I run seafoam through small engines often and it really gets the carbon out of the motor. I know the principles are completely different (burning with gas through a combustible engine vs. cleaning a can with it) - but I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried it?
Anyone tried SeaFoam on sealed cans?
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No ... but why do it anyway? I took a two-day suppressor course earlier in the year with a leading suppressor designer/manufacturer and the consensus was "use it to clean it". High velocity, high temp gas is effective at removing excessive deposits. We were shown a number of disastrous and damaging attempts at cleaning that resulted in considerable expense for the owners. There might be a good reason why ablatives aren't used in centerfire rifle suppressors.
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Yep, a hot can is a clean can. A lot of subsonics will make it dirty. That is the reason so many pistol cans are cleanable and rifle cans are sealed.
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I suppose it would help if the OP specified what kind of silencer he's talking about. He didn't say he had a centerfire rifle can, it could be a centerfire pistol or a .22 can.
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Seafoam is expensive. I use a 50/50 mix of ATF and mineral spirits to soak my serviceable can and it makes it noticeably easier to drive out the core.
I'd never heard of Sea Foam until this thread but I sure hope it works as advertised. My '14 Subaru has developed a rough idle over the last couple of months with no codes showing up (according to the local Subaru dealer). I added one 16oz treatment of SF-16 last night before filling up the gas tank.
Now back to regular programming!
Now back to regular programming!
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