briansmithwins
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Just messing around with some different lubes and wanted to see how they perform vs rusting.
Test coupons are parkerized steel clips that were cleaned with hot water and dishwasher soap and then rinsed in 91% isopropyl alcohol. I handled them with clean gloves during and after cleaning.
Taped them to the board and applied lube with fresh cotton swabs. I was trying to get a solid film on the clips but not thick globs, kinda like how you would actually apply lube to a firearm.
I'm spraying the clips with 10% salt water once a day to try to get them to rust faster.
Lubes tested are: CLP, TW25, Aeroshell 7, Miltech-1, 20-50wt motor oil (Mobile 1 of course), and butter. There is also a control set in there too. The list is not in the order the coupons are taped to the board.
Here is day 2, 19Jan09 BSW
21Jan09
All I see is salt residue on the protected area of the clips. The unprotected edges where they were cut is showing some rust. BSW
Test coupons are parkerized steel clips that were cleaned with hot water and dishwasher soap and then rinsed in 91% isopropyl alcohol. I handled them with clean gloves during and after cleaning.
Taped them to the board and applied lube with fresh cotton swabs. I was trying to get a solid film on the clips but not thick globs, kinda like how you would actually apply lube to a firearm.
I'm spraying the clips with 10% salt water once a day to try to get them to rust faster.
Lubes tested are: CLP, TW25, Aeroshell 7, Miltech-1, 20-50wt motor oil (Mobile 1 of course), and butter. There is also a control set in there too. The list is not in the order the coupons are taped to the board.
Here is day 2, 19Jan09 BSW
21Jan09
All I see is salt residue on the protected area of the clips. The unprotected edges where they were cut is showing some rust. BSW
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