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Posted: 5/13/2017 12:30:21 AM EDT
| I'm just curious to know if anyone on here has ever attempted to clean a dirty BCG with oven cleaner. If you have, did it work? Or not worth the trouble. Just wondering... |
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One of my first Gunsmithing jobs was cleaning range rental guns.
After three hours to clean a 1911 , I had to find something better. Next tried a Ultra sonic cleaner. Worked good. Now I found a even easier way. Buy a foil meatloaf pan from the Grocery store. Go to Home Depot or Lowes and buy a gallon of Mineral Spirits. Pour the Sprirts in the pan and let your parts soak for a few hours. Put on gloves and take part out after a few hours and scrub the bad spots with a stiff toothbrush. Then let soak a alittle more. You can leave them in overnight if you want. When the part comes out air dry or hit with compressed air. Two things to remember. No wood or plastic, only metal. Remember to relube the parts or put some protective oil on them if part is going to be stored. They come out bone dry. Mineral Spirits can be poured through a coffee filter and reused for a long time. |
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I'd imagine the problem with oven cleaner is that some residue would be left behind and when you go shooting again, you'd smell like oven cleaner.
The hardest part of the BCG for me is taking the carbon off the rings inside the carrier and bolt tail. Bolt tail is simply a matter of scraping it off with a pick. For the internals, I can still mostly scrape it off but some residue left behind. With that said, I found the carbon killer jar from Slip2000 to be somewhat good. It's the only thing in the market I know that lets you "dip" into the container with the entire BCG. Just let it soak in, then light scraping, and you're done. |
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I never thought of oven cleaner for such use. I've got a can of extra heavy duty stuff (for BBQs) I might give a try. I think I'd hit it with break cleaner after to get all of the cleaner off.
Right now, I soak the disassembled bolt for a couple of hours in a small tub of Kroil/M-Pro 7 mix and wipe some on the inside of the carrier channel. It still needs a bit of a scrapping with my little Otis B.O.N.E. tool afterwords. It comes pretty clean but not perfect unless I work it over really good. |
| I bought a BONE tool yesterday at Bass Pro. I used it, Kroil, and CRC Brakleen. I may try the oven cleaner, and follow up rinse with brake cleaner next time, just to see if it works. The worse that could happen is my BCG would come out smelling like Lemons, and Brakleen... |
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Buy a quality unit. The Harbor Freight one does little more than make noise. Ask me how I know.....? Quoted:
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Buy an ultrasonic cleaner, easier, faster, better in every way. |
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And heated. The one I got off of amazon is amazingly good, will post link tomorrow. I put a dirty BCG, about 1000 rounds, disassembled into the cleaner and ran 4 or 5 cycles. I use distilled water and ran it hot. I tried several cleaning solutions. The cleaner did nothing more than if I put a BCG in a jar and shook it. Still was dirty after removal. Someday I will buy a unit with more power. Until then I clean by hand. |
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And heated. The one I got off of amazon is amazingly good, will post link tomorrow. |
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