FortTom
25 August 2014, 18:41
I just finished my last rifle and decided to finally give Frog Lube a try. My first question is this. Frog Lube's website emphasizes that the lube is "in" your weapon, not on it. I bought the solvent, CLP and paste. I pre-cleaned everything with the solvent, then heated all parts and slathered the stuff on pretty liberally. After a few minutes I removed the excess with a micro fiber towel, then just re-applied a thin coat, for it's first break-in at the range tomorrow. All went well, but here's question 1. I can see how all of the aluminum and porous parts will hold the lubricant, but the BCU, NiB isn't going to be very porous or react much to 100 degree hair dryer. Anyone else have experience with Frog Lube and NiB? Does the NiB actually hold lube?
Question 2: Here's a weird thought I had while cleaning/lubing the new rifle. Frog Lube claims food grade bio friendly, plant based formula. You can eat it if you want. I did actually taste the paste, just for the heck of it.
I have a friend who is an automation engineer, who specializes in the food industry. They build and re-design automated production lines, etc. Another thing his company does is maintain motors for mixing and blending equipment. I visited his shop once, and he showed me these mixers, and how he was lubricating and re-sealing the bearings. These things run almost 24/7 at very high loads and RPMs and have to be service regularly. I remember him telling me the grease had to be food grade, as in edible, tasteless and odorless (you get the picture) in case small amounts leak out of the bearings. It would be bio-degradable. The "lube" also had to hold up to high internal temperatures.
I'm wondering if Frog Lube is a clone of this food grade lubricant, and if I could use it the same way as Frog Lube, but buy a quart for a few bucks, vs. a bunch of money for a bottle of solvent, an 8oz. bottle of CLP and an 8oz. Tub of Frog Lube paste.
Does anyone here work in the food service industry (industrial) and have experience in that area? I'd be curious to know if I can take food grade bio-degradable tasteless and odorless stuff in a test gun (maybe) a Glock or M&P, then possibly an AR.
Any ideas, coments?
Thanks
FT
Question 2: Here's a weird thought I had while cleaning/lubing the new rifle. Frog Lube claims food grade bio friendly, plant based formula. You can eat it if you want. I did actually taste the paste, just for the heck of it.
I have a friend who is an automation engineer, who specializes in the food industry. They build and re-design automated production lines, etc. Another thing his company does is maintain motors for mixing and blending equipment. I visited his shop once, and he showed me these mixers, and how he was lubricating and re-sealing the bearings. These things run almost 24/7 at very high loads and RPMs and have to be service regularly. I remember him telling me the grease had to be food grade, as in edible, tasteless and odorless (you get the picture) in case small amounts leak out of the bearings. It would be bio-degradable. The "lube" also had to hold up to high internal temperatures.
I'm wondering if Frog Lube is a clone of this food grade lubricant, and if I could use it the same way as Frog Lube, but buy a quart for a few bucks, vs. a bunch of money for a bottle of solvent, an 8oz. bottle of CLP and an 8oz. Tub of Frog Lube paste.
Does anyone here work in the food service industry (industrial) and have experience in that area? I'd be curious to know if I can take food grade bio-degradable tasteless and odorless stuff in a test gun (maybe) a Glock or M&P, then possibly an AR.
Any ideas, coments?
Thanks
FT