Ed's Red recipe

Wheel Weights-

I am guessing you have never mixed up a batch of Ed’s Red and used it. What you have offered as a substitute that is cheap and not homemade won’t stand my Beach City CA open air salt water test with Guns sitting in a corner festering with damp dust covering them- and protect the metal to a degree that is nearly unbelievable. Might as well be a 100 hr salt spray test for a steel gun. I have treated parts with Ed’s red that suffered severe circumstances in WW2 and it’s not that it cleans, it does everything- Better than a commercial product. Shotgun- removes wad fouling Rifle/pistol copper bullets- treats the porous cleaned bore with molybdenum and impregnates the surface leaving a layer protection between the bullet and bore. Cleaning is easier, less chemistry required.

Cast bullet anything- it allows one to mop or patch a seasoned bore without disturbing the season to a point of more than one shot prep before a competition or any other activity.

Rust prevention- holy crap it’s the absolute best. Even when removed (w/o organic solvents employed) it still leaves enough of the ATF protection at a molecular level to resist rust. You don’t need to wipe a rifle down after your high PH wife hands touch it. I’d say it’s even restorative! In an action it lubricates without a buildup. I’m taking about “years” in salt air environment and having zero concern about surface finish/bluing/case disturbance from corrosive air!!

Yes it will harm a wood finish.

So don’t get it on the wood!

Truly I don’t believe there is a better product formula especially when lanolin is deployed in the full formula-for firearms, tools, any ferrous material period.

I have used it during my machine shop tool overhauls, nothing cuts and protects lathe/mill/bandsaw/surface grinder surfaces like ER! It moves through swarf/way oil/stuck chips and grit, melts it, leaves a protection behind and flash rust on clean beds and ways are highly unlikely even here now in The buckle of the rust belt- Memphis! The devils salty armpit!

Sorry to sound like a commercial but it is all true.

It’s not just a cleaner, it’s like CLP—— except it’s not an oil, doesn’t build up, is vapor thin and it penetrates pores and stays. When you oil over a sterilized and then ER treated ferrous (or non for that matter) surface, the oil floats on the ER base and lubricates BETTER!

Makes my hands feel good too. I know not a good thing but—— oh well. Acetone is transdermal carrier but I am what I eat- or clean with.....

See ya