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Trewax vs. Oil
When a fellow in the forum insisted that Trewax was best for protecting
guns, I had to check it out. I procured a sample, which I used on
some guns and reloading gear.
What I found was odd. Lots of reloading gear is
blued steel, which rusts after being handled, in this humid heat.
Oddly, Trewax didn't offer much protection. They still rusted, seemingly
faster with the wax applied. Perhaps I didn't clean them
well, and salts from my skin remained under the wax.
It did well on my guns, but didn't seem to last
much (if any) longer than a coat of good oil. It works best on glossy
blues, not so well on matte finishes. Uncoated
areas adjacent to coated areas seemed more likely to rust than they
would otherwise.
I'll stick with a quality oil, myself.
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