I've been using the typical old white cotton shirt. Is there anything more lint-free that any of you have found to be useful or wiping down guns?
I've been using the typical old white cotton shirt. Is there anything more lint-free that any of you have found to be useful or wiping down guns?
A few years back when I cared to keep my guns really pretty I used some sort of yellow silicone gun cloth to wipe down my USP 45 after a range trip. I looked sharp and was lint free, plus it smelled cool.
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I only use clothes for cleaning oily funk off.
To apply lubes or knock off dust I use 7/8" stencil brushes.Really like the duster brushes from Mil-comm.
Have a dry one for dusting and another for oil. Keep them in clear paint ball or plastic cigar tubes,which ever is available at the time...marked to indicate "oil" and "duster".
Works like a charm and no lint.
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Another nice feature is cleaning the brushes....soak in alcohol,wipe the bristles off and air dry...clean and GTG.
I've always used a microfiber towel.
Old chamois towels from cleaning cars...
A cut up 50/50 poly-cotton or 100 poly t-shirt has always worked best for me. Very thin to get in tight spots, no lint, farely absorbent, cheap etc. Not much for micro-fiber towels as they are too thick and sometimes staticky. Those McNett towels are nice but expensive just for a weapon rag.
I use a 1" cheap bristle paint brush that I bought at Wally-World for a $1. It stays in the gun cleaning box so as not get mixed in with anything else. I tried the foam ones but they ripped too easy on the rough surfaces.
One of the old classic recommendations I always heard was to use an old black T-shirt. The black fabric lint wouldn't show up on the rough parkerized finish that way.
I hit mine with a silicone cloth (Hoppes, but any will do), especially after cleaning. Lotta guys on here might flame you for it, after all it is a tool, but if the silicone helps protect it from corrosion over the long run, to me it's worth it for when they're just sitting in the safe. Makes them look good as well.
microfiber towel, you can get them at wal mart or nappa or any parts store, usually come 6 to a pack and you can wash them and their good as new.
I use the Hoppes silicone cloth for a real wet rubdown for storage in safe. But it is so wet I keep it wrapped in an old t shirt and use that for light wiping. I also cut up silicone gun socks and slip over the top half of rifles to protect from dings. Make nice pistol protectors too. Leave them loose for air circulation.
Have you tried Rusty's Rags? Sheepskin leather backed gun wipes. They will leave lint (sheep hair?) behind when new, but after being broken in that dissipates. The shop where I once worked we hammered metal grommets thru these and left them dangling by small chains. Placed at strategic locations around the display cases these were very handy. Brownell's sells a similar sheepskin rag. They came impregnated with silicone, but we just loaded them up with CLP. This reminds me, I need to order some...
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Silicone gun cloths snag a lot on an AR. You'll end up with yellow chunks of cloth you gotta continually wipe off. I use clp wipes to protect my rifles from rust in my safe.
Yeah, the main reason I asked the question was because I didn't like the idea of all that lint collecting around the bolt carrier and slides of pistols. It may or may not do much damage to metal on metal contact, but it for sure at least gives a surface for carbon to bond to and collect.
I agree with microfiber towels. I use them on my cars (both cars are triple black) and I'm extremely picky about lint residue and dust. Depending on the brand you may need to wash them first, as some new ones do leave small particles, but after that theres no lint at all. They work equally well on weapons and can be washed.
Lint or no lint, your AR will be fine.
Just this week I started used Remoil wipes. They were lint free. I don't use Remoil to lube anymore but as a protectant over parkerizing it's fine. I used less than one to start working into a shotgun.
I like the yellow microfiber cloth that comes in the FrogLobe starter kits.
a thing about microfiber towels, you have to clean them a certain way or else you ruin their properties