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Homemade Firearm Cleaning Products

Post by brett1868 » 24 May 2017, 8:02 pm

Founds this whilst researching carbon remover and thought the information might come in hand for others.

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Post by Oldbloke » 24 May 2017, 8:42 pm

Been using it for ages. But a bit slow and is hard work. My conclusion is that its only OK for after a few shots. But it is very cheap
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Post by brett1868 » 24 May 2017, 8:50 pm

Oldbloke wrote:Been using it for ages. But a bit slow and is hard work. My conclusion is that its only OK for after a few shots. But it is very cheap


Which one you using? There's a heap of different recipes there....carbon in muzzle brakes is driving my OCD into overdrive.
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Post by Oldbloke » 24 May 2017, 9:09 pm

Ed's red.
Equal parts of:
ATF
Kero
White spirit or turps
Acetone

Add some lanolin if you want
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Post by No1Mk3 » 25 May 2017, 8:56 am

I make Ed's without acetone just as a carbon cleaner, and clean with Sweets every 10th cleaning. Have been using it for over 10 years, in every type of firearm except black powder, which is Palmolive territory.
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Post by happyhunter » 25 May 2017, 9:19 am

It has been reported that methyethylketone/MEK..


YUK.. Jet Fuel!. MEK! Auto trans fluid!! This formula was no doubt concocted back when ciggies were considered good for the sinuses.
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Post by Gwion » 25 May 2017, 10:28 am

happyhunter wrote:
It has been reported that methyethylketone/MEK..


YUK.. Jet Fuel!. MEK! Auto trans fluid!! This formula was no doubt concocted back when ciggies were considered good for the sinuses.


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Post by pomemax » 25 May 2017, 1:03 pm

I always have a bottle of (not methyl ethyl ketone) Methyl isobutyl ketone is the organic compound with the formula (CH₃)₂CHCH₂CCH₃. This colorless liquid, a ketone, is used as a solvent simmilar in action to mek but not harmful if you cant shift carbon with anything .
It is used in industrial ink jet printers as a thinning agent for the ink use this instead of acetone
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Post by Oldbloke » 22 Oct 2017, 8:32 pm

I have always struggled with the cost of some of this commercial cleaners. Mostly just kero. I have collected a few over the last 2 or 3 years. here they are. Let us all know what they are like if you try them. I mainly just use Eds Red.

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Post by marksman » 22 Oct 2017, 9:11 pm

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in all honesty the best carbon remover I have ever used is wipe out patch out with the accelerator used at the same time, it melts it away, seen using a bore scope

apparently another method to clean your brakes is to put them in the wet tumbler, I don't have brakes but do some work for a guy who puts his moderators in the wet tumbler to clean off the carbon
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