Cleaning Glocks

[BowStreetRunner]

Anyone spray out their Glock with brake cleaner?
I have used brake cleaner to clean guns for a while, because it is mega cheap and gets rid of dirt and grime just by spraying the infected parts. I have yet to use brake cleaner on a "plastic" gun and wanted to know if anyone had done so without negative effects?
thanks,
BSR

 

[ChuckB]

Haven't noticed a problem on my G19. About brake cleaner/Gun Scrubber- I've noticed that, after a good spray with the mini-tube attached, I can still clean off a fair amount more gunk with regular gun cleaning solutions. It is useful, though, in hard to get at places in some guns.

Chuck

 

[gudel]

people say not to use chlorinated brake cleaner?

i just use soap and water to clean my glocks

 

[valor1]

I love using the brake cleaners on glock due to its ease of use. I just don't use it on the frame. Works well.

 

[SamlautRanger]

You have to clean a Glock????

 

[rockstar.esq]

Do what you want but there is a reason the can is labeled "Brake Cleaner" not "gun cleaner for cheapskates who chance it". Must be the same guys who use washer fluid as anti freeze.

 

[triggertime]

Clue: Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber is the same thing as non-chlorinated brake cleaner. The only difference is that the word "gun" jacks the price up by about $6 bucks...

 

[Zach S]

I just use a boresnake, then lube it.

 

[Rockstar]

I use non-chlorinated brake cleaner (even though it's not labled "gun cleaner", because I know that brake cleaner is the same thing as, for example, Gunscrubber.) Of course, I also know enough about firearms and motor vehicles that I rarely have had to pay somebody else to work on either over the past few decades.

I use Butch's Bore Shine on the barrels of my Glocks. I blast out the firing pin channel with non-chlorinated brake cleaner. After tens and tens and tens of thousands of rounds through my Glocks, no ill-effects from my methods yet.

 

[peacefuljeffrey]

Rockstar, I'd be new to the idea of using brake cleaner to clean my Glock.

Would you please tell us what brand/type you use, so I can get some and try it?

Anyone ever use it on an H&K USP? Same deal?


P.S. Hey Rockstar, with all the rumors that Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is a gunnie, and the knowledge that so is Ted Nugent... are you either of them?


-Jeffrey

 

[BowStreetRunner]

non-chlorinated brake cleaner eh?
hhhhhmmmmm

 

[odysseus]

If I use something like that, it is only to degrease and spray out metal parts individually. It is not a normal operation for cleaning. It can and will do weird things to some plastics and other materials.

It does well for grease and muck, but I don't think it does any better on carbon, and I doubt it does anything for copper.

 

[Beren]

People clean their Glocks? I usually just push a bit of lint down the barrel of my M17 with a twig. Then I hold it under my car until a drop of oil plops down on the disconnector or whatchamacallit.

I've heard dishwashers work well, too. Or put it in your aquarium and let the goldfish clean it.

 

[stevelyn]

I use MPro-7 and scrub with a kiddie tooth brush and follow with a hot water rinse. I use Break-Free CLP or LP in a needle oiler to relube where needed.

 

[Zach S]

I've heard dishwashers work well, too.

Careful, glocks are top rack only...

 

[mikewilczynski]

but.....

They are not microwaveable

 

[HighVelocity]

I use CRC Brake Cleaner. $2 a can at wally world and it does a great job.

 

[silent one]

I have used brake cleaner for years, and never had a problem. I first use Hoppes' cleaner on all the parts, run a brush down the bore, then spray the brake cleaner on everything to wash all the crud off. That's followed up by compressed air to dry the weapon. Then it gets lubed, and it's ready to go.



SILENT ONE

 

[Rockstar]

I don't have a particular brand of brake cleaner that I use, just whatever's available. I do check the lable to make sure it's non-chlorinated. As to my identity, just call me "Mr. Incognito"!

 

[Bobby Lee]

Do what you want but there is a reason the can is labeled "Brake Cleaner" not "gun cleaner for cheapskates who chance it". Must be the same guys who use washer fluid as anti freeze.

There are plenty of auto products that work as well or better than gun products and for a lot less money.

Synthetic motor oil works much better for lube than Breakfree and it is $4 a quart compared to about $6 for a couple of oz's of Breakfree. AR's run better on synthetic motor oil than any gun product.

Carb cleaner is the best metal gun cleaner money can buy.

 

[Seven High]

If you decide to use the dish washer method, use the pots n pans setting. It will come out cleaner.

 

[vanfunk]

I use non-chlorinated brake cleaner frequently to clean my "combat" arms- no issues with modern plastics. Older plastics (such as the 60's era stock of my G3 - yikes ) may liquify, discolor or dissolve rapidly. Contact with wood stocks should be avoided. The $5 differential between brake cleaner and Gunscrubber or the like is money well saved.

vanfunk

 

[Walt Sherrill]

There is also a new DUNK-IT cleaner especially formulated for polymer-framed guns. Just dunkit for a while, and then let it drip dry. Cleans and leave a protective coating. (Some prefer to field strip and then dunkit.)

I just use brake cleaner when I'm doing a non-routine cleanup after a couple of range sessions.

 

[357SIG]

pacefuljeffrey, if you use it on the USP, it will not hurt the frame any, but it will take the red and white paint right off the safety selector. Ask me how I know this.

 

[silent one]

I have to agree with Bobby Lee. I use Nothing but Mobil 1,10w30 synthetic motor oil on all of my weapons. Another product that works exceptionally well on the slides, and rails, of semi auto pistols, as well as on all my rifles, is Slick 50 engine oil additive. It's comprised primarily of a liquid teflon, and it stays where you put it. All you do, is take a Q Tip, dip it in the Slick 50, and run it down the rails, and inside the slide. This product works great, and protects the moving parts from premature wear. I also use it in the bores of all my weapons. Just a couple of drops on the bore patch does the trick. Follow this with a clean dry patch, and you're good to go. The Teflon burnishes the bore, and makes cleaning a lot easier. I have lost count as to how many thousands of rounds I have put through my weapons, and never had a single problem. It's not a matter of being a cheap skate, it's a matter of using what works best for you, IMHO.