Home Brew AR Lube & AR Lubrication

[cmshoot]

That would be Ballistol

Ballistol tastes horrible.

 

[fattboyzz]

Isn't that the stuff that you like to eat?

His dog dipps his doughnutz in the stuff

 

[sourdough44]

My home brew includes the tranny fluid, then 0 weight synthetic motor oil as main ingredients. After those two the few others are just minor I want to get rid of.

The tyranny fluid colors it to an ‘Ed’s Red’ hue.

 

[Twitch2120]

Just get the misses to sp...oh, AR lube. Right. Uh, whatever I have laying around. Synthetic motor and trans oils do just fine. I dont have the patients to mix anything

 

[Dan Muk]

That’s what I’ve been doing for decades, pretty much. Google “Ed’s Red” and you’ll see a recipe that’s older than most of the members here.

I mix up Ed’s Red, then mix it with the Mobil 1 synthetic grease until I get a consistency similar to mayonnaise.

For both the oil and the grease, I have not found a firearms lubricant that works better. I’ve used them for everything from squeaky garage door tracks, to revolvers, to belt-fed MG’s.

Ed’s Red:

2 quarts synthetic motor oil (10W30, I usually use Mobil 1)

1 quart synthetic automatic transmission fluid. Brand and spec don't matter.

1 bottle of original STP Oil Treatment. The blue bottle.

1 7oz jar of Hoppe's #9

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[Paxdad]

That’s what I’ve been doing for decades, pretty much. Google “Ed’s Red” and you’ll see a recipe that’s older than most of the members here.

I mix up Ed’s Red, then mix it with the Mobil 1 synthetic grease until I get a consistency similar to mayonnaise.

For both the oil and the grease, I have not found a firearms lubricant that works better. I’ve used them for everything from squeaky garage door tracks, to revolvers, to belt-fed MG’s.

Ed’s Red:

2 quarts synthetic motor oil (10W30, I usually use Mobil 1)

1 quart synthetic automatic transmission fluid. Brand and spec don't matter.

1 bottle of original STP Oil Treatment. The blue bottle.

1 7oz jar of Hoppe's #9

The orignal Ed’s Red uses acetone, odorless mineral spirits, white kerosene, and Dextron automatic trans fluid in equal ratio.

https://www.vkhgc.ca/documents/Ed%20gun%20cleaner.pdf

 

[cmshoot]

The orignal Ed’s Red uses acetone, odorless mineral spirits, white kerosene, and Dextron automatic trans fluid in equal ratio.

https://www.vkhgc.ca/documents/Ed%20gun%20cleaner.pdf

That’s the Ed’s Red cleaning solvent. I’m talking about the lubricant.