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Anyone else find using Ballistol makes them feel nauseous?

snayperskaya wrote:Anyone else find using Ballistol makes them feel nauseous?

Nope - it honks!
A few folk I've chatted to about it all said the same...

Much prefer Kroil - or Hoppes - or Parker Hale (for the smell)

Nope, use it all the time and the smell has never bothered me..

Their solvent makes my eyes water!

I quite like the smell. But them again apparantly I'm lacking in good taste it seems

Balistol stinks like old socks and stale dishwater.

I much prefer and use Youngs 303, made for the same original purpose as Balistol with antiseptic properties. Does all Balistol does plus for me works better than an oil as it is a tad thicker in its neat state.

I don't mind the smell, although the fumes it gives off make me cough a bit.

I think it is one of the most versatile cleaning/maintenance products available for firearms.

Where else can you find a product that lubricates moving parts, loosens fouling, feeds leather and wood and is safe to get on your skin.

I'll put up with the cough!

ukrifleman.

did I see somewhere it strips linseed oil from stocks?

bradaz11 wrote:did I see somewhere it strips linseed oil from stocks?

- So does a dishwasher and it is a lot easier to work with.

Ovenpaa wrote:

bradaz11 wrote:did I see somewhere it strips linseed oil from stocks?

- So does a dishwasher and it is a lot easier to work with.

I more meant it as an undesirable consequence using it around SOWR's