Joe Demko's Post No. 15 raises a question with these New Non-Tox and "Green" Cleaners.
Define "Non-tox".
There has been arguments about Simple Green actually being "safe" for humans.
Has to do with the wording and "definition" of terms.
Simple Green is NOT the only one of these cleaners NOT recommended for Aluminum.
MPPRO 7, Ultra-Klenz, Hoppe's "Green" , Gunzilla...etc...
These new products have fancy buzzwords , marketing, and the ones I have been around so far, act like "soap" to me.
In fact remind me of Murphy's Oil Soap, just a whole more expensive!
What gets me is, for too many years guns were cleaned and maintained without fancy stuff.
Firearm Chemicals are NOT that big of a market in comparison to what these Re-Packaged Products really are.
Why bother with it?
Oh I know Money is one reason. I mean Militec started out as a Chain Saw Lube, then it was figured out it could sell for Big bucks for ounce if re-labled as a firearm product, and especially if "troops are getting kilt" was hyped all over the damn place.
I personally feel 99% of all these products are not needed and are just Wallet Flushes.
I also feel guns are over cleaned, improperly cleaned or both.
I do not clean barrels, I subscribe to Wil Shuemann's thoughts. I don't clean bores, I take care of chambers only.
Actions? Well sorta hard to get these Plastic guns all the way down now isn't it.
Too many times of plastic pins going into and out of aluminum, or whatever metal, and that pin is not going to stay.
Smells of Creative Marketing to me...
Joe is correct.
Me, I blow stuff out and use lube if and when need.
I mean my guns do run dry, dirty and all...
*shrug*
Bar of Ivory Soap, Ballistol, just about cover it all.
Smokeless and BP alike.