Fireclean is basically Crisco

[Brad Johnson]

New marketing campaign:

Fireclean...the gluten free firearms lube!

No! No! No!

It's Certified Organic, Free-Range, High Definition gluten free firearms lube.

Brad

[Perd Hapley]

Artisanal bore solvent, anyone?

[KD5NRH]

It's Certified Organic, Free-Range, High Definition gluten free firearms lube.

I keep waiting for hologram projection to become a real thing so I can make up pirate projectors to put "HD" logos into the view at various scenic locations.

[roo_ster]

I'm-a using my Breakfree CLP to fry me up a mess o' taters tonite, yessiree Bob Larry!


I am so out of the gunny swamps that I thought this was legit:

"Well, I see your problem, right there."

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FTR, 99% of my gun cleaning, protecting, and lube needs are taken care of by synthetic motor oil, synthetic ATF, synthetic grease, and Breakfree CLP. In that order of use.

[MechAg94]

The industrial compressor oil we use at work is mostly mineral oil.  All the major petro guys sell their version of it.  99.9% mineral oil with additives.  The additives can make a big difference; in a bad way if you mix manufacturers.

[brimic]

FTR, 99% of my gun cleaning, protecting, and lube needs are taken care of by synthetic motor oil, synthetic ATF, synthetic grease, and Breakfree CLP. In that order of use.

Same here, but not quite in that order.

[Perd Hapley]

FTR, 99% of my gun cleaning, protecting, and lube needs are taken care of by synthetic motor oil, synthetic ATF, synthetic grease, and Breakfree CLP. In that order of use.

No hippy tears?

[SADShooter]

No hippy tears?

Reserved for honing blades.

[Perd Hapley]

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2015/09/foghorn/is-fireclean-actually-just-crisco-and-did-larry-vickers-fudge-a-test/

From FIREClean’s response:

    

We would like to address recent false or misleading allegations that range from simply misguided to false, defamatory, and libelous. These attacks have been made by competitors and others that paint our product in a false or misleading light. The allegations do not focus on actual performance or relevant tests, and draw a misleading picture.

    FIRECleanâ„¢ Advanced Gun Oil is a specifically formulated, technically superior weapon reliability solution that resists the harshest firing with enormous heat and carbon overload that seize most weapons. It is a formulation- made specifically for exceptional reliability in firearms and weapons- not a re-labeled or re-packaged product.

It goes on to illustrate how well the product works and flashes some credentials. But the one thing that the statement doesn’t contain is an unequivocal denial of the accusation that FIREClean is actually just canola oil. They simply state that FIREClean is not a re-labeled Crisco knockoff, not that it isn’t made from canola oil.

In short, myth probably confirmed. Personally I couldn’t give a toss. The stuff works...

I suppose, by now, someone has done a side-by-side practical test of canola oil vs. Fireclean. That would be interesting

[zxcvbob]

Maybe it was Aspirin and Heroin?

Aspirin and TNT are kinda close.  Sorta.

[De Selby]

Plants crave Fireclean!

[KD5NRH]

FTR, 99% of my gun cleaning, protecting, and lube needs are taken care of by synthetic motor oil, synthetic ATF, synthetic grease, and Breakfree CLP. In that order of use.

DuPont Teflon in the squeeze bottle, or White Lightning Easy Lube from the bike section will also do pretty well for several gun lubrication tasks.

[Sawdust]

Crisco is Tier One *expletive deleted*it, man.

But it has to be the butter flavor, or you are just a poser.

[Perd Hapley]

Plants crave Fireclean!

Thread win.

[Brad Johnson]

Eggs and certain plastics are so similar, chemically speaking, that egg residues can bond to plastic bakeware to the point that even repeated scrubbings in soapy boiling water will not remove them. Saying something is "basically" something else because it's chemically or molecularly similar is a great way to be way off base. Oranges and apples are "almost chemically identical" but the end results are, um, different.

Brad

[KD5NRH]

Eggs and certain plastics are so similar, chemically speaking, that egg residues can bond to plastic bakeware to the point that even repeated scrubbings in soapy boiling water will not remove them. Saying something is "basically" something else because it's chemically or molecularly similar is a great way to be way off base. Oranges and apples are "almost chemically identical" but the end results are, um, different.

Y'mean sort of like ice and steam are chemically identical, but smacking someone in the face with a few pounds of each will cause radically different injuries?

[Brad Johnson]

Y'mean sort of like ice and steam are chemically identical, but smacking someone in the face with a few pounds of each will cause radically different injuries?

Oh you just HAD to go bringing up dihydrogen monoxide, didn'tcha...

Brad

[Balog]

Eggs and certain plastics are so similar, chemically speaking, that egg residues can bond to plastic bakeware to the point that even repeated scrubbings in soapy boiling water will not remove them. Saying something is "basically" something else because it's chemically or molecularly similar is a great way to be way off base. Oranges and apples are "almost chemically identical" but the end results are, um, different.

Brad

That would be a very salient point if not for the part where the patent was posted and it shows that it's a blend of three veggie oils.

[Perd Hapley]

That would be a very salient point if not for the part where the patent was posted and it shows that it's a blend of three veggie oils.

Help a lazy brother out. Does it list any additives, or eleven herbs and spices, or is it just the veggie oil?

[Scout26]

So what's the "selling point" of Fireclean?  Because you see more smoke there's less gunk and crud building up.   Or that it acts forms a carbon layer like in cast iron to prevent more gunk and crud from adhering ?  Or that's it uses magic unicorn farts and elf snot (apologies to Jamis) to make you gun shoot better and clean faster? 

Like Balog, I'm way out of the Gunnie Forums and Blogosphere (because of all the Derp) that I'm not aware of any new miracle (snake oil) lubes or bullets unless someone posts them here or Tam mocks them.

I pretty much use Hatcher's Ed's Red (without lanolin to clean, with to lube), CLP on anything I'm not going to shoot for a while, and some GI grease for parts that like slides and on the Garand.

[lupinus]

So what's the "selling point" of Fireclean? 

Smells like French fries when you rapid fire.


Sent from my iPhone. Freaking autocorrect.

[Balog]

So what's the "selling point" of Fireclean?

Some dude who used to shoot people in the face took a bunch of money to say it is awesome, and a lot of people want to be faceshooters bought it because of that.

[zxcvbob]

Some dude who used to shoot people in the face took a bunch of money to say it is awesome, and a lot of people want to be faceshooters bought it because of that.

Lon H.?  (just curious.  He's the first face-shooter to come to mind)

[Perd Hapley]

Yeah, Balog, don't go all c&sd on us. Spill.

[roo_ster]

The most obvious candidate for Balog's reference is Larry Vickers.

http://vickerstactical.com/about-larry-vickers-2/about-larry-vickers/