Mike T.

I know many of you swear by Clenzoil, and you may well be correct in doing so. However, I just bought a bottle and am a little worried about two issues:


1. Clenzoil has a petroleum distillate base. I have heard that you have to be very careful using petroleum distillate based products around plastic grips because it can soften the plastic. If some Clenzoil leached under the grips of my black widow and remained there for several months, would the grips be damaged? I note that the bottle exclaims how wonderful it is on wood, metal, and leather, but it is strangely silent about plastic. I have asked Clenzoil about this but have not received a response.


2. I have tested Clenzoil on raw wood (like the kind you may find on some M1895 Nagant grips) and it soaks in and discolors it just like oil would. While it is possible that Clenzoil may not actually damage the wood like prolonged exposure to oil may, is it not still a bad thing originality-wise to have discolored grips, regardless of the cause?


Any thoughts on these weighty issues would be appreciated.