Marvel Mystery Oil - Page 2

Waveski · 01-27-2018, 09:36 AM

We are talking about many uses of MMO , some non-gunrelated , so here I go ---

I own a 54 year old sailboat which has a nice old flat head 4 cylinder gas auxiliary engine , it is an Atomic 4. Long out of production , thousands still in service. There is a company that exists for the sole purpose of servicing and perpetuating the Atomic 4 , that company is Moyer Marine. Moyer Marine lives and breaths Atomic 4. The experts at Moyer Marine swear by Marvel Mystery Oil. It is used as an oil additive , fuel additive , fogging medium for end of season engine "pickeling" , soaking and freeing stuck valves.

I am a MMO devotee , although I have not used the product on firearms to date. Now that the subject is up , I may consider it though.

Eugen · 01-27-2018, 12:26 PM

I found this on Wikipedia. An NTSB test in 2003 concluded that MMO is composed of 74% mineral oil, 25% Stoddard solvent and 1% lard.

There, so it is no longer a mystery.

I just want to know if the lard is Crisco brand or Sam's Choice.

DonVoigt · 01-27-2018, 01:55 PM

Eugen,
You may as well look up "Stoddard" solvent and let us know the rest of the mystery!

ithacaartist · 01-27-2018, 04:13 PM

Mineral *spirits*, which would reduce viscosity of the mineral oil. The lard would increase viscosity slightly.

DonVoigt · 01-27-2018, 04:55 PM

MMS is beginning to sound like "Ballistol", good for everything; even indigestion.

ithacaartist · 01-27-2018, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DonVoigt

MMS is beginning to sound like "Ballistol", good for everything; even indigestion.

It would not surprise me these days. Tide pods, turpentine, turmeric, and bleach...

sheepherder · 01-27-2018, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

MMS is beginning to sound like "Ballistol", good for everything; even indigestion.

When I feel I need my colon flushed out, I visit MacDonalds.

01-27-2018, 12:26 PM	#22
Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 757 Thanks: 366 Thanked 594 Times in 313 Posts	I found this on Wikipedia. An NTSB test in 2003 concluded that MMO is composed of 74% mineral oil, 25% Stoddard solvent and 1% lard. There, so it is no longer a mystery. I just want to know if the lard is Crisco brand or Sam's Choice. __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

01-27-2018, 01:55 PM	#23
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,677 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,347 Times in 2,038 Posts	Eugen, You may as well look up "Stoddard" solvent and let us know the rest of the mystery! __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

01-27-2018, 04:13 PM	#24
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,282 Thanks: 7,007 Thanked 2,476 Times in 1,319 Posts	Mineral spirits, which would reduce viscosity of the mineral oil. The lard would increase viscosity slightly. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

01-27-2018, 04:55 PM	#25
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,677 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,347 Times in 2,038 Posts	MMS is beginning to sound like "Ballistol", good for everything; even indigestion. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

01-27-2018, 09:36 AM	#21
Waveski User Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 66 Thanks: 4 Thanked 23 Times in 13 Posts	We are talking about many uses of MMO , some non-gunrelated , so here I go --- I own a 54 year old sailboat which has a nice old flat head 4 cylinder gas auxiliary engine , it is an Atomic 4. Long out of production , thousands still in service. There is a company that exists for the sole purpose of servicing and perpetuating the Atomic 4 , that company is Moyer Marine. Moyer Marine lives and breaths Atomic 4. The experts at Moyer Marine swear by Marvel Mystery Oil. It is used as an oil additive , fuel additive , fogging medium for end of season engine "pickeling" , soaking and freeing stuck valves. I am a MMO devotee , although I have not used the product on firearms to date. Now that the subject is up , I may consider it though.