FrogLube Now Available at Amazon.com and Major Retailers
If you’ve been following the tactical message boards, you’ll hear a lot of buzz about FrogLube CLP. Among the zillions of gun cleaner/lubes on the market, FrogLube stands out for its ability to work well even in challenging environments. Intended for U.S. Navy SEAL operators’ use in extreme environments, FrogLube was developed by Larry Lasky (Captain, USN retired), a former Navy SEAL officer. FrogLube’s blend of ingredients has been extensively field tested. The makers of FrogLube claim that fouling is dramatically reduced in FrogLube-treated firearms. FrogLube is a decent carbon-cutter and it also provides protection against rust and corrosion (though there are better rust preventers on the market, such as Eezox).
NOTE: Don’t expect FrogLube to remove copper fouling in the barrel — you’ll need a real copper solvent, such as Montana X-Treme. Overall, though, as a general purpose CLP, FrogLube performs well.
FrogLube is now available from major vendors, including Amazon.com and MidwayUSA. Notably, FrogLube is a “green” product that has received the USDA’s BioPreferred designation. On Amazon.com, a 5-piece combo kit with CLP liquid, CLP paste FrogLube, and FrogLube Solvent sells for $30.95 with FREE Shipping (on orders over $35). Amazon’s customers have raved about this stuff:
I was introduced to this product by a Sig armorer. I tried it. I loved it. It works. Period. Just like everyone else is saying here. Here is my break down of it as a CLP. The “C”: I have found that putting it on warm metal makes it work great…just like they say. I rub the paste on, let it sit and penetrate. A few minutes later….wipe it off. Clean enough to eat on. I even tried it on my mountain bike chain and components after running out of degreaser. Worked better than anything I have ever tried. The “L”: Once you use it on the parts you will notice it’s still there, having saturated the parts. Great for lube and goes a long way. The “P”: I hunt waterfowl in very rugged and sloppy conditions. The thing about this product is that when they say it saturates the metal, it truly does. Great protective features. It’s still on there and after all that moisture not speck of rust anywhere, unlike even the best of of other CLPs. — J. Zabick
Crazy Good — This stuff is amazing. I use it on my knives, razors and, of course, guns. It smells great, leaves no oily residue and cleans like nothing else I have used. Get the paste and the oil because sometimes the oil is called for and sometimes you need the paste. Can’t recommend it enough. I have already ordered more. — K. Chariton
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This stuff makes me laugh. It’s green Bore Butter. Smells like Bore Butter, acts like Bore Butter and well, tastes just like Bore Butter. So they died Bore Butter green and it’s a miracle! I happen to like Bore Butter but I only use it for muzzle loading applications. But give it a try and perhaps you’ll be a green Bore Butter fan too.
If it isn’t better than Breakfree CLP what’s the point? I guess it’s better for ST. Patty’s day.
Editor: I’ve never found that Breakfree CLP is particularly good at the job. It is greasy, causing it to attract dirt and dust like a magnet. It leaves a tacky shellac-like residue when it dries out that can impair function (don’t get Breakfree in Jewell Trigger!) It is not a particularly good corrosion barrier (See: http://www.accurateshooter.com/technical-articles/corrosion-protection-products/). Breakfree also has some not-so-healthy ingredients, though it’s not a high-toxicity substance. Check out the Breakfree Material Data Safety sheet (MDS): http://www.wfrfire.com/msds/pdf/break.pdf . FWIW FrogLube carries the USDA’s BioPreferred designation.
All that said — would this be my first choice of product? No, because I prefer to use specific products for specific tasks. Copper solvent for copper, Carb-Out for carbon, Eezox or Corrosion-X for rust-proofing. But for someone who needs a do-it-all product, this FrogLube stuff is worth trying, at least to replace Breakfree. If you go through the reviews of the products by actual users, there are many, many positive comments. Are ALL those purchasers hallucinating? I doubt it.
Some lures are designed to catch fish and some are designed to just catch fishermen.
Until their results can be proven with the before and after results as seen with a borescope, I’m not buying their claims.
Talk is cheap & worth nothing until proven.
jed: My son was an Airborne Ranger for 8 years, and he said CLP Breakfree was all the Rangers ever used. He turned me on to it, and I’ve never looked back.
Lest you think CLP has performed great with current U.S. Military weapons, in dusty conditions, consider the results of a 2007 test run by the U.S. Army at Aberdeen. In simulated sandstorm conditions, the M4 suffered 882 stoppages in the course of 60,000 rounds fired (6K rounds for each of ten M4 samples). That is an average of only 68 rounds between stoppages. Here’s a summary:
Source: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/12/army_carbine_dusttest_071217/
Newer carbines outperform M4 in dust test
By Matthew Cox – Staff writer
Posted : Monday Dec 17, 2007 9:25:16 EST
The M4 carbine, the weapon soldiers depend on in combat, finished last in a recent “extreme dust test” to demonstrate the M4’s reliability compared to three newer carbines.
Weapons officials at the Army Test and Evaluation Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., exposed Colt Defense LLC’s M4, along with the Heckler & Koch XM8, FNH USA’s Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle and the H&K 416 to sandstorm conditions from late September to late November, firing 6,000 rounds through each test weapon.
When the test was completed, ATEC officials found that the M4 performed “significantly worse” than the other three weapons, sources told Army Times.
Officials tested 10 each of the four carbine models, firing a total of 60,000 rounds per model. Here’s how they ranked, according to the total number of times each model stopped firing:
• XM8: 127 stoppages.
• MK16 SCAR Light: 226 stoppages.
• 416: 233 stoppages.
• M4: 882 stoppages.
the results of the test were “a wake-up call,” but Army officials continue to stand by the current carbine, said Brig. Gen. Mark Brown, commander of Program Executive Office Soldier, the command that is responsible for equipping soldiers.
I love putting froglube on my concealed carry since it’s nontoxic and the pistol is against my skin a lot.