Dupont Teflon Dry Lube

[Shakey]

Has anyone used Dupont Teflon Dry Lube on their firearms? Stuff is tenacious on a motorcycle chain. It's dry clean and slick as all get out. I know it holds up to extreme temperatures I just wonder how it would perform on the slide and other moving parts. I might have to give it a try on my USPf 9mm. It comes in both an aerosol and a squeeze bottle and I have both. Just thinking it might be worth a try.

[orfeo]

Has anyone used Dupont Teflon Dry Lube on their firearms? Stuff is tenacious on a motorcycle chain. It's dry clean and slick as all get out. I know it holds up to extreme temperatures I just wonder how it would perform on the slide and other moving parts. I might have to give it a try on my USPf 9mm. It comes in both an aerosol and a squeeze bottle and I have both. Just thinking it might be worth a try.

Sure sounds good! I use Prolix to clean and lube my guns. It also is a "dry" lubricant, no bad fumes, and low-toxicity.

In my opinion, any dry lube is better than a wet one if you can get away with it. ;)

[5wire]

I use Elmer's Slide-All, a dry Teflon in an aerosol form. It works very well. Teflon, I understand from a friend who works manufacturing reflow ovens for surface mount electronics, bonds to metal under high temperatures. So, in a firearm, for example, chambers, cylinders holes, cylinder face, bore, gas pistons and cylinders, all get hot during firing. Eventually, the surface will be Teflon and perhaps Teflon to Teflon where metal parts meet and slide.

Fluid lubes in those areas attract all sorts of crap, so that's where I put the Teflon (firing pin channel, too). Everywhere else gets conventional fluid lube blown thin with compressed air. I clean first with MPro7/Hoppe's Elite, also with compressed air. Each cleaning is easier and faster than the previous one, even on revolver cylinder faces.

Where did you find the DuPont product? How is it applied? I'd like to find a dry Teflon that doesn't have a petroleum base propellant.

[BytorJr]

I found a can at Lowes a few years back. I've read varying theories on Teflon on guns. Particularly that Teflon can change the actual dimensions of your bore (or something like this). In a blowback gun like a Seecamp, this effect can affect the reliability of the gun. That said, I believe if you use it on rails and things like that, you'll be ok.

I've got some Amsoil metal protector that I'm curious to know how it works on a firearm; but I think it may be more of a WD-40 like thing...which I will NOT use.

[Shakey]

I wasn't thinking of using it in the bore, or for the firing pin. Primarily the slide and other high friction areas. I think I'll have to give it a try. Like I said, the stuff works wonders on my sportbike chain and cables. There's no fling, slippery as all get out and doesn't attract dirt.

[BytorJr]

Let us know how well it works. I used it a few times on an old Beretta Cougar that I used to own....seemed to work ok, but I never shot much with that thing since I couldn't hit El Capitan with it.

[MaD HuNGaRIaN]

I used to use Triflow, which has teflon in it, until I built myself a MK14 EBR clone. I was reading a bunch of stuff on lubricating the M14, and came across an article that talks about the temperatures that PTFE breaks down at.

As PTFE is heated above food cooking temperature, it begins to emit ultra fine particulate matter at 464 degrees Fahrenheit. Past that, and it not only ceases its anti-wear properties, but it emits toxic gases.

Since the barrel of the M1A gets hotter than that, I opted to use TW25B on that firearm, and I like it so much, that it's what I use on them all now.

That being said, I did find this review for the dry lube. (http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000UAU1C2/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_summary?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending) So, take it for what it's worth. Just understand that most front-line fighters don't have chemical engineering degrees ;).

[Shakey]

I used to use Triflow, which has teflon in it, until I built myself a MK14 EBR clone. I was reading a bunch of stuff on lubricating the M14, and came across an article that talks about the temperatures that PTFE breaks down at.

As PTFE is heated above food cooking temperature, it begins to emit ultra fine particulate matter at 464 degrees Fahrenheit. Past that, and it not only ceases its anti-wear properties, but it emits toxic gases.

Since the barrel of the M1A gets hotter than that, I opted to use TW25B on that firearm, and I like it so much, that it's what I use on them all now.

That being said, I did find this review for the dry lube. (http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000UAU1C2/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_summary?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending) So, take it for what it's worth. Just understand that most front-line fighters don't have chemical engineering degrees ;).

It cooks off at 500-600 degree F. I'm not looking at using it in the barrel, just the slide and other moving items. As for the fumes they are poisinous to your pet birds. In high amounts it can cause flu like symptoms in people, but nothing fatal. In open air spaces fumes wouldn't be an issue. I currently use Break Free CLP. I was just curious as to the usefulness of the dry Teflon lube on a handgun.

[ulose2]

I have always used Break-free clp for the most part.(If the bore is really dirty, I will use hoppes#9 to clean it first.) I recently have used Lucas gun lubricant & really liked it. I have used Lucas products for my Auto & thought I would give their gun product a try. Its tacky like a dry lube however spreads smooth similar to oil.