While digging around in a cupboard the other day I ran across a bottle of Cornhuskers Lotion, a type of hand lotion for very dry hands, and it set me to wondering. I checked out the contents label and found it had glycerine, water, and alcohol as the 3 main ingredients. There was some other stuff I couldn't pronounce that I figured were more for hands than ML's. This stuff sounds like it would make a fine patch lube for very cold weather and is of the right consistency to use as a lube. Maybe the addition of a little Murphy's Oil Soap, and have at it. There wasn't a price on the bottle but for cold weather use only, a bottle should last quite a while. I think I will do a little freezer test and report back as to the stiffness or lack thereof, of the patches. Has anyone beat me to it and already used Cornhuskers Lotion as a patch lube? ::
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Try it on some bare metal first. I tried glycerine as a component when I was experimenting and found it was a real rust producer. It took 20 minutes or so to produce rust on my bare cold-rolled-steel plate!
The Murphy's may or may not be able to counter it.
The Murphy's may or may not be able to counter it.
Well, to answer my own question, no it wouldn't make a good cold weather lube. I just checked my test patches and after about 1 hr and 15 minutes in the freezer, they were pretty stiff. The stuff might make a good emergency warm weather lube, though. 
Superflint,
i don't know about using as a patch lube but i have used for years as a winter skin conditioner and it is great and very cheap as that kind of stuff goes(3or4 $ for 8oz)
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i don't know about using as a patch lube but i have used for years as a winter skin conditioner and it is great and very cheap as that kind of stuff goes(3or4 $ for 8oz)
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Superflint,
i don't know about using as a patch lube but i have used for years as a winter skin conditioner and it is great and very cheap as that kind of stuff goes(3or4 $ for 8oz)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
snake-eyes
Same here, I've used it for years, probably got no fewer than 3-4 bottles sitting around right now...keep the stuff every where, but I never considered using it for lube....that would have been just to darn simple, I've got to make things complicated and involved before it's worth while.. ::
I can assure you I've used "junk" over the years that was no where near as good as that Cornhuskers lotion, at least in appearance.
There is no reason in this world a man couldn't use that stuff "in a pinch"....possibly even on a regular basis. I'll let you know, because i'm going to try it!
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I tried a few shots yesterday...less than a dozen...using Cornhuskers Lotion for lube. I would have to say they gave the appearance of working just fine, at least from the patches I recovered.
I left about half of the patches I had treated in the patch can (and removed the lid) so I can check them again in another week or two.
About a week or so ago I rubbed Cornhuskers Lotion in about two dozen dry patches, put them in my patch box/can (An old Griffin shoe polish can) and I set them out in the shop with the lid off the can to see if they would dry out.
I think they may haved dryed out "some", but I couldn't remember exactly how they were when I put them in the box. They loaded and shot just fine. I had field cleaned the gun prior to shooting them and wipping between shots didn't show a lot of difference between them and Lehigh Valley.
Some more testing is in order. The weather here has been nothing but misty rain, of and on, with a very high humidity, and a temperature of 35 to 45 degrees...not good for testing lube.
I can tell you that if I had left the patches with LV Lube uncovered for a week they would have been dry as a bone.
Russ
I left about half of the patches I had treated in the patch can (and removed the lid) so I can check them again in another week or two.
About a week or so ago I rubbed Cornhuskers Lotion in about two dozen dry patches, put them in my patch box/can (An old Griffin shoe polish can) and I set them out in the shop with the lid off the can to see if they would dry out.
I think they may haved dryed out "some", but I couldn't remember exactly how they were when I put them in the box. They loaded and shot just fine. I had field cleaned the gun prior to shooting them and wipping between shots didn't show a lot of difference between them and Lehigh Valley.
Some more testing is in order. The weather here has been nothing but misty rain, of and on, with a very high humidity, and a temperature of 35 to 45 degrees...not good for testing lube.
I can tell you that if I had left the patches with LV Lube uncovered for a week they would have been dry as a bone.
Russ
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I tried the mighty Corn Huskers lotion again this weekend.
Don't know if it's the humidity in the Northwest, or if the stuff is just plain good, but I can tell you it will certainly do in a pinch.
Shot some patches that were about a month old. All of the ones I recoverd looked good. I guess the verdict is, don't ever think you're out of lube, as long as you have a bottle of Corn Huskers laying around. :redthumb:
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Don't know if it's the humidity in the Northwest, or if the stuff is just plain good, but I can tell you it will certainly do in a pinch.
Shot some patches that were about a month old. All of the ones I recoverd looked good. I guess the verdict is, don't ever think you're out of lube, as long as you have a bottle of Corn Huskers laying around. :redthumb:
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