XPost: alt.guns, sci.chem   
   From: frankperiodlogullo@comcast.net   
      
   On 7/18/2011 3:07 PM, SaPeIsMa wrote:   
   > "Truebrit."  wrote in message   
   > news:4LmdnUsCbPC-27nTnZ2dnUVZ_tydnZ2d@posted.toastnet...   
   >> >"SaPeIsMa"  wrote: I started using graphite as   
   >> a >lubricant I northern Canada.   
   >>> Up in the really cold weather, any liquid lubricant gums up. This   
   >>> will lock up your folder or your knife.   
   >>> The ONLY way to keep this moving is either have your knife/gun   
   >>> totally lubricant free or use graphite.   
   >>> Graphite doesn't give a rip about cold and works just as well in the   
   >>> hot.   
   >>> Very little needed. Most people use too much   
   >>>   
   >>> Found in any hardware store or locksmith shop.   
   >>>   
   >>> Pencils do NOT qualify as pure graphite since clay is used to bond it.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Military grade, Break Free is good down to -40 C.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I've been colder than that if you count the wind chill.   
   > And graphite does not gum up not matter what you throw at it.   
   >   
   >   
   I don't think graphite would prevent rust.   
      
   I had an interesting experience once where I displaced oil on a bicycle   
   chain with Teflon spray.  The chain looked nice and clean but after a   
   few sprayings where oil was probably all gone, the chain started to rust.   
      
   I don't think my knives are prone to rust but my guns are and I would   
   not use graphite as their sole lubricant.   
      
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