Hoppes

This may be THE stupidest question in the history of THR, but how do I get #9 from the bottle to the gun? I've just been dipping patches/toothbrushes in and getting half of it on my hands and the table.



:fire: :o

Do you have the little bottle or big 'un? With the little, I put a patch over the mouth and tip it upside down. With the big one you can use small paint brushes or Q-tips for tight areas (Q-tips rock!)
Make sure to dab a few drops on your neck, it drives the womenfolk nuts :)

Use old newspapers (put them on the table) while cleaning. Put the patch on the rod (if using the eyelet). Then dip it in.

+1 on covering the table in newspapers.

Also, keep the bottle in a safe spot. Half a bottle of #9 in the carpet is hard to clean and will smell for days.:uhoh:

Half a bottle of #9 in the carpet is hard to clean and will smell for days.

Yeah, but it smells so gooooood! :D

Agree... I've got the big bottle, and take special pains to make sure it doesn't spill. My wife hates the smell, BTW, but to me it smells like... guns. I love it :p

Yeah, but it smells so gooooood!

It's potpourri for gun lovers! I put it up there with race gas, or fresh baked bread :p But yeah, keep it out of elbow range

Point 1 -WEAR GLOVES!!!!!!

I don't care what the bottle says ANY solvent is hazardous and dangerous to you.

Point 2 - get yourself a gun cleaning mat

Its better than newspaper and will protect both the gun and the surface beneath it.

You're a teenager and you're asking questions like that?? I've been fooling with that pain in the neck Hoppes for at least 50 years and just figured it was one of those freaks of nature you have to put up with.

I dip in the wide mouth jar. Seems like that’s why its so big. Most of the patches for my target rifles are too small to cover the mouth and tip the jar.

That was a good question by the way. I doubt you'll get a good answer. It's just a pain in the neck to use. It's a shame it works so good!!!

I put it in a 3oz dropper bottle.

Don't dunk things (especially bronze brushes) into a bottle of solvent. It's not going to work well in your barrel if you've been exhausting it before it even leaves the bottle.

Ty

Well I just had an idea. At the range the other day, I saw a guy with a syringe and plastic needle (not sharp) he used to inject oil into guns.

-Is this legal? That is, buying and possessing a syringe and plastic needle?

-If so, where can I get one?

-If not, does anyone use turkey basters?

Simple: Just go to most any art or hobby store and buy a couple of plastic paint transfer bulbs.

These are plastic bulbs with a long thin neck that are used to transfer paint or thinners.

Just insert the patch or brush into the chamber or bore, fill the bulb, put the pipette into the bore and give it a squirt.
No mess, no spilled solvent, no drips, and no contaminated solvent.

Brownell's carry pipette bulbs made by Accubore:
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/productdetail.aspx?p=9953&s=26007

You can find all kinds of plastic syringes and eye-droppers at drug stores. And yes, it is legal; a metal needle might be considered "drug paraphinailia"(sp?), but probably not by itself and covered with gun lube.;)

The easiest way to get solvent onto your firearm is to spray on.

I've used all sorts of methods but a few years ago I bought a bag of pipets from Brownells (I think). Best method by far. The bag is a lifetime supply.

Don't dip dirty brushes and patches in your clean bottle of cleaner - contaminates the whole bottle!

A straw placed into the bottle of solvent. Place your finger tip over the end after you have dipped in enough to wet what you want and transfer to what you want to wet.
I do this and drip from the straw into the barrel of the firearm I'm cleaning.

I have always poured a small amount into the lid. Dipped my patches into that shallow, hard to tip over vessel. I find that the bronze brushes don't really hold much Hoppe's for long, so I squeeze a saturated patch over one to wet it.
If there is any of the great smelling stuff left in the lid, I carefully tip back into the jar, still nice and clean. I have a friend that dips dirty brushes into a
whole jar. His Hoppe's always looks like used motor oil. I cringe when he offers me some of his after shooting. "That's okay, I'll wait 'til I get home!"

I use the metal lid from an empty container of .177 caliber pellets. I just pour a little in this lid and keep it on a small towel on my workbench while I'm cleaning, then dip my patches or brushes into it. Anything leftover goes into an old plastic container that I keep sealed with a lid. I use this container for soaking parts that are hard to clean. I never pour anything or dip anything into the original container.

Sounds like you are doing it the same way thousands have done before you. Smells great don't it?:)

I use pipettes (my GF works in a hosp). They're like a long eyedropper. LkWinnipesaukee, if you want to send me a private msg with your address, I'll shoot you a dozen or so. (I've been using the same one for about a year, so they'll last you a looooong time)

This may be THE stupidest question in the history of THR,

Remember, there are no dumb questions.




Although it does appear that there ARE a lot of inquisitive idiots. :D

LkWinnipesaukee, if you want to send me a private msg with your address, I'll shoot you a dozen or so.

Thanks for the offer, but I'll just snag some (that'll otherwise be thrown away) from my bio class.

Hoppes and paramecium? Ahhhh... no problem ;)

I use a greenie beanie snake that I put over top of the open bottle. I tip it up a couple times to get the snake a little moist. Since the snake has the wire brush woven into it, a couple pulls through, and the barrel is squeeky clean...

A little in the cap and a patch is used to wipe other areas.
KKKKFL

I buy it by the quart and refill the 4 oz. jar from that. When I'm cleaning, I pour a bit into a small, shallow ceramic dish and dip brushes, swabs, Q-Tips, patches, etc. from that. Not a good idea to dip from the bottle, as brushes will contaminate the remaining solvent with residual powder and metal fouling. Even a new bronze brush will leach some copper into it. This will degrade the solvent in fairly short order.

With swabs, etc. it's mostly remoistening that'll do it. If you use a 'transfer' dish, it's not a problem unless you pour what's left back into the bottle. With a little practice you get a good idea of how much is really needed for a particular job and won't end up with much left in the dish anyway. Personally, I'd rather waste a little than mess up a whole bottle.

I got a tall bottle from Michaels (http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayProductPage?productNum=fl0488) with a cork that I put the hoppes in and dip the brush, patch, whatever.

I also use a gun mat and gloves.

I was once at a range that was also used by the local police to train. Two officers came up with rifles and were shooting. As one shot he would go through a whole routine of cleaning the barrel and writing stuff down in a note book. We asked him what he was doing and he answered that he had just finished FBI sniper training. He said every shot from his rifle had to be logged, the barrel had to be cleaned after every 1 or 10 shots, and get this, when he put solvent on the patch he had to use a special bowl that would dispense liquid when you pushed down on it. He said that they weren't supposed just dunk the patch in the bottle because it could put crap from the gun back into the bottle and then back to the gun.

pete

I'm trying to get the wife to wear it as perfume. :D

Hi all,

I use eyedroppers to put the Hoppes on patches and brushes. I like it because its very controllable with zero splash or spill. (Unlike my spray can of CLP, which coats everything within 3m in a fine coating of oil.)

And roger that on no dipping. Repeated dipping of a dirty brush into the solution will reduce your future results.

And of course, the eyedropper is optimum for that special drop behind the ears.

John