Experience in the river

Nice story, thanks for sharing. ;D

I've often wondered about things like that. Getting caught in a downpour, falling in a creek, etc.

Specifically, did you do anything special with the firing pin and firing pin channel, extractor and spring areas to get them dried out and water proofed again?

 

Stick your cell phone in a container full of rice and leave it for a few days. The rice will absorb the moisture and it may work again.

 

Did the laser make it through ok?

Sounds like you did all the right things drying the gun out.

 

WD40 will displace water but you would want to flush it with BreakFree powderblast or BrakeCleen brake&parts cleaner(green non chlorinated can) to flush out all of the wd40 before it varnishes up.
The stronger grade rubbing alcohol will help displace and evaporate water also. If you spray oil in there too soon the oil will just trap/mix with the watter and turn milky.

 

Have you ever personally experienced WD40 "vanishing up?" I have heard many people say this, but it has never been my experience.

Thanks!

 

I have worked on guns that were a gummy mess from being STORED with WD 40.
I don't think it is a big deal for guns that are used/cleaned often, except maybe areas like the fp channel that aren't cleaned as often as the rest of the gun.

After wetting myself and my pistol (rain / creek) I have used the car heater with the blower on high to dry it. Once while in the back country I tied my shoelace to the trigger guard and twirled it round and round to dry it.

After drying the pistol I have used motor oil from the dipstick, peanut butter (wipe on, let set, wipe off) and a mayonnaise packet to re-lube.

Now days I do my best to stay out of creeks and rain.

GL (too old to play anymore)

 

...After wetting myself and my pistol (rain / creek) I have used the car heater with the blower on high to dry it. Once while in the back country I tied my shoelace to the trigger guard and twirled it round and round to dry it.

After drying the pistol I have used motor oil from the dipstick, peanut butter (wipe on, let set, wipe off) and a mayonnaise packet to re-lube.

Now days I do my best to stay out of creeks and rain.

GL (too old to play anymore)[/quote]

Hi Loki,

Almost sounds like a recipe...peanut butter with pistols. ;D I don't doubt that it works though. I personally have not seen WD-40 varnish, but have seen 3 in 1 oil do it though. Generally I'll use WD-40 or a water miscible oil like Ballistol to clean after a part gets wet. The Ballistol will mix with the water, but still leaves a coating after the water is gone.

Best Wishes:

 

Never! You just find other games.

 

Some times it does, sometimes it doesn't. To be honest i think they have changed the formula a few times over the years and even the stuff in the spray pump bottle is diff. than the aerosol can.

I have used it on garage doors,wire spoked rims,tools,ect and have seen a thin layer of yellowish varnish almost like cosmoline at times. As mentioned it seems fine on regularly cleaned and reoiled items but i wouldn't use it in intricate moving parts that don't get cleaned often like inside of locks or the firing pin channel.

To be honest ANY non synthetic oil,grease,lube will gum up in time. I have never been the type to put 2-in-1 or WD40 on just anything. Nowadays people are doing the same thing with remoil. Its good for what it is but i wouldn't use in on pellet gun seals or in my car engine.

 

I dropped mine in the pool--they told me same about covering it in rice--thought it would`nt work but after 24 hr in there worked like a charm and still working

 

I dropped mine in the pool--they told me same about covering it in rice--thought it would`nt work but after 24 hr in there worked like a charm and still working  [/quote]
Very nice idea. Thanks all.

 

I, too, fly fish and carry my P3-AT. Falling in something that will happen to everyone eventually. I wear light-weight chest waders with a belt so not much water will get in. But, if it does, what I do is put my phone and wallet into a zip-lock bag on my person. that way I don't lose much if I do get wet. The pistol, otoh, is not bagged and if it gets wet, I simply do what you've done. It's pretty rugged.

Rome

 

Sounds like the voice of experience! Thanks for the tip. I don't look forward to needing the advice, but when I do, I will try it.

 

Love the WD40 stories.

Been using it for 42 years to help me CLEAN my guns for years-cuts through all kind of crud without hurting stocks and does an excellent job of protecting from rust.
Here's my basic example of what I typically have seen with people and "problems" with WD40.

Semi-auto shotgun, shooter shoots the heck out of gun. Removes forend and barrel. Sprays a pile of WD into the barrel and on the magazine tube/gas rings, etc.

Does not wipe off any of the now "loose" crud AND PUTS THE GUN AWAY!!!!!

Can't understand why the gun is all goo'ed up and wants to jam-duh, HELLO.

The WD does a great job of cutting through crud-you just have to wipe the crud off before you put the gun away! ;D

 

Hello. I just joined the forum. I have a lot of experience in bicycling, and some in gun shooting. I have a new KT.

I think WD-40 is wonderful....for removing all other lubricants! Its great for degreasing small equipment ball bearings. Its made of petroleum distillates and fish oil! Fish oil! That would explain the varnishing. This stuff is a cold-war throwback.

There are plenty of better gun lubes and products for rust prevention or storage.

Glad to hear that you didn't lose it in the river, and that it still runs even on mayonnaise. Wow.

 

I too learned about WD40 gumming up! My "go to" items in damp enviorns are Ballistol lube in an 8oz. spray can and a Tuff Cloth-Marine grade for the occasional wipe down.

No rusting. No failures to feed or fire.

Blueline

 

No creek dip but got caught in a down pour that would have scared Noah. Compressed air, Rem oil, rinse and repeat. Never missed a beat.
Put my cell phone in rice but then I started getting calls from China.