About 2 weeks ago, I purchased large container of Militec-1 gun oil. I've been hearing great things about it and wanted to give it a try. First, let me say that a little bit goes a LONG way. Do not over use this stuff as it does not dry, and is very hard to remove from your skin.
Somehow I managed to get some of this oil on my lips. How the heck did this happen? After spending some time at the range yesterday I was at the table cleaning and inspecting the pistols I had used.
During this cleaning and inspecting, I was eating an airline/type bag of smoked almonds. I was NOT touching the almonds with my fingers, rather I was pouring them into my mouth from the bag.
At some point I must have touched the open end of the bag when there was Militec-1 oil on my fingers.
About 1/2 hour later, my lips started to tingle and burn, not painfully but the feeling was there.
At first, I could not figure out what was causing this but after considerable scrubbing with soap and hot water, it dawned on me what happened. I tried Palmolive, lava, and fast orange hand cleaner and it did not help.
Now, 24 hours later, the tingling feeling is STARTING to go away.
On the positive side, Militec-1 seems to work pretty darn good on 1911 rails. I fired 200 rounds of mixed ammo through my old Kimber and it still felt slick and smooth. When disassembled, all the grime wiped right off with a dry rag. Nothing stuck to the gun. It was one of the easiest clean-ups in a long time.
Please, if you use this product, be very careful with how you handle it because if you're sensitive to chemicals it's a bear to get this oil off of you.