paintballdude902
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hurlburt.......
Someone mentioned ultrasound. When I started using it for barrels and other steel, it worked great. (Still not a sparkling miracle from the gun magazines, but ready for a quick wipeout) Recently I noticed it no longer works! The Lyman tub runs as usual, makes all the right sounds, but doesn't seem to clean any more than a simple soak. Anyone seen their ultrasonics petering out like that? Again, the cleaner powers up, blinks and buzzes, all for naught.
I like to get the metal clean before I put on the Loctite.
I clean the cutting fluid out of drilled and tapped holes with alcohol on a Q tip.
Isopropyl or rubbing alcohol is mostly water
Isopropyl or rubbing alcohol is mostly water. Denatured alcohol us a volatile solvent that will evaporate (cool) so rapidly in humid conditions that it will leave a metal surface wet with condensation.
Isopropyl or rubbing alcohol is mostly water.
Everclear works great
Come on now, we have all been told for decades that alcohol and firearms don't mix
Started using alcohol instead of gunscrubber. It washes off the grease just fine, dries quicker, leaves no stains, has almost no smell (so I can take my time with it), is cheaper than canned brake cleaner. Of course it helps if you don't let your guns foul up badly, but I clean often anyway.
The military has never popularized alcohol for cleaning. It would be self destructive to issue to the troops in large quantities.
the two best degreasers I have ever used were etoh and acetone
I keep reading here and there that Simple Green is bad for aluminum. Is that an urban legend? I did see alloy parts getting a peeled look in a Beretta 92 INOX and in a 10/22 receiver.good to hear. id still like to see how it works in an ultrasonic cleaner. i used to use simple green and water, worked reasonably well.
HEY....... general order 1 says i can have it as long as i can buy it at AAFES
I used the general purpose Simple Green undiluted to clean the aluminum condensors and evaporators on a fleet of 75 transport refrigeration units for the entire length of the lease which was 10 years. Never once did I see any sign of harm to the very thin aluminum cooling fins.I keep reading here and there that Simple Green is bad for aluminum. Is that an urban legend?