Héctor J Medina G (Login HectorMedina) 189.164.163.165
Not available here in México
March 15 2008, 10:56 AM
Sorry Rayburn11!
Cannot say without having seen the containers and its contents. I have an upcoming trip to the US, will try to drop into a Sports Authority to locate the thingies.
If you are worried about your bore, there are gentle household items that are totally inocuous to seals, non-combustible and gentle to the stock and bluing in case some drops go where they should not have gone.
Here is MY list of fluids for airguns, someone else may think differently, but this is MY list:
To clean/degrease: Goo-gone. It is a citrics-derived oil that cleans most gunk with some patience. From adhesives in labels to remains of plastic pellets in the rifling, to resins and near-cystaline greases Goo Gone will remove it with a little "elbow grease" (rubbing). Goo Gone can be used on stocks, as it will not damage finshes. Word of caution though: Don't overdo it! Rubbing is rubbing and stocks do get "rubbed" too much when using less than soft cloths. Get some diaper flannel (it is REAL cheap) and use clean pieces when you want to clean something.
To de-grease springs and things that have tar all over them, use Orange gel, the one used for hands.
To lubricate joints: Either FWB airgun grease or Jim Maccari's moly. I use Moly only when the pieces are not totally mirror smooth, if they are, then I use FWB grease.
To lubricate cylinders' outside: JM's Moly (between cylinder and receiver)
To lubricate triggers: beeswax, solid, very sparingly and always applied as a blob to pieces and then removed with a clean flannel patch rubbed energetically only the very thin remaining film will be more than enough. It should be obvious by now that I do not put oil on triggers as drops, even less as sprays, when they are assembled, if you want to lubricate a trigger, you need to take it apart, if you are not confident in doing it, then don't. Send it off to someone that knows how to put it together again properly and adjust it.
To lubricate pistons when assembling: A very thin dab of JM's Moly BEHIND the seal lip when then piston is going in. The seal compresses and only the tiniest amount gets squeezed to the front and only to the extent that the piston needs to slide in.
To lubricate springs: JM black tar, have tried using the velocity tar, but have not gotten the expected results and I've gone back to the normal Tar. If anyone from México is reading this the alternative to Maccari's tar is Roshfrans Graphited/fibrous open gear grease. NOT the same performance, but nearly.
To polish stocks: use Linseed oil, the one that is sold in art shops for oil painting in canvas. Make sure you rub it in with a cotton filled flannel doll till the wood gets hot, not warm, hot. Let it dry overnight.
If your stock has a good finish, it should clean easily with Goo Gone or Linseed, if some stain has penetrated, then you'll need much stronger things that escape the scope of this post.
Now, going back to bores, I do not degrease bores because I like them well coated with Pledge. And the best way of doing that is shooting a lot! LOL!