Posted: 2/27/2011 11:13:42 AM EDT
| I have heard/ seen people throwing their Glocks in the dishwasher to clean them. I shoot alot of corrosive ammo and this seems like it would make it alot easier. Any secrets I should know before attempting this? |
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I do a very basic clean with Hoppes and a brush wherever it can reach. Then apply a drop of lube wherever there are metal/metal contact points. Afterwards, I wipe off all the excess with a silicone cloth. That's it. My Glocks all look and function like new.
I'm curious to hear more about people who use the dishwasher. |
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I have heard/ seen people throwing their Glocks in the dishwasher to clean them. I shoot alot of corrosive ammo and this seems like it would make it alot easier. Any secrets I should know before attempting this? Please do not stick your Glock into the dishwasher where your plates and eating utensils go. Detail strip the slide, use an old toothbrush (that you don't use anymore for your teeth), a bucket, and some Simple Green. Scrub the slide, slide parts, and the assembled receiver (there's no need to disassemble the receiver), dry the parts, reassemble the slide, and then lube per the manual. It comes out cleaner than the day you bought it. |
| I've heard of people spraying down the insides of their frames with simple green and then running them under the sink with hot water...I've never done it myself. I just reach where I can with a rag, small brush, and q tips. MAKE SURE you get it VERY well dried out though and then lubricate per the manual. |
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Quoted: I heard the same thing, but this was from a guy who calls Glocks Tupperware guns. I think someone is F-ing with you. Someone on this forum has actually posted pics of putting his Glock through the dishwasher. Someone might be screwing with the OP, but it's been done. |
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I have heard/ seen people throwing their Glocks in the dishwasher to clean them. I shoot alot of corrosive ammo and this seems like it would make it alot easier. Any secrets I should know before attempting this? yeah, don't do it... just not a good idea. Glocks are fairly easy to clean. i spray CLP on an old toothbrush and scrub the slide and barrel. then i let it sit for a couple of minutes while i run a bore brush (the white one that comes with all new Glocks) soaked in CLP down the barrel a few times. then i wipe down the slide with a microfiber towel. next, i go back to the barrel and run a few patches down the tube. then i wipe down the outside of the barrel to remove any excess CLP. once everything is dry, i lube per Glock's recommended lubrication points. little oil is needed, so don't overdo it. added: i forgot to mention... i use a lot of q-tips too. they're great. just make sure you don't leave any cotton behind. |
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Mostly I'll just wipe it down with CLP and and old cotton T-shirt, run a bore snake through a few times, and call it a day. For the LoneWolf barrel I shoot lead out of, I might clean it more thoroughly if I have leading, like soak it in hoppes #9 overnight. Every year or two I'll break it down completely and put all the metal parts in a metal mesh container, soak them in CLP and mineral spirits for a day or two, then wipe them down completely and blow-dry them with a compressor before reassembling. Which is basically how I clean my AR about once a year as well (with the exception I don't really clean the trigger group unless I see a bunch of crap in there.) |
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what kind of ammo are you shooting? they haven't made corrosive 9mm since the 1960's- no current production ammo is corrosive. You can sometimes find old surplus military ammo from places like samco that is corrosive but it is not that common anymore. Perhaps you are confusing dirty/smelly smoky etc with corrosive- they are far from the same thing.
corrosive smmo is defined as having a mercuric primer- not in common use in U.S. made civilian ammo since about 1950. |
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The dishwasher thing is an 'urban legend'.
A Glock can stand the strain of such treatment, but why abuse it unnecessarily. For sure, there will be some contamination of the dishwasher, and I would be more concerned about that than about saving time cleaning. As part of a bet, I ran a Glock 19 three years without maintenance. It did not improve the gun for sure, but it functioned fine from the combat aspect. |
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I have heard/ seen people throwing their Glocks in the dishwasher to clean them. I shoot alot of corrosive ammo and this seems like it would make it alot easier. Any secrets I should know before attempting this? First off,where are you getting 9mm corrosive ammo??? For normal cleaning with non corrosive ammo I use a microfiber cloth to wipe down the frame and q-tips to get any remaining power fouling out of tight places. Next I clean out old oil and fouling from the inside of the slide including rails and I wipe down the outside of the barrel. Next I run patches through the barrel with a jag until they come clean. I lube the bore and put oil on a large patch and lightly oil the outside of the barrel, the inside of the side, and clean and lubricate simultaneously the recoil spring. I drop oil on the rails, recoil spring, and connector. For corrosive cleaning use a solvent(Hoppes #9) on the slide, barrel etc. For the frame I would wipe it down with baby wipes inside and out. Only thing I'm not sure of is what effect corosive ammo will have on the polymer frame??? |