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Rust, preventing and cleaning
Sir Douglas:
I started out using a paste wax; Trewax or something like that. It worked great, but it would get gummed up in breathes and between the joins in the plates, and it was red so there would be these little bits of red wax stuck in places that were hard to clean. Then I tried beeswax, but it was just too hard to work with and, being lazy, I wasn't going to bother with heating it up to make it softer.
The Eagle One is really nice, though. Just spray it on and rub it in with a soft cloth. It doesn't seem to dull the shine as much as the paste wax. I'm guessing because it's specifically formulated for automobiles. The only thing is I haven't been using it for very long, so for the time being I'm unsure if there are any negative long-term effects. So far so good, though.
LionPride32:
Hehehe I know ALL about CLP!! I was THE armorer of my unit in the marines!! The only one in the unit who could get away with telling the C.O. what to do.!!! "Sorry Sir, your rifle isn't clean enough....please go out back and scrub it some more."
Ian:
Yeah, knowing you were a marine I didn't bother explaining anything about CLP because I had a sneaking suspicion you may have used it once or twice before... ;)
Bottom line, it works great on swords and armor too.
Sir Humphrey:
I was in the Army when CLP was introduced. We called it "Breakfree" back in the day. It was a God-send. It replaced both bore cleaner and gun oil and shortened weapon cleaning time tremendously. I'm new to armor and swords, but knew immediately that CLP would be what I'll be using.
Ian:
--- Quote from: Sir Humphrey on 2014-01-02, 18:30:43 ---I was in the Army when CLP was introduced. We called it "Breakfree" back in the day. It was a God-send. It replaced both bore cleaner and gun oil and shortened weapon cleaning time tremendously. I'm new to armor and swords, but knew immediately that CLP would be what I'll be using.
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Breakfree is the company that produced CLP until it was bought out by Safariland.
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