REM OIL, again!

[792mauser]

I use RemOil for general cleaning. I have no expectations it will prevent rust for 1 year let alone longer. If I am going to be storing something for a long time, I will be using vapor bags with VCI tabs and not Hefty.



I read somewhere that Cosmoline had a similar chemical composition to preservatives used by Ancient Egyptians as part of the mummification process. The name has been around since the early 1800s though. Something doesn't last that long without being good at what it does. The most important thing when cleaning it out is to repeat "I love Cosmoline" as you scrub.

Thats gonna take more beer and whiskey than the world can supply for me to say that.

 

[exbrit49]

Cant believe anyone would shove fine firearms in a plastic bag and leave them sit for 7 YEARS! What was the OP doing HOARDING?
I dont shoot all my firearms on a regular basis, But.... those that dont get fired are taken out at least once a year and checked and cleaned. In 40 years I have never had an issue!. My normal routine is very simple, First a good clean with Hoppes 9, followed by a wipe down with light oil, then wipe off the oil until the cloth comes away clean, then another very light coating of sewing machine oil. Handguns back in to their holsters and rifles left bare and back in the Gun Safe. Yes I live in a fairly humid area! Not sure what happened to the OPs guns and feel sorry for him,, but shame on him for not checking them in 7 years!

 

[MosinT53Hunter]

Cant believe anyone would shove fine firearms in a plastic bag and leave them sit for 7 YEARS! What was the OP doing HOARDING?
I dont shoot all my firearms on a regular basis, But.... those that dont get fired are taken out at least once a year and checked and cleaned. In 40 years I have never had an issue!. My normal routine is very simple, First a good clean with Hoppes 9, followed by a wipe down with light oil, then wipe off the oil until the cloth comes away clean, then another very light coating of sewing machine oil. Handguns back in to their holsters and rifles left bare and back in the Gun Safe. Yes I live in a fairly humid area! Not sure what happened to the OPs guns and feel sorry for him,, but shame on him for not checking them in 7 years!

Indeed.

 

[Outlaw75]

3.COMPOSITION/INFORMATIONON INGREDIENTS
ChemicalNamem CASNo. Percent
PETROLEUMDISTILLATE 8052-41-3 72.70
PETROLEUMOIL 64742-52-5 1.30

If I'm not mistaken Rem Oil = Mineral Oil.

Absolutely, I use WD-40 all the time down the bores of my shotguns; it helps loosen and dissolve any plastic and is a LOT cheaper than things with "GUN" in the name or on the label; same for stuff by PB Blaster

It has been analyzed. Remoil is 50% Mineral Oil, 50% Mineral Spirits. Nothing in it that would gum up or lock up a gun action that badly. I'm with everyone else, it's the storage method, not Remoil.

 

[OneFreeTexan]

The OP came back for a moment yesterday,,, didn’t add anything to the discussion..........??????????

 

[MosinT53Hunter]

The OP came back for a moment yesterday,,, didn’t add anything to the discussion..........??????????

Some people don't like hearing the truth.

 

[Viper1357]

Oddly and coincidentally I just ran across a similar (eerie 7 years as well, deja vu) albeit way less expensive situation myself. I recently won a Ruger Mark II Target from a local estate firearms auction, and the previous owner kept records of when he bought it and how many times he cleaned it, with dates. Anyway, according to his records he cleaned it once in 1989, and again in 2013. Based on how dirty the internals were he most certainly shot it after it's last cleaning without a followup cleaning but he lubed the snot out of it. Anyway my point is that he used some type of oil/lube (no idea) that did what the OP claimed the Rem Oil did as far as gumming up like a lacquer hard glue and some surface rust as well in some areas. Also, the carbon and powder/dirt fouling throughout was hard crusted and glue like area depending. The pistol was in fact "stuck shut" and required a good deal of WD40 soaking and some strategic raps with a weighted plastic mallet to cycle the bolt and eventually disassemble the pistol even with the already challenging bolt pin lever take down thingy. I'm glad it was an old Ruger as it is built like a tank and a couple hours of painstaking cleaning and careful surface rust removal and now it's clean and lubed up proper and is smooth as silk, and looks like new.
Didn't mean to write an OT book here, but just sayin you can get most stuff unstuck and cleaned refinished even when stored improperly, it just takes a lot of meticulous work and patience.

In these first 4 dirty pictures, that gunk is hard and crusty, only slightly softened by WD40 soaking.









All cleaned up!

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

My sentiments to the OP. I would have went about long term storage a bit differently.

 

[Odd Job]

OP, if you have more info or pictures let me know and I'll reopen this.