What ELSE have you used your gun cleaning solvent on besides firearms?
Well, since the aerosol can has the little tube, just like WD-40, sometime I turn to it in the perfumed can of kerosene's place. So far it has helped a LOT in two areas. The deadbolt on the door and a sticky bearing on 55+ year old clothes drier.
Unlocking the deadbolt was taking a lot of force. I was worried it was going to twist the key off. Normally, I'd turn to graphite for such a thing, but the tiniest spritzch of RemOil made it as good as new. Now I can hardly tell it HAS engaged the bolt, it's so smooth.
My ancient clothes drier has a separate motor for the blower. One turns the the drum, the other is connected to a wheel and runs off a pencil thick round rubber belt. Well, the blower bearing was sticking causing the belt to slip and make a GAWDAWFUL squeak. I had to remove the belt and wheel to get the little straw of the solvent can in there, and it took a few applications, but it seems to be fixed now. Or working, I guess.
I'm thinking this method is better than just WD-40, as gun solvent stays oily a bit longer, thus coating better.
So, hooray for firearms accoutrement. Is there nothing they can't do?
Have you ever fixed something with Hoppes or Break-Free or what have you?
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Fixed my wife's old Singer (sewing machine, not 1911) with Hoppes solvent and oil.
I use Kroil to clean my guns, and since it's a penetrating oil, is great for a lot of other applications. I've used it to loosen rusty or stuck nuts, and it did a great job of cleaning up and oiling parts of the lawn mower.
Breakfast-CLP is perfect for bicycles.
Breakfree, not "breakfast"!
Damned spell-checkers.
Rem Oil. Love the stuff. I sprayed some on a squeaky door hinge maybe 5 years ago, to this day the door still closes on its own and is whisper quiet...
I also used it on my camper's leveling jacks - one spray per jack lasted the entire camping season. I left a small can of Rem Oil in the camper for just such occasions...
Door locks, pad locks, sliding glass door slide. Hinges on the truck.
Rem dry silicone spray-snow blowers clog up less, and saturating the car door gasket every Fall keeps the door from freezing shut in freezing rain. Used on the hood, pedestrians slide right off!
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