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    Quote Originally Posted by Deadeye0331 View Post
    Hey guy clean your weapon how you want, but brake cleaner can damage the finsh and rubber/plastic parts. I'm looking at the directions on non chlorinated crc brand brakleen right now and it says,
    "protect ALL rubber parts and painted surfaces from overspray"
    Now its possible the manufactures of brakleen are "bullshiting" too but, id imagine they have a good reason for giving the warning.
    I'm not saying BC is going to render someones rifle inoperable but there is no reason to go nuts with it, especially if your are just talking about some sand/ build up.
    That is because it is a solvent that eats away at the chemicals that comprise paint, plastic, rubber, etc. It will not harm hard chrome. Hell, the hard chrome holds up to repeated explosions, why would brake spray hurt it. Is Hoppes any different? Not by much, and it does the same thing to paint, etc.

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    BC is the best way to reach in all of those nooks and crannies. Do you follow every liability warning you read or do you ever listen to the voice of practical experience? I'm telling you that there are pictures of this rifle of mine on this very forum that contradict your worrying little warning you're reading on the can.

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    Orion- I agree with you 100% the chrome lining is not in danger, my concern is with what happens when BC or similar chemicals come in contact with finishes, plastic and rubber parts.
    I am not so much concerned with the cosmetic damage of loosing some finish on a rifle but what could happen to the o-rings on extractors or within optics or light systems. I have used BC and other non-firearm solvents to remove carbon when I did not feel like scraping or scrubbing it away. But I use it sparingly, and only apply it to limited areas.

    Quote Originally Posted by orionz06 View Post
    That is because it is a solvent that eats away at the chemicals that comprise paint, plastic, rubber, etc. It will not harm hard chrome. Hell, the hard chrome holds up to repeated explosions, why would brake spray hurt it. Is Hoppes any different? Not by much, and it does the same thing to paint, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deadeye0331 View Post
    Orion- I agree with you 100% the chrome lining is not in danger, my concern is with what happens when BC or similar chemicals come in contact with finishes, plastic and rubber parts.
    I am not so much concerned with the cosmetic damage of loosing some finish on a rifle but what could happen to the o-rings on extractors or within optics or light systems. I have used BC and other non-firearm solvents to remove carbon when I did not feel like scraping or scrubbing it away. But I use it sparingly, and only apply it to limited areas.
    I don't clean my optics, lights, or other stuff like it this way.

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    I don't follow every warning label but I do take what they say into consideration...
    As for listening to the voice of practical experience, I do take experience into consideration; like my experience cleaning and supervising the cleaning of M240's which have fired 15k plus rounds in one day. That experience has taught me that if you can clean a filthy belt-fed with CLP, rags and patches, then you should have no problem cleaning a carbine with the same items. It takes a little longer but then you have no worries about causing damage to any finishes, plastic or rubber parts.


    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    BC is the best way to reach in all of those nooks and crannies. Do you follow every liability warning you read or do you ever listen to the voice of practical experience? I'm telling you that there are pictures of this rifle of mine on this very forum that contradict your worrying little warning you're reading on the can.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ComeAndTakeIt View Post
    Are these metal dental picks? What type of picks are you using?
    I use these . Okay so they're not really dental picks but they work the same.

    I use them mostly for picking little shards of brass and carbon off the bolt face near the ejector and getting around the area just above the gas rings. Other than that about the only other thing they're useful for is pulling out the firing pin retaining pin when it's cooked in with carbon.

    I don't follow every warning label but I do take what they say into consideration...
    As for listening to the voice of practical experience, I do take experience into consideration; like my experience cleaning and supervising the cleaning of M240's which have fired 15k plus rounds in one day. That experience has taught me that if you can clean a filthy belt-fed with CLP, rags and patches, then you should have no problem cleaning a carbine with the same items. It takes a little longer but then you have no worries about causing damage to any finishes, plastic or rubber parts.

    After removing the stock, pistol grip, and heat shield we'd hit a receiver with two cans of brake cleaner to speed up the process when we cleaned the coaxes. My platoon at one point shared one coax between four bradleys during gunnery, and that thing was caked with carbon after two days. After spending 8 hours getting it spotless for weapons turn in we decided that there was a more effective way to clean the MGs and thus we started the brake cleaner thing. There was some resistance from my squad leader who also thought that rubbing CLP on the barrel would take off the "blueing." We politely filed that advice in the idiot file of SSG knowledge.
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    I just love being spoken down to about 240s. Didja ever think for just one minute that the way the Corps taught you is not the end all be all?

    As far as picks and whatnot,. That's silly white glove inspection shit. Spray it out. Don't waste your time picking and fiddling away.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leonidas24 View Post
    I use these .


    After removing the stock, pistol grip, and heat shield we'd hit a receiver with two cans of brake cleaner to speed up the process when we cleaned the coaxes. My platoon at one point shared one coax between four bradleys during gunnery, and that thing was caked with carbon after two days. After spending 8 hours getting it spotless for weapons turn in we decided that there was a more effective way to clean the MGs and thus we started the brake cleaner thing. There was some resistance from my squad leader who also thought that rubbing CLP on the barrel would take off the "blueing." We politely filed that advice in the idiot file of SSG knowledge.
    Leon- Oh yea you put a few thousand rounds down the barrel of a 240 it will build up some carbon, especially on that op rod! I have spent many an hour cleaning crew serves for some pointless inspection that never happens!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deadeye0331 View Post
    Leon- Oh yea you put a few thousand rounds down the barrel of a 240 it will build up some carbon, especially on that op rod! I have spent many an hour cleaning crew serves for some pointless inspection that never happens!
    See if you can scrounge up some "GM-D" grease from some of your LAR or tracks guys. Put a light coating on the op rod and watch the carbon just WIPE off thousands of rounds later, boot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    Oh, BULLSHIT. I've got about 15k rounds through one rifle that says you are dead wrong. I've been using brake cleaner for years. ****, there's pictures of said rifle in the Defoor carbine class thread. Folks on this forum saw me shoot with it.
    I had an M16 melt completely when I sprayed it with brake cleaner. Everything. Furniture. Barrel. Everything, reduced to a puddle of smoking plastic except for two springs and a cog. I cried. I saved my allowance for weeks to buy it. I was five. It was of those very rare M16s made by Mattel. I still keep that cog in a little cigar box as a memento, right between an original Superball and a glow-in-the-dark yo-yo. Then you had to come along and callously kick over a traumatic memory. You're an unfeeling brute, that's what you are!

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