my barn (Master locks). One squirt and I don't have any problem with the locks freezing in winter. For all I know, regular motor oil would work the same.

 

[Jackal]

The trick is to "lightly" oil your gun. There's simply no need to utterly drench it with oil. If the oil is running or dripping, you've likely used too much.

 

[DPris]

I'm not understanding the issue, I guess.

I've used Break Free for over 25 years, on dozens of guns.
I use it to clean and to lube.

The ONLY time I've ever used a spray aerosol is now while I'm in the middle of an endurance run with a Henry rimfire.
Part of the test is to see how long it can go without cleaning, and when it gives me three nose-up feeding jams that's the gun telling me it's time to lube it.
At which point I spray through the open ejection port, work the action a bit, and carry on.

Of course it seeps out.
That's why I never spray in ordinary use.

A few drops here & there, swabs where indicated, after cleaning.
That gives me no seepage.

If you're spraying so much inside your gun that you're getting leakage, you're waaaay overdoing it.
Denis

 

[rduchateau2954]

Thanks all, when I used it in the past I used it to hose out the gunk, then blew it out and wiped it down. It seeped out everywhere but nothing like it was this time.

I suspect it went in the dunk tank this time.

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[V-fib]

Has anyone seen the Hickok45 video of his way of cleaning his revolver? he uses a product called Ballistol which is similar to CLP. He sprays it on heavy then wipes it down until all lube is dry. I do the same with clp. I think the OP's smith sprayed it on and didn't bother to wipe it down after.

v-fib

 

[DPris]

If you use Break Free as a hoser, of course you'll be seeping for quite a while.
It does evaporate to a degree over time, but soaking the guts will leave you with a leaky gun.

If you want to hose out the insides, use a quick-evaporating product specifically designed for such use, and then re-lube sparingly in key areas where it's needed, with Q-Tips, pipe cleaners, cloth patches, etc.

When I spray through the port on this Henry, it leaks all over my firing hand for a couple hundred rounds before burning down.
I wouldn't use the aerosol version for anything else.

Your gunsmith may have been thinking a general film over every internal surface is a good corrosion protector, but that's not the way I'd go about it.
Denis