Hoppe's No. 9

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Does Hoppe's No. 9 smell like bananas?

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Tsal
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Not a fan of wet guns.
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Middle Earth wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:30 pm
I always laugh at his cleaning videos... he's too happy with that stuff for me.
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Can’t find my 9 that’s not good! I found a bottle of hopped 9 medic lube and it smelled very fruity but I wouldn’t say bananas maybe Hawaiian Punch though.
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Tsal wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:51 pm
Middle Earth wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:30 pm
I always laugh at his cleaning videos... he's too happy with that stuff for me.
He just loves them there guns…
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Middle Earth wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:13 pm
Tsal wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:51 pm
Middle Earth wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:30 pm
I always laugh at his cleaning videos... he's too happy with that stuff for me.
He just loves them there guns…
He does... My son and I watch his Sunday shoot-a-round.
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I’ve been accused of using Hoppes No 9 as aftershave.
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ncrobb wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:07 pm I’ve been accused of using Hoppes No 9 as aftershave.
:lol:
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Tsal wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:36 am I do ❤ the smell tho.
Me too. And I like bananas.
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Ok, I just popped the top and got a whiff. Yes, for a second, at first, it does smell like a dead ripe banana.
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Tsal wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:14 pm
Middle Earth wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:40 am
Tsal wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:35 am

I use Balistol on my garage door pullies and rollers. Works like a charm.
It is the only liquid lubricant I will use on a lock. It is the only CLP that I use on firearms. It does not, will not, gum up.
I never put that stuff on my guns. Just solvent No.9 and barely a wipe on wipe off of LSA.
Balistol smells awful but its the best gun oil I ever used. LSA is good too, but does not have the lasting power of Balistol. Hoppes is not in the running as far as I am concerned. My Dad was a collector and gun trader the same as me. We must have used gallons of Hoppes between us. I love the smell of Hoppes so well I could use it for aftershave, but it just does not get the job done. Its OK as a temporary protectant but thats about it. Want proof? Scrub the bore of your firearm as best as you can with Hoppes until a clean white patch is the result. Then run a fresh patch with Sweet's 7.62 Bore Solvent through the bore. I guarantee you will be surprisedat how green it is with copper fouling if you use jacketed bullets. A light coating of that stinky but oh so effective Balistol or LSA and its a done deal. Hoppes does smell a little bit like 'nanners if you have a good imagination. More like kerosene with some vanilla extract added. Like some black cavendish tastes.
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