!!!**# darn bore snake won't come clean

Throw it in an old sock and put it in the washing machine.

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I just toss it out and buy another one.

I don't like the idea of putting something that's got lead and solvent through-and-through into the clothes washer.

Large Tupperware container, 1 quart of hot water and 2 ounces of a good detergent, cover tightly, put it in trunk of car for about 200 miles, rinse well.

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Throw it in an old sock and put it in the washing machine.

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Why would I want my boresnake to stink?

Does it really have to be squeaky new fresh from the store clean? Or will it do its job even though it's a little stained?

Don't worry about staining. You just don't want any large particulate matter to be dragged through the bore.

I use my Bore Snakes as "finishers" after I've already gotten most of the garbage out with a couple of regular patches. They stay cleaner, and I don't have to worry about dragging and small metal flakes along with it.

I remembere distinctly seeing on the package of my BoreSnake that you could roll it up, put a rubberband tightly around it, run it through a wash cycle by itself, and everything would be alright......

I don't like the idea of putting something that's got lead and solvent through-and-through into the clothes washer.

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Heck, I've run shotgun hulls, used wads, boresnakes, cleaning rags, towels, and even patches (okay, I'm a cheap b@st@rd) through the washer (just not when Mrs scout is home. ), and it hasn't effected me asjdgadfg ldfhbeon fhfldbor ,oi=sdhso k93wg adghoad gariva.

Not when the wife is home!

(Same rule goes for washing shop rags from the garage.)

Good advice on using major household appliances for any gun or other sport related tasks. Oven, washer, drier, dishwasher etc.

The dishwasher is also good for cleaning Bore Snakes and keeping them "unsnarled". You can weave the bore snake around the upright pins used to hold the glasses on the top shelf.

But you didn't hear that from me if she asks you.

Throw in a dollop of hand cleaner. Best is to find what the auto shops use. That ought to do it.

Keep the lead out of the clothes washer!

And the dishwasher, for that matter! +1 on Car Knocker's thought

Large Tupperware container, 1 quart of hot water and 2 ounces of a good detergent, cover tightly, put it in trunk of car for about 200 miles, rinse well.

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For 2 good reasons: Mrs. Smokey Joe takes a dim view of such things in the appliances, and, lead isn't good for people. I'm not sure which of these factors is the more important.

Seriously, guys, why do things that increase the risk of getting toxic substances into/onto yourself and your loved ones?

Of course, I'm one of those nerds who was using car seat belts, ear protection, safety goggles, and similar stuff, long before there were rules requiring such. OTOH, I'm still around to hassle people who are too tough for all of that.

If you get a clean boresnake dirty by running it through a dirty gun, then shouldn't the opposite apply? To clean a dirty boresnake, why not just run it through a clean gun?

Mayonaise, or other glass jar with a tight fitting lid.

cup of mineral spirits, shake drain repeat as necessary.

hang outside to dry.

BTW dont throw out the used mineral spirits keep a jug to pour them in. After it sits for a week or so all of the crud will settle to the bottom, and then you can decant the mineral spirits and use them again.

It also works with paint brushes and polyeurethane finish, the decanting that is.

Master Blasters' Mineral Spirits sounds good.
For the washer drop it in some pantyhose, tie the end, and drop 'er in the washer .. works for me.

If you get a clean boresnake dirty by running it through a dirty gun, then shouldn't the opposite apply? To clean a dirty boresnake, why not just run it through a clean gun?

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Sometimes you are just too much, Preacherman!

That would be TRULY dangerous!

007--Were you planning to use yr own pantyhose, or ask yr SO for a pair? I can see it now: Mrs. Smokey Joe: "You want to do WHAT with a pair of my pantyhose????" Thanks, but I'm not going there.

And that still leaves us crudding up the washer.

Master Blaster--My grandfather taught me years ago to save turpentine like that. I can attest that it works slick.

you guys actually clean your boresnakes???

Iron them, too!

Won't mineral spirits dissolve the boresnake?

2 liter Pepsi bottle, some dawn dishwashing soap, HOT water.

Shaken, not stirred....

Throw in the shotgun/muzzleloader swabs and get 'em all clean at once.
Rinse, squeeze, you're done.

Or just go spend $18 on a new one....

Naw Smokey, those belong to the SO

Can't say I never tried one on though