Blue guns- never could stand 'em.

[Majic]

Most any gun cleaning solvent will work. Hoppes is usually referred to because it has traditionally been the standard of gun cleaners.
Bluing is a lot tougher than a lot of people give it credit. Just don't use a steel brush, which will scratch thru the bluing, or the lead removal cloths, which will also remove bluing and you will be fine.
While some people want their firearms to constantly look brand new, the fact remains more firearms are damaged from over zealous cleanings by owners than most anything else (no matter the finish or what it's constructed of).

 

[Poohgyrr]

Otay, a nonreflective stainless is more "practical" but it's ugly!! Here is a stainless J Frame that works well, and only its' owner could think of it as looking good.

 

[Marshall]

Majic nailed it, I just use a toothbrush with the Hoppes #9 if I need something more than a patch.

 

[MICHAEL T]

BLUE! BLUE! BLUE!