https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/ AllGunStuff Discussion Board en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 15:53:02 +0000 wpForo 60 https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/3/#post-3517 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 01:33:06 +0000 Cleaning and Lubrication janfred https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/3/#post-3517 https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/3/#post-3516 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 00:52:17 +0000
I never quite understood why shooters have this aversion to using bronze brushes.

It works much faster and better than nylon or patches.


As a matter of interest do you use the brush in one direction only from chamber to crown and unscrew?]]> Cleaning and Lubrication DaavG https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/3/#post-3516 https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/3/#post-3470 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:09:56 +0000
I have played with oil and paraffin, diesel and molyslip.

I once mixed up something using break fluid as the base for cleaning and it worked sooooooo well, but I must have remembered something wrong, because everytime I mixed it afterwards the parts separated. Try as I will I have not been able to make it again,
I also made a brilliant stock wax using oils and beeswax, I kept one of the lead up too recipes and threw away the winner mix it appears. I have enough for my life time though. It was beeswax mainly, artist turps(from trees), teak oil and lanolin. The way it was mixed is what was hard to get right, I remember finding all ingredients were at same temperature to work/mix correct. It was also important, but I can not recall which it was, but mixing while cooling or mixing and not mixing further while cooling made a difference.
If I ever make a wx again I will blender it while it cools, I think the aeration will make for better product.
LASTLY _ I will remember that I will not remember and write everything down.

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I am a great lover of my own made almost everything firearm cosmetics.
ATF is a incredible cleaner.
The German break part lubricant is unbeatable.
Carb cleaner just cleans shit.
Car engine oil is an incredible lubricant.
Not many things have had the billions R&D poured into as lubricants for cars. 



I been using ATF in place of gun oil for a couple decades now. I tried it because I got a look inside an old gearbox once. All the metal surfaces were spotless.

After I tried it, I was impressed by the fact that after application, wiping it dry leaves a film that protects gun metal in a safe for a relatively long time.

Carb cleaner is useful for cleaning crud off metal parts, but I don't use it because of the gas it emits. And I use ultrasonic to clean suppressors and brakes. In a  diesel bath. I should try it with ATF now that diesel costs as much.


]]> Cleaning and Lubrication 414gates https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/3/#post-3469 https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/3/#post-3465 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:22:56 +0000 Cleaning and Lubrication janfred https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/3/#post-3465 https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/3/#post-3462 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:58:05 +0000 ATF is a incredible cleaner.
The German break part lubricant is unbeatable.
Carb cleaner just cleans shit.
Car engine oil is an incredible lubricant.
Not many things have had the billions R&D poured into as lubricants for cars. 

Mineral turps - AtF - Can of castrol GTX  or fully synthetic, some lithium grease, all leftovers everyone has,  you can never buy GUN label stuff again.
Between the Horse riding shop and a carpentry supply store you have all you need in bulk form for your stock and straps and some metal care as well.
Before you go hunt next time, try using a good car polish on your metal parts - again, millions put into research.
Take a metal road in the meantime, sand it clean and car polish one side properly , leave it outside for a while, pick it up and handle a few times . see how well the polish protects.]]> Cleaning and Lubrication Treeman https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/3/#post-3462 https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/2/#post-3460 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:42:59 +0000 Cola drinks have a phosphoric acid content that is described as "from 0.057 to 0.084% of 75% phosphoric acid, by mass."

The main thing the graphic ignores here is the issue of concentration; the concentration of phosphoric acid in coke is very low (around 0.055%).

Still poison regardless of above, Coke is baaad stuff.]]> Cleaning and Lubrication Treeman https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/2/#post-3460 https://systemz.online/cleaning-and-lubrication/when-a-clean-barrel-isnt-and-one-way-to-clean-it/paged/2/#post-3459 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:37:18 +0000
I would be very careful with coke.  It contains phosphoric acid (about 10%).  While it definitely cleans pretty well, I would not want such an aggressive acid in my barrel.  Neither would I drink it, but that is a different topic.

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Surely not 10% ? I do not know, but youch, that sound blerry high.
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I may be completely wrong but in nearly thirty years of using them exclusively on all my guns I haven't encountered an issue.   
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