armedpolak
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Before I go any further, I'll say this: YEA, I AM ANAL ABOUT CLEANING THE GUNS
Now, I decided to give my 1911 a complete wash. Here's what I did:
Disassembly...
Thanks to http://www.coolgunsite.com/disassembly/disassembly.htm it went rather smooth.
Cleaning...
I took a glass bowl, 1/3 Simple Green 2/3 hot water. Sunk all the parts in the solution, shake them a bit to make sure it gets into all the little spaces. Let it sit there overnight, and then some, around 22 hours.
Took the bowl to the bath tub, filled the tub with hot water so I have somewhere to rince while I scrub. I scrubbed every part with a tooth brush. Then, put it aside on a paper towel.
ALERT: metal parts must be dried quickly or else... a tiny brown spots of rusting will start to appear. Revlon to the rescue! My wife's hair dryier set on high did an excelent job.
Note: Some places needed a lot of scrubbing! Breach face (where the firing pin exits the slide to strike the primer, right?) was the worse, and so was the part of the frame on which the bulet travels from the mag to the chamber.
Conditioning...
I sprayed each part with a bit of Break Free CLP, since it conditions metal. Again, I let it sit there for an hour or so, underneath a warming bulb in the bathroom, so that it would evaporate a bit.
Finally, I wiped the excess CLP from some of the parts, and put the gun back together. Boy was that fun. But function check confirms proper functionality... most importantly, all savties work the way they should.
Thoughts...
Simple Green did NOT ruin the white sights dots nor the finish of the pistol, NOR the aluminum trigger.
I did expect better results from this experiment. The gun is clean as it will ever be, but there was still a lot of scrubbing and brushing involved. I expected to have more of the powder / lead / copper residue gone, or at least softened. That was the case, most of it came off with a simple wipe of the finger or gentle brush stroke. But some still required bronze brush.
BTW, this was the very first time I ever detail stripped a gun. I feel like I lost my V-Card it was a ton of fun.
Hope that answers some of your cleaning questions!!!
ArmedPolak
Now, I decided to give my 1911 a complete wash. Here's what I did:
Disassembly...
Thanks to http://www.coolgunsite.com/disassembly/disassembly.htm it went rather smooth.
Cleaning...
I took a glass bowl, 1/3 Simple Green 2/3 hot water. Sunk all the parts in the solution, shake them a bit to make sure it gets into all the little spaces. Let it sit there overnight, and then some, around 22 hours.
Took the bowl to the bath tub, filled the tub with hot water so I have somewhere to rince while I scrub. I scrubbed every part with a tooth brush. Then, put it aside on a paper towel.
ALERT: metal parts must be dried quickly or else... a tiny brown spots of rusting will start to appear. Revlon to the rescue! My wife's hair dryier set on high did an excelent job.
Note: Some places needed a lot of scrubbing! Breach face (where the firing pin exits the slide to strike the primer, right?) was the worse, and so was the part of the frame on which the bulet travels from the mag to the chamber.
Conditioning...
I sprayed each part with a bit of Break Free CLP, since it conditions metal. Again, I let it sit there for an hour or so, underneath a warming bulb in the bathroom, so that it would evaporate a bit.
Finally, I wiped the excess CLP from some of the parts, and put the gun back together. Boy was that fun. But function check confirms proper functionality... most importantly, all savties work the way they should.
Thoughts...
Simple Green did NOT ruin the white sights dots nor the finish of the pistol, NOR the aluminum trigger.
I did expect better results from this experiment. The gun is clean as it will ever be, but there was still a lot of scrubbing and brushing involved. I expected to have more of the powder / lead / copper residue gone, or at least softened. That was the case, most of it came off with a simple wipe of the finger or gentle brush stroke. But some still required bronze brush.
BTW, this was the very first time I ever detail stripped a gun. I feel like I lost my V-Card it was a ton of fun.
Hope that answers some of your cleaning questions!!!
ArmedPolak