SC_Dave
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Has anyone tried this? Is it safe on gun parts you think? I would. appreciated your experience please.
Thanks
David
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David
CLR in your Sonic Cleaner for Gun Parts?
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tightgroup tiger
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Don't use it on any metal except Stainless and chrome only, per CLR FAQ.
It will compromise the finish on anything else.
It will compromise the finish on anything else.
Why in the world would you want to use CLR to clean anything gun related? Which product.? There are many variations Mostly used for rust and lime removal in bathrooms
Never understood why folks want to use a sonic cleaner for dumping a gun into?
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Never understood why folks want to use a sonic cleaner for dumping a gun into?
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Why in the world would you want to use CLR to clean anything gun related? Which product.? There are many variations Mostly used for rust and lime removal in bathrooms
Never understood why folks want to use a sonic cleaner for dumping a gun into?
CLR™ & Tarn-X™ | Cleaning Products for Your Home - Fight the Clean Fight™)
Find multi-use products for everyday routine cleans, surface protection as well as refreshing your home with CLR Brands that work. Fight the Clean Fight™.
I use a sonic cleaner with Purple Power or Simple Green for cleaning guns all the time. Works fast and makes it spotless. Wash it, blow dry with air compressor, oil it, shoot it.
@SC_Dave I wouldnt put anything that not SSTL in it. I do use for barrels, but only for 10-15 minutes max. If I need to long soak, I use Kroil.
dobedo
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Junk!
CapnMac
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Oh my. This is thin ice. There seems to be about 2 "secret sauce" recipes for every ultrasonic cleaner on the intertubes. And if you dare use a different one, you are Wrong. Not just wrong but Internet Wrong, and must needs be burnt at the internet stake!!
SingleActionAndrew
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I thought we're supposed to use an oiled solution when cleaning steel to avoid rust from ultra sonic?
Also, probably wrong sub forum
Also, probably wrong sub forum
NO! No CLR!
entropy
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Simple Green and water work fine, about 3:1.
tightgroup tiger
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I Clean my gun parts in my ultrasonic all the time. My solution is Hoppe's #9. Trust me, no rust.
It make the bluing look brand new again, and cleans and lubes at the same time. I use the heat function with it and when I pull the parts out of it, I hang them up over the cleaner and they dry almost immediately.
I don't use any stripper in my ultrasonics. I'm sure it works fine but I dont' have to worry about missing a spot when I'm done cleaning with this stuff.
Strictly and outdoor proposition. You think it smell in the bottle, just heat it up.
I recently had two cylinders seize up in my GP100 and my SP101 from using M-Pro 7 gun cleaner. The stuff has no lube in it and dries out in time and gets abrasive. Either way, I put both cylinder assy's in the ultrasonic with Hoppe's #9 and after 8 minutes the cylinders slide right off.
Put Hoppe's in the pan and water around the outside of it.
That's really interesting. Do you keep the Hoppes for multiple uses, or just one and done?
tightgroup tiger
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I keep it for years. I let it settle out and keep using it over. I buy it by the quart and have two quarts now, just keep pouring it back in the bottle.
Sure makes a trigger system work and cylinder turn easy. When heating it up it seems to get right into the pores of the steel.
If I'm cleaning a pistol barrel with it I put the barrel in a pickle jar and fill it with hoppes. then set the bottle in the water. It transfers through the glass just like it transfers through the tin foil container. I stand it up and put the lid on it loose, if I put the lid on tight and laid it down it will expand and polute my water or polute my Hoppe's with water. The heat will make it expand so I don't put the lid on tight.
Don't know if it does that much good for the barrel but it sure gets the Hoppes in there where it needs to be. I use a 3 sounder ultrasonic now. It's a lot more powerful than the one in my picture.
Sure makes a trigger system work and cylinder turn easy. When heating it up it seems to get right into the pores of the steel.
If I'm cleaning a pistol barrel with it I put the barrel in a pickle jar and fill it with hoppes. then set the bottle in the water. It transfers through the glass just like it transfers through the tin foil container. I stand it up and put the lid on it loose, if I put the lid on tight and laid it down it will expand and polute my water or polute my Hoppe's with water. The heat will make it expand so I don't put the lid on tight.
Don't know if it does that much good for the barrel but it sure gets the Hoppes in there where it needs to be. I use a 3 sounder ultrasonic now. It's a lot more powerful than the one in my picture.
All my pistols are stainless, plastic and aluminum and BCGs are pretty tough, so I don't worry too much about using something like Simple Green. I definitely like the idea of using good old Hoppes though.
tightgroup tiger
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If you have a glass dish of some kind that will fit in the ultrasonic, use it before using the aluminum foil pan. When you heat Hoppe's up it gives the word creep a new meaning. It there is even a thin spot in the aluminum foil pan, when you heat Hoppe's up, (or turn on the ultrasonic after it's hot) it will find it and creep through it.
That stuff really penetrates, which is why I use it for this.
That stuff really penetrates, which is why I use it for this.
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SC_Dave
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Such good and useful information Tightgroup Tiger! Thanks!
Never had a gun that was so dirty or corroded that it required soaking in a Ultrasonic? I clean them every time I shoot them
If you are using regular #9, there is no lube in that, It is a solvent. Mostly kerosene.They have other formulations that are like a CLP
Heck some folks think there is magic in Acetone and Transmission fluid or Eds Red and others,
I use #9 to clean as well, just brush it on or drip it into tight places. Spray it off with Gun scrub and a then a few drops of CLP or other oil.
To each their own. Glocks in the dishwasher!
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Blue68f100
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I use Ed's Red in mine. It's cheap and easy to mix up, I do a gal at a time. Most any solvent is going to work better in US cleaner.
tightgroup tiger
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I clean mine everytime I go the range also. That was twice last week and 550 round of 9mm and 100 rounds of .357mag.
It only took a week for that M-Pro-7 to gum the cylinders up so I couldn't get them off the center pins. That stuff went in the trash.
As far as what Hoppe's is made out of, I could care less. It did what I needed it to do and that's all I care about.
Anyways, you want to put your Glock in the dishwasher, knock yourself out. No one is stopping you.
sevt_chevelle
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My suppressor guts go in the Ultra Sonic with CLR. That's how the company said to clean it.
Same with AR bcg, ultra sonic in they go, but with a different solution.
Same with AR bcg, ultra sonic in they go, but with a different solution.
irishlad
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Love em for BCGs.
