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Posted: 11/16/2008 4:30:03 PM EDT
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is there a added benefit to using a real electro cleaning tool like the harbor freight one, vs the home made one where you stick a coper wire down the center of the barrel, and have it grounded on one end to the barrel, the other end on a battery.
im having the darnedest time getting the home made method to work without shorting out the battery eventually. i do have a electro cleaner at work though, the large harbor freight one will a harbor freight electro cleaner do the job? is so what medium should it be soaked in while doing this? im doing this on a yugo dark bore barrel, and 2 mausers, i need to get the rod in barrel method perfected for the mausers as they will not fit in the electro cleaner from harbor freight. thanks |
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Try it and tell us will do. i just realised that i need one anyways as the 5.56 can im buying is not able to be opened to clean, so i will need an ultrasonic cleaner soon. i will post results when i get them. im guessing a ammonia medium or hopes would work best? edit: just got the home made electro cleaning setup working, man this is cool. can ammonia etch my barrel though? im using 1 part ammonia, 2 parts water, and 1 part white vinniger per the tutorials instruction. just dont want to slag a barrel. |
| Anytime you apply an electric current to an electrode and a cathode, barrel and wire, you are transferring metal from one to the other. The polarity determins which direction you are transferring. Most any liquid besides distilled water will conduct electricity due to contaminants in the liquid and so make an electrical pathway for transference of material. Google electroplating and you will find some more information. I for one wouldn't want to use it on my chrome lined barrel, but if it is so fouled that it won't shoot this might be the best way to do it. |
I clean my AR-15 bolt carriers in a ultrasonic cleaner I purchased from Harbor Freight. It works great for removing caked on carbon. The model I have is inexpensive and even has heat. I usually heat the water before I pour it in the unit, then it will maintain the temperature as it cleans. Afterward I rinse in hot water, blow dry with compressed air, soak in WD-40, then blow dry again, oil, and it's cleaner than the day it was made. Bill T.
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