Lanolin for rust.

[Leadball loader]

I have been using fluid film lanolin to lube and protect my guns for the last several years.
They are not rusting and if there is a light spot of rust it is wiped away when treated.
The lanolin wax seals out moisture and wipes off when preparing the gun for shooting.
The use of lanolin was developed to protect metal parts exposed to the ocean and has proven a good way to keep rust away.
LBL

 

[The Crisco Kid]

Bagbalm is mostly lanolin and is a good lubricant for a variety of things (like case lube for unmentionables). It should make a good patch lube but I've never tried it.

 

[Billy Boy]

I have been using fluid film lanolin to lube and protect my guns for the last several years.
They are not rusting and if there is a light spot of rust it is wiped away when treated.
The lanolin wax seals out moisture and wipes off when preparing the gun for shooting.
The use of lanolin was developed to protect metal parts exposed to the ocean and has proven a good way to keep rust away.
LBL

Lanolin was developed ages ago to protect sheep and the people who wear their skins from the weather. It is a natural waterproofer. Has maney uses for outdoor folk..

 

[Stony Broke]

I had no idea that lanolin had any uses in the firearm areas, but it does make some sense.... I never would have experimented with it if there hadn't been these ideas presented on here..

 

[Britsmoothy]

Wonderful stuff. Wool fat.
Avoid the hydrous stuff. It has an additive so it carries water.
Get the pure wool fat.

 

[Charles Dignard]

Also used in automobile rust proofing .

 

[SDSmlf]

Lanolin was developed ages ago to protect sheep and the people who wear their skins from the weather. It is a natural waterproofer. Has maney uses for outdoor folk..

You do realize that lanolin is naturally secreted from the glands of sheep and wasn’t a product developed to protect sheep. I have used it for years around guns and as a component in bullet lube. I see it listed in old and new lube recipes.

 

[Erwan]

I have been using fluid film lanolin to lube and protect my guns for the last several years.
They are not rusting and if there is a light spot of rust it is wiped away when treated.
The lanolin wax seals out moisture and wipes off when preparing the gun for shooting.
The use of lanolin was developed to protect metal parts exposed to the ocean and has proven a good way to keep rust away.
LBL

Yes, I also use lanolin, mutton tallow and beeswax in all my greases...

The reason I always use lanolin is that lanolin (natural sheep's wool grease) contains a natural part of stearin (10% in candle wax), olein, and the best part: lanolin can emulsify much more than its volume of water (something like x150, from memory) . And I find it better than WD40 to avoid rusting due to BP residues combined with humidity...

 

[leadhoarder]

I like it because it never goes baaaaadd.

 

[Brokennock]

Lanolin was developed ages ago to protect sheep and the people who wear their skins from the weather. It is a natural waterproofer. Has maney uses for outdoor folk..

LMAO
But, technically you are correct.....
Lanolin was developed to protect sheep,,,, though "ages ago" may still be an understatement.
It was developed to protect sheep at the same time sheep were developed....

Good luck figuring that out, everything I could find deals with the 1st domesticated sheep.
This is the best I can do for your development of lanolin,,
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep07170

 

[D.Summers]

OK, y'all beat me to it!! Well said Brokennock!!

 

[The Crisco Kid]

I forgot to mention that only those who have sheared sheep know how much lanolin is in the wool. Along with $hit, pi$$ and ticks! I know of what I speak.

 

[Brokennock]

I forgot to mention that only those who have sheared sheep know how much lanolin is in the wool. Along with $hit, pi$$ and ticks! I know of what I speak.

Well,,,,, there might be another small group that has done something with sheep that knows this too.......

 

[cynthialee]

now I am looking at the tin of bag balm sitting on my desk and considering things....

 

[SDSmlf]

I forgot to mention that only those who have sheared sheep know how much lanolin is in the wool. Along with $hit, pi$$ and ticks! I know of what I speak.

I have been around them, but never actually sheared them. You are correct.

A guy that I used to work with wife ordered some ‘raw’ unprocessed wool. Don’t know if it was the all natural or the free range part that drew her in. As the story was told, the package arrived and soon afterward, before the package was opened, there was a panic seek and destroy cleaning exercise in their house, as apparently one of their dogs or cat had gotten ill and had a bad accident. Eventually it was figured out that the yet to be opened package of wool was the source of the foul odor. A quick executive decision was make by the head cook and bottle washer to just burn the stuff in the brick fire pit located in their back yard. This on a windless evening, and the ceremony got the entire neighborhood involved in an impromptu block party. Coworker was under orders to never mention in public. Though he had a big mouth, I wasn’t there, and have no idea how bad the situation may have been.

 

[leadhoarder]

now I am looking at the tin of bag balm sitting on my desk and considering things....

Careful. Balms are unpredictable.

 

[Billy Boy]

LMAO
But, technically you are correct.....
Lanolin was developed to protect sheep,,,, though "ages ago" may still be an understatement.
It was developed to protect sheep at the same time sheep were developed....

Good luck figuring that out, everything I could find deals with the 1st domesticated sheep.
This is the best I can do for your development of lanolin,,
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep07170

Sheep have a natural lanolin produced in glands at each hair cell, thats why wool is such a wonderful fabric

 

[Billy Boy]

You do realize that lanolin is naturally secreted from the glands of sheep and wasn’t a product developed to protect sheep. I have used it for years around guns and as a component in bullet lube. I see it listed in old and new lube recipes.
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I know. Thats why I said ages ago, when everything else on earth was developed….

 

[Ponderosaman]

I just ordered some anhydrous lanolin yesterday.

 

[Josephg]

I use lanolin in bullet lube. Sheep invented lanolin to keep from getting wet when it rains.