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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - aerosol gun cleaners or ed's red in a windex bottle?

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otomatik Member Joined: Nov 2010 AL, USA Posts: 34 Feedback: 0% (0)	Posted: 4/30/2012 8:39:01 PM THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT i despise cleaning a gun. is there really such a thing as a spray on gun cleaner? what works? thanks
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Posted: 4/30/2012 8:54:16 PM

Brake cleaner.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ed's Red ate through a plastic bottle.

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Gregory_K Member Team Member Joined: Feb 2003 PA, USA Posts: 15512 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/1/2012 7:08:24 AM foaming bore cleaners work rather well.
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Posted: 5/1/2012 7:34:32 AM

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stewfish Member Joined: Oct 2011 WA, USA Posts: 513 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/20/2012 3:45:32 AM Ed's Red will only eat up plastic if you make it with acetone in the recipe. I only use that formula for cleaning plastic wad fouling in shotguns.
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Gator57 Member Joined: Jan 2011 FL, USA Posts: 326 Feedback: 100% (18) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/21/2012 4:57:37 AM Yeah, I've been using Ed's Red for many, many years. I mix it with the acetone, I just store it in glass bottles, and I've never had any problems with it. Personally, I really like using the stuff.
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