benEzra
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I've had good luck with Hoppes No. 9 for carbon deposits.
Best Carbon ONLY Cleaner?
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Carb and choke cleaner. Its job is to remove carbon.
Like brake cleaner, I would keep it away from plastic, wood and exterior finish.
In my opinion, brake clean works well partially because the chemical, I believe the high pressure does a majority of the work.
Like brake cleaner, I would keep it away from plastic, wood and exterior finish.
In my opinion, brake clean works well partially because the chemical, I believe the high pressure does a majority of the work.
r1derbike
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I'm also curious why copper is preferred to stay behind? Barrel rifling seasoning? Must be something, I'm missing?
*Kemosabe*
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Hurryin' Hoosier - Yes. that's the purpose of my experiment.
RW.Dale.- "Seafoam & top engine cleaner" I'll check it out... thanks.
benEzra - Hoppes No.9 was my go-to from the get-go, but it does remove copper and it won't fit this use.
Sol - "Carb and choke cleaner. Its job is to remove carbon." Good point, so what's the difference between it and brake cleaner since they are both formulated to remove carbon?
riderbike - Yes, the purpose is to leave copper "conditionally" behind. I shoot with some bench-rest guys and we've been tossing this around. I'll post the results after the experiment.
BTW - I'm currently installing a 2 meter rig in my airplane... 73s
RW.Dale.- "Seafoam & top engine cleaner" I'll check it out... thanks.
benEzra - Hoppes No.9 was my go-to from the get-go, but it does remove copper and it won't fit this use.
Sol - "Carb and choke cleaner. Its job is to remove carbon." Good point, so what's the difference between it and brake cleaner since they are both formulated to remove carbon?
riderbike - Yes, the purpose is to leave copper "conditionally" behind. I shoot with some bench-rest guys and we've been tossing this around. I'll post the results after the experiment.
BTW - I'm currently installing a 2 meter rig in my airplane... 73s
41 Mag
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To pull out straight carbon we used Carbon Off.
It worked well enough to be used in one of the gas turbine generators fuel rings at work, so I figured I might give it a try on a couple of barrels. Works like a champ. Shove it through on a loose fitting patch, wait about 5 minutes and man what a mess comes out the end with a follow up patch.
I run some REALLY slow surplus powder in a couple of rifles and this stuff leave carbon like an asphalt road. The Carbon Off cleans it right out. Might get some of the copper too it's hard to tell with all the gunk that comes out.
It worked well enough to be used in one of the gas turbine generators fuel rings at work, so I figured I might give it a try on a couple of barrels. Works like a champ. Shove it through on a loose fitting patch, wait about 5 minutes and man what a mess comes out the end with a follow up patch.
I run some REALLY slow surplus powder in a couple of rifles and this stuff leave carbon like an asphalt road. The Carbon Off cleans it right out. Might get some of the copper too it's hard to tell with all the gunk that comes out.
*Kemosabe*
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41 Mag - The tech data for Carbon Off indicates that it is chlorinated. If I don't succeed with non-chlorinated carbon removers I would consider Carbon Off. Thanks.
41 Mag
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I've only used it on two rifles, and both have SS barrels on them. I was REALLY careful to put a rag over my stock and a bore guide to keep things off any other surfaces.
We used it on the fuel gas rings of our gas turbine to remove the carbon in them after having some hydrocarbon issues arise giving us some premature ignition in the rings. It cleaned them up so well I figured I had to try it in my rifles as well. Right, wrong, or indifferent, it cleaned out the carbon in them like now, and that stuff is VERY difficult to get out even with some of the best carbon dissolving gun cleaners. It forms a ring inside the throats and eventually will build up to the point it makes chambering hard. The Carbon Off, knocked it out after little to no time. Then I followed up with regular cleaning and oiled everything up when done. I have noticed anything which shows it has hurt the inside of the chamber, throat, or barrel to this point. I do however admit I have only used it a couple of times so who knows what long term effect it may have. I will probably shoot out both barrels long before it shows me anything.
We used it on the fuel gas rings of our gas turbine to remove the carbon in them after having some hydrocarbon issues arise giving us some premature ignition in the rings. It cleaned them up so well I figured I had to try it in my rifles as well. Right, wrong, or indifferent, it cleaned out the carbon in them like now, and that stuff is VERY difficult to get out even with some of the best carbon dissolving gun cleaners. It forms a ring inside the throats and eventually will build up to the point it makes chambering hard. The Carbon Off, knocked it out after little to no time. Then I followed up with regular cleaning and oiled everything up when done. I have noticed anything which shows it has hurt the inside of the chamber, throat, or barrel to this point. I do however admit I have only used it a couple of times so who knows what long term effect it may have. I will probably shoot out both barrels long before it shows me anything.
I use Seafoam for de-carbing outboard motors....might work on warm rifle barrel...its safe for steel and aluminum...
I use KG 1 carbon cleaner. It's manufactured by KG Industries. It has worked exceptionally well for me, especially in removing carbon from black powder guns. Purchase directly from the manufactrer or from Midway USA. It's non ammonia based so it should not affect copper. KG makes a copper removal solvent for that purpose (KG 12).
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