Old Royco CLP

[RnR]

I seem to remember that CLP supposedly has a "shelf-life".

Well, I have a sealed gallon of Royco CLP lurking in the basement that is at least 15 years old... do you think it's still any good? This question is posed in a largely academic context, as I use other products these days for CLP and general lube chores on the bench.

But I wonder if anyone else has tested "vintage" and "well-aged" CLP for viability? Any sigificant storage differences between the various manufacturers over the years?

Thanks!

 

[HD]

have a 10+ yr old partial stored under poor conditions...

the contents still function perfectly , in fact it seems to work even better when the 'carrier' has evaporated somewhat...

 

[dfariswheel]

Just shake the absolute DICKENS out of the container.

You can help things along by dropping some ball bearings or nuts in the container to act as "stir-ers".

CLP, especially the older type settles badly, and the Teflon can be hard to get mixed again.

I actually preferred the older stuff.

 

[RnR]

Evaporation and ball bearings...

Well, considering that the plastic container is now bulging... indicating that Ye Olde Carrier has long since separated from the rest of the solution... it appears to be finally ready for use!

Just imagine if it had been keg conditioned in charred oak barrels... yummy.

And that ball bearing idea is also a good one... plop, plop - fizz, fizz!!

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Ok, so I sounds like I really shouldn't recycle it and certainly won't for now. If I get ambitious I may bottle some of it up and pass it out locally, just to see if anyone can tell the difference between it and Jack Daniels...

Thanks for the advice, guys.

 

[romulus]

Don't know about Royco or the older version of Break-Free. Don Yoder told me years ago that nine year old CLP worked fine, though that is not a stated shelf life for the product. He also said that all testing of the reformulated CLP showed measurable and substantial improvement in all areas, including lubrication.

 

[RnR]

Forgive me for not knowing the full history of CLP... but is "Breakfree" in essence the reformulated version?

My AR SP-1 probably longs for the original juice, be it Royco or whatever...

 

[JA]

I have one gallon left of a case of 4-one gallon jugs I bought in the late 1980's. I have been using up those gallon jugs from that case all these years and have not noticed any problem. It still cleans,lubricates,and protects my firearms just fine. As stated in other posts you have to shake the crap out of it to get the teflon back into solution.