Originally Posted by Terryk
Originally Posted by ldholton
cleaning with moose milk formula and finalizing and storage with a good layer of Ballistiol is your friend

Moose milk cuts the salt, and straight balistrol cuts the sulphur.
I use simple green and water for a soap because it does not have salt like most detergents.

I let laundry soap and water sit in a barrel for an hour, it was alsmost ruined from salt. It was some Oxy brand. Anyway the cleaner could also be an issue.
plus the Ballistol is water-based and mixes with water. if you have any type of conventional water-based black powder cleaners left in your barrel and you soak it down with bliss doll it'll mix with the water when the water evaporates you will still have an oily cover. if you use something like the borebutter and you haven't got your barrel completely dry it can trap the water against the metal and therefore it can still rust.
what I call most milk anyway is 3/4 water 1/4 Ballistol plain water cuts black powder fountain quick as anything but the but mixing it with the Ballistol means it still gets oily coated when the water is evaporated.

Last edited by ldholton; 12/13/22.