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Posted: 6/11/2003 10:53:02 AM EDT
| well my buddy told me that alcohol works great for cleaning. well i just got a bottle and am using it now. cleans great! |
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Quoted: well my buddy told me that alcohol works great for cleaning. well i just got a bottle and am using it now. cleans great! I use it to clean case lube off of cases before loading. I have found that there is usually two types available in the drig stores. There is the regular 70/30 alcohol and water and there is also 100% which I think is much better. Hoppy |
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Alcohol mixs with water, thus making it good way to chase out excess water from threads etc. after one uses a water based cleaner. Even if you get the 100%, the alcohol will pick up a little water vapor from the air while you are using it (side note Everclear is 190 proof or 95% as this is about lowest boiling point for water and grain alcohol ... also better to drink vs cleaning optics etc. due to the residue which it leaves ...;-). While alcohol will burn, is is safer than many other solvents (i.e. brake cleaner with acetone). I like warming parts (at work we bake the lab equipment to drive off the last of the solvent) and if one is in a hurry can also chase the alcohol with another solvent to speed the process (alcohols tend to dry a little slower than many other solvents). Regards John |
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