jack44
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Anyone use this to clean your firearms? I mixed some up last week and let me tell you this has to be the best.......better then shooter choise or hopps
Yup, pretty much the original recipe I think.Here my set up use these and no foul smells
Anyone know what the acetone is suppose to do??I leave the acetone out.
Where does one find glycol ethers? Or is there a substitute for it?The acetone is in Ed's Red to help remove the poly wad residue in shotguns, it is not needed if you are cleaning metallic cartridges. I substitute a glycol ether in place of acetone because the acetone evaporates so quickly and because most of your commercial cleaners also use glycol ethers. These aid in penetrating the carbon/lead/copper build up as well as soften plastic if needed.
I have made and use Ed's Red, those that stated using just 50/50 kerosene/auto transmission fluid we on the money. I like a little more solvent so I don't use as much auto trans fluid, the hydrocarbon (kerosene) is what is cleaning the carbon build up while the transmission fluid is acting as a corrosion inhibitor.
For simple metal parts or black pistols I use non-chlorinated break cleaner in an aerosol can. Do. not use this on wood finishes and test your polymer prior to blasting it with this. Many none-chlorinated break cleaners are just cheap version of lacquer thinner.
I will next time. I have a small squirt bottle of several different bore cleaning solutions in the cleaning kit I take to the range. I usually leave it in the trunk. My trunk now smells like acetone. Why couldn't it smell like Hoppe's instead?I leave the acetone out.