"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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And hydrochloric acid :-) That kind of shortens the duration of the
trial...

Crom, you really like to light 'em up in there, don't you, Doc? g


Don't have time to p.ss about with this nonsense. 2 weeks is about all I am
prepared to devote to it.

I do a whole lot more woodworking than metalworking. I've found that
paste wax offers pretty good protection from the acid in my hands and
it's not too bad for rust protection in my dry shop. I should rewax
tools at least once a year but actually don't get around to doing the
whole stable until 4 or 5 years go by. (Hangs head in shame.)

Pros include making planes much easier to move on wood, too.

I get very forgetful with waxing the surfaces. No rust so far. I suspect the
wax is a placebo.


BTW WD40 is the recommended cleaning and oiling agent for VZ firearms :

http://www.czub.cz/navody/CZ_858_Tactical.pdf
(page 15)

Those are mighty long pistols, aren't they? (BTW, do they have an
_English_ translation of that manual? I no speaka da Czech.) I'm
surprised that WD got the nod. (I wonder who bought the guy off?)

Google is your friend, but just in case, do not follow the Google
translation if you buy one of these. It just might be teensy weensy bit
inaccurate as has been my experience in the past.

Also:
1) I suspect WD40 is not as bad as everybody makes out. I think I have
demonstrated that it is no worse than some of the more "sexy" products.

2) I have never been a soldier although I played one in the movies. Thus
although I fired my first fully automatic assault rifle at the age of 8 I
have no experience of what the actual regimes of cleaning weaponry are. If,
as I suspect, cleaning your weapon is a daily task it probably does not
matter *what * you clean with. The stories from Stalingrad suggest that
cleaning agents are not at all critical as long as they satisfy certain
overwhelming imperatives (I.e. in Stalingrad - not freezing!)

The RCMP to my knowledge use the G96 as one of their cleaning agents. There
is a trial they did on various agents on the net somewhere. The G96 did not
freeze and make guns fail in cold weather. However, if you look at their
cleaning regimen it is fairly frequent so a failure such as seen in my trial
is unlikely (I think they have mandatory re-cleaning after 20 discharges or
so - don't quote me on this!)

3) The military weaponry is built to *fight* with not to punch targets. Thus
it tends to be more resilient. Ask the AK crowd.

4) Even in the Czech republic the WD40 is likely to cost only a few crowns
unlike the other product. This maybe an overriding consideration and may be
in fact smart in terms of cost-benefit analysis.

5) I am prepared to accept that if you store your deer rifle in a damp
cabinet all year and take it out once in the hunting season a single
application of WD40 may be insufficient.

--
Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC