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Posted: 9/16/2009 4:15:01 PM EDT
| I use odorless min spirits to clean my bcg. I had a left over can of Hoppes barrel scrubber and sprayed some of that on my bcg afterwards and it took alot more carbon off the bolt. This stuff smells like carb cleaner and dries super fast. I just was wondering who all uses carb cleaner on your bcg and how good it does? Is it to harsh? |
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About carb cleaner...I used some on a rifle, an IMI Galil, put it on a patch to wipe down the exterior, and noted that it was taking the parkerizing off the barrel. It was so minor, that at first I thought that the patch discoloration was due to dirt on the barrel's exterior. A second patch, with the same amount of residue confirmed my suspicions. I have totally avoided using carb cleaner after that. |
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I got this stuff from Auto Zone
Non-Chlorinated Brake Cleaner |
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Thanks for this! |
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thats the stuff I was thinking about trying the green can |
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I use carb cleaner on the 10/22 (blued - barrel anyway), the CAR15, the S&W M&P 15 and the M1's and M1A.
No issues. You do need to get the surfaces oiled up afterwards though as it removed ALL of the oil from the surface of the metal. So far I've had carb cleaner get on my camo vARmint rifle paint and as long as I let it dry first no paint came off. Rubbing the paint while its wet with carb cleaner will take the piant off. |
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About carb cleaner...I used some on a rifle, an IMI Galil, put it on a patch to wipe down the exterior, and noted that it was taking the parkerizing off the barrel. It was so minor, that at first I thought that the patch discoloration was due to dirt on the barrel's exterior. A second patch, with the same amount of residue confirmed my suspicions. I have totally avoided using carb cleaner after that. I've used carb and brake cleaner on AR' s, 1911's, M14's and four PSS rifles as well as others for over 25 years. All of them are still parked. 458 |
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I used chlorinated brake clean, but that was disaster. Cleaned fine and no problems with plastics. Problem was the rust built up fast during weapon use. As in I sprayed at lunch and shot over the next two hours and had rust pinnacles forming on the parkerized surfaces. Chlorinated was probably the first mistake... |
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I used chlorinated brake clean, but that was disaster. Cleaned fine and no problems with plastics. Problem was the rust built up fast during weapon use. As in I sprayed at lunch and shot over the next two hours and had rust pinnacles forming on the parkerized surfaces. Chlorinated was probably the first mistake... You need to understand that this is a de-greaser and will remove ALL lubricant. Not the products fault, but the user not using it correctly.. Been there myself.. Any of the above cleansing products should be followed up by normal PM. 458 |
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Quoted: thats the stuff I was thinking about trying the green can I use this too, doesn't harm plastic at all. I use it for the gross cleaning of large debris and for flushing away left over solvents or moisture. |
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I use either carb cleaner or break cleaner. Just remove the BCG, take the upper outside and hose down the inside with the stuff. I usually don't shoot it down the barrel but it works great to cut through the carbon and crap that builds up in the upper. I also use it on the BCG.
Then I blow the stuff out with compressed air, take eveyrthing back inside and lube with CLP or whatever I'm using. If you miss this part the BCG will rust in about 33 seconds, because all the lube has been removed. |
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Though basically if they sale it in the gun cleaning section, its fairly safe to say its ok to use on guns/ Not necessarily..... some of the more aggressive products have been reported to melt polymer. I don't recall which ones, but gunscrubber may have been one of them. |
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I use carb cleaner on the 10/22 (blued - barrel anyway), the CAR15, the S&W M&P 15 and the M1's and M1A. No issues. You do need to get the surfaces oiled up afterwards though as it removed ALL of the oil from the surface of the metal. So far I've had carb cleaner get on my camo vARmint rifle paint and as long as I let it dry first no paint came off. Rubbing the paint while its wet with carb cleaner will take the piant off. Carb cleaner WILL remove the paint from a SS 10/22 reciever..... |
| I been using Gumout carb cleaner on all my guns for years. For my Colt AR I use it to clean and de-carbon the BCG, interior of the upper receiver, chamber and bolt lugs. The receiver is held upside down and I let the Gumout out and crud run out the back, followed by a compressed air blow dry. Next I point the barrel to the floor and completely spray down the chamber and lugs until spotless. The Gumout and crud runs out the barrel and I follow up with a blow dry. Lastly, everthing is cleaned with Shooters and follow up with a complete lube job. I make sure everything is lubed by using needles oilers and Qtips. Twenty 25 years and no problems. |
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