Brian Wilson Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 What do I clean the grease off of my new PW-87 Lever Action with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 A dry, old t-shirt will do. Don’t get too vigorous with it. Car Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wilson Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 15 minutes ago, Cat Brules said: A dry, old t-shirt will do. Don’t get too vigorous with it. Car Brules Thanks for the info. Can you use a degreaser or ballistol to take the grease off as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Ozzy Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 All of my guns I start cleaning with non chlorinated brake cleaner and take it down to metal no lubricant left. Be liberal it’s only $2 a can. I might remove wood, might not. Then I heavily oil with Ballistol until you go sh*t...I put too much on. You didn’t. Let it set overnight, cycle the action, wipe up the excess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Regarding what I said earlier about wiping down your weapon with an old, dry Tshirt.... The reason to do this, is to leave a light sheen of oil/grease, on the metal itself. This light coating will forestall rust or other oxidation, One could use some type of solvent to remove all oil and grease and then, put a coating of oil or grease on it again. Personally, I would wipe the weapon down with the dry T-shirt and make sure to rub the wood down at the same time. I wipe my guns down occasionally with a dry tshirt or a slightly oily tshirt rag I keep in a one-gallon Ziplok freezer bag. That is what I do anyway. It’s up to you how you go about it. Cat Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wilson Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 4 hours ago, Trooper Ozzy said: All of my guns I start cleaning with non chlorinated brake cleaner and take it down to metal no lubricant left. Be liberal it’s only $2 a can. I might remove wood, might not. Then I heavily oil with Ballistol until you go sh*t...I put too much on. You didn’t. Let it set overnight, cycle the action, wipe up the excess. I never thought about brake cleaner to clean the the gun with. Thanks for the tips. Have a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wilson Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 4 hours ago, Cat Brules said: Regarding what I said earlier about wiping down your weapon with an old, dry Tshirt.... The reason to do this, is to leave a light sheen of oil/grease, on the metal itself. This light coding will forestall rust or other oxidation, One could use some type of solvent to remove all oil and grease and then, put a coating of oil or grease on it again. Personally, I would wipe the weapon down with the dry T-shirt and make sure to rub the wood down at the same time. I wipe my guns down occasionally with a dry tshirt or a slightly oily tshirt rag I keep in a one-gallon Ziplok freezer bag. That is what I do anyway. It’s up to you how you go about it. Cat Brules That does make sense to wipe off the excess oil or the other method that you have mentioned. I could use Ballistol on a T-shirt and use that when it is warranted. Thank you for the tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder SASS #13056 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Be sure you apply some protection after using the brake cleaner. It really cleans and I have to be careful to replace protection throughout the gun once I've used it. So I only use it (brake cleaner) in extreme case I used ballistol many years ago but found the mineral oi only a fair lubricant, if that. It was "okay" as a rust preventative but I've found soo much better products. For heavier lubrication loads, I use Mobil 1 great or some gun greases. Eezox is not my favorite lube but is a very good rust preventative as is Frog Lube and Seal 1. Lucas makes good stuff as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Hoppes Number 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 be certain you grab the NON CHLORINATED brake cleaner. the regular stuff takes off cheap blueing. ask me how I know lol. but honestly I use it all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wilson Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Marauder SASS #13056 said: Be sure you apply some protection after using the brake cleaner. It really cleans and I have to be careful to replace protection throughout the gun once I've used it. So I only use it (brake cleaner) in extreme case I used ballistol many years ago but found the mineral oi only a fair lubricant, if that. It was "okay" as a rust preventative but I've found soo much better products. For heavier lubrication loads, I use Mobil 1 great or some gun greases. Eezox is not my favorite lube but is a very good rust preventative as is Frog Lube and Seal 1. Lucas makes good stuff as well. I never thought about gun grease. Interesting I will have to take a look at the gun grease, Eezox, and Frog Lube. Thank you for the tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wilson Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 30 minutes ago, Turkey Flats Jack said: be certain you grab the NON CHLORINATED brake cleaner. the regular stuff takes off cheap blueing. ask me how I know lol. but honestly I use it all the time. Thank you for the tips. I appreciate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 8 hours ago, Cat Brules said: Regarding what I said earlier about wiping down your weapon with an old, dry Tshirt.... The reason to do this, is to leave a light sheen of oil/grease, on the metal itself. This light coating will forestall rust or other oxidation, One could use some type of solvent to remove all oil and grease and then, put a coating of oil or grease on it again. Personally, I would wipe the weapon down with the dry T-shirt and make sure to rub the wood down at the same time. I wipe my guns down occasionally with a dry tshirt or a slightly oily tshirt rag I keep in a one-gallon Ziplok freezer bag. That is what I do anyway. It’s up to you how you go about it. Cat Brules Cat if it was a normal lubricant I'd agree 100%. However, the oil on new firearms from China and Italy is more of a rust preventative akin to cosmoline than a good lubricant. It is very thick and sticky and will attract and hold dust, dirt and debris. Better to remove it and replace it with a less tacky product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Cat if it was a normal lubricant I'd agree 100%. However, the oil on new firearms from China and Italy is more of a rust preventative akin to cosmoline than a good lubricant. It is very thick and sticky and will attract and hold dust, dirt and debris. Better to remove it and replace it with a less tacky product. That is a good point! Best, CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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