FIREclean lube

[SkyStorm82]

There's another lube out there that always generates several pages of opinions ranging from "it's all I use" to "it's snake oil, don't waste your money".

FIREclean seems to have been pretty quiet around here.

Anyone use it and have feedback on it?

[socal147]

Way worse than any other product out there including salted butter.


No seriously, never heard of it. I use lubriplate grease and oil. For cleaning I use hoppes. GTG

[deviljon]

I picked up 2 bottles of fireclean and it seems to work pretty well for cleaning. I have a .22lr handgun and dedicated upper which get very dirty and a couple of wipes with the fc can get them looking good again.

However, I don't have much experience with the other cleaners out there. It does the job though, that's all I know.

[SkyStorm82]

Only 1 person with experience with it?

Thanks deviljon.

[760knox]

Froglube

[LCU1670]

I used to use MILTEC, finishing it up now. Went to a gun maintenace course taught by a Georgia trooper a few months ago, his favorite IS: Fireclean. Bought some, havent used it yet. Remember, if you change lubes, you have to strip the weapon, some lubes dont mix, and can jelled or get sticky. The trooper uses 90% rubbing alcohol from Walmat to strip.

[Diabolus]

I used to use MILTEC, finishing it up now. Went to a gun maintenace course taught by a Georgia trooper a few months ago, his favorite IS: Fireclean. Bought some, havent used it yet. Remember, if you change lubes, you have to strip the weapon, some lubes dont mix, and can jelled or get sticky. The trooper uses 90% rubbing alcohol from Walmat to strip.

MILITEC-1 is some of the worst lube I have ever used. I've never had a firearm rust on me until I used that stuff.

It doesn't fare well in some tests either, glad you have used it all up.

[Ninety]

I heard about it on here in one of the froglube or what lube threads.. do a search and you will find some opinions on it..

I plan on running it when I get a gun together that needs lube

[pc_load_letter]

I've been using it for about six months on all my handguns, carbines and even my C&R stuff. LOVE IT.

[xxINKxx]

I've never heard of it.

It will probably be like froglube. Everyone will talk bad about it since they made bogus claims. Then once a popular celebrity shooter (costa) gets paid to use it then every one wants it and no more threads that turn into 100 page debates

[dinkydau]

I think I had some of the FrogLube and used it on my Garand. It may have been something else, because it had a nasty ammonia odor to it. When I was in the military, we used cleaning solvent in those days and then applied GI Issue LSA oil.
Now with my Walther handguns I have. I clean them with the standby Hoppes#9 and then apply LSA oil and rem oil to them.
The LSA has somewhat of a thick viscocity, however it quickly becomes fluid. I still like it.

[SkyStorm82]

I finally had a chance to use FireClean. Used it on a brand new build (AR-15) and had no malfunctions. This rifle has only had FireClean used on it.

I also have another AR-15 that has only been used with FrogLube. No malfunctions with that one either.

Both rifles had the same amount of XM193 shot through them. Clean up seemed to be much easier using the FrogLube. Particularly the bolt and the small ring of carbon that builds up on the base of the firing pin.

I'll use up the rest of the FireClean bottle and re-evaluate it again....but so far I'm leaning towards FrogLube.

[darkgrue]

I think I had some of the FrogLube and used it on my Garand. It may have been something else, because it had a nasty ammonia odor to it.

Wasn't Froglube, as it smells strongly of mint. Lubricants probably shouldn't smell of ammonia at all - sure it wasn't a cleaning product you recall using?

I'm not sure I'd want to use Froglube on my Garand, as The consensus seems to be that the Garand wants grease, and Froglube really has more the consistency of oil when it gets up to operating temperatures (although that same consistency is why I like it in my AR's). As it's incompatible with petroleum-based lubricants, it wouldn't work well in combination with another grease product.

[MrExel17]

FIREclean huh? Might have to check it out!

[bruce381]

My 2 cents as a certified Lube engineer (CLS) for 39 years is this about gun lubes.

They fall into a few classes:

1-Just repacked industrial lubes either oils or greases both syn and mineral based.

2-home made by lay persons mixing either industrial lubes togerther with or without added (lubricants) which could be anything they think may work well.

3-made by a real lube guy to work well in the lube regime that a guns works in, which is really not much different that what a premium industrial lube will do.

All may work well but are they worth the cost? who knows, for the small amount you will buy in a lifetime use what you want.

Unless the lube is real bad as far as rust or stain protection bascily any will work to some degree, most people shoot a few hundred rounds and clean there guns in this use about any decent quality lube will work.

To me the biggest thing I want is to NOT fling lube all over my face as such I use a modified #1 grade syn high temp melting point grease.

Soilid lubes are OK since guns have a lot of sliding going on.

I think just keep it wet, clean offten and be happy.
same deal with motor oils do not get me started.

bruce