Fireclean...is it just re-branded Crisco Vegetable oil? Video...

[JGifford]

Background: George Fennel (the inventor of FP-10 and later Weapon Shield) has stated that FIREClean is identical to Crisco Vegetable Oil. Going so far as to state that on a spectrometer, they have an identical signature.

I set to prove this either correct, or incorrect.

Same-chemicals have same-specific gravities. In other words, they will mix when introduced to one another. This makes sense, right? You pour honey into more honey, and it all looks the same. You pour new motor-oil into a container of the same new motor oil, and they don't "layer", they are indistinguishable. Water into water...water. So on and so forth, provided both chemicals are identical and of the same temperature.

So...I bought some Crisco vegetable oil, and some Fireclean, stored them both at room temperature, and poured them into the same container. Not necessarily conclusive if they mix, but pretty damning of Mr. Fennel's hypothesis of them being identical if they DON'T mix.

Well, here's the video. You decide...does this look like more of the same chemical being introduced to itself?





All said and done, I simply have not found another product which keeps my weapons running longer. Here is another test I did between FIRECLEAN, and LUCAS EXTREME DUTY GUN OIL. My method was to fire 5 rounds on a clean weapon, using 55gr TULA. I then fired 100 rounds of .223 suppressed. Then I removed the suppressor, and fired another 5 rounds of TULA, and noted any ejection pattern changes, as I know that with my weapon, the faster the carrier cycles, the more "forward" the ejection pattern. (I will note that the Troy magazine I used suffered multiple bolt-over-base failures with both products at the same rate, and this rifle has NEVER! had ANY malfunction prior to that.)

Lucas when clean:

Lucas after 100 rounds suppressed:

Fireclean when clean:

Fireclean after 100 rounds suppressed:

You will note that the carrier velocity as depicted by ejection pattern is demonstrated to have almost not changed on the FIREClean lubed weapon, while the Lucas weapon, starting out cycling a bit faster than the FIREClean, by the end, is now cycling slower.

Simply put, my experience with FIREClean is that it works better than any other product, "designer" or not, and now we have another take on whether or not it's "vegetable oil from Crisco"...it sure doesn't act like it!