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Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008
Uh, WD-40 is NOT gun oil. It's water displacement and rust inhibitor oil. The best use for WD-40 on a firearm is if it gets wet or moist. WD-40 displaces all moisture, but it should not be used like 'gun oil' in that it becomes gooey and gunky with age. Refined oils like Remington Gun Oil are designed to coat guns and keep protecting the finish for a long time.  |
I'm not talking about using it as a gun oil, just purely for getting adhesive residue off of a gun. I don't know chemically why it works but it does, not just on metal but on all kinds of things including glass, ceramic and even fabric.
It might just be one of those myths but people have told me in the past that WD40 will remove bluing in the same way that it will remove rust. I'm not sure this is true though, as I think that if a gunsmith blues a gun the first thing they do is dump it into a tank of WD40 to displace the water from the bluing solution so it cant be that harmful.