Home made gun cleaner recipe's

[Casting Timmy]

Just curious who makes their own gun cleaner and what recipe you use....looking forward to what gets listed.

I use a lot of Ed's red for the major cleaning.

[chboats]

I use Ed's red for everything except copper, which is not very often.

Carl

[Shiloh]

Ed's Red. Everything but copper.

For those rare occasions, I have Butch's Bore Shine and Sweet's 7.62.

Shiloh

[beagle]

Ed's Red. Makes a great Liquid Wrench also./beagle

[TCLouis]

Ed's Red

WipeOut if going from jacketed to cast

Palmolive and water

BP what were ya thinking

[PolishYeti]

+1 on Ed's Red ! might leave the acetone out of the next batch though. I just dont shoot shotguns enough to justify it.

[Butler Ford]

Another for Ed's Red and Moose Milk.

[primersp]

ed red also and sometime flitz metal polish

[pdawg_shooter]

Modified Ed's red here. No acetone just atf kroil and mineral spirits.

[RobS]

just as everyone else...........Ed's red with my own added ingredients..............basically though, it's Ed's red. Good Stuff it is.

For copper, which is almost never, I use industrial strength ammonia found at places like Home Depot/Lowes and I think the last time I purchased some it was at ACE Hardware.

[Shooter6br]

My vote for Ed's RED

[sundog]

Ed's Red - I use a lot of it. Like Beagle mentioned, it also makes a good 'liquid wrench'. I soaked an M48's threads for a month in Ed's Red (few drops every other day or so), and that old barrel came right off.

Wipe Out was recommended to to me by a fellow club member who set a bench rest title at KC a few years ago. I tried it, and I like it. Great product for copper removal.

Hoppe's #9 is always on the cleaning bench, too - nostalgia...

[barrabruce]

Eds red
I don't put acatone in it.
Just equal parts kero hyrdaulic fluid and turps!!!
People at the range think I'm either strange or completely mad.
If I get lead fouling I'll use brass scourer wrapped around the jag.
Toilet paper for the ER!

I leave it soak and maybe run a patch through it after a few days but I don't seem to get and more junk out.

Question!!!!!

Can I shoot pb boolits though it with out having to use a dry patch first???
Would it /does it do any harm??????


I have some other stuff I use for the occasions of jacketed stuff and it smells like ammonia to me!! Phew!!!

I plan to use alox if I want to rest my bores for any lenght of time thou.

[DLCTEX]

Ed's Red. A foam copper remover, don't remember the brand, bought at Wal Mart.

[462]

Ed' Red with acetone...like the smell.

Question for those of you who don't add acetone: Other than aiding plastic wad removal, does it add any other cleaning advantage?

[RobS]

Acetone will aid in the plastic removal such as in shot gun barrels from the wads as you mentioned, but it is also used as an industrial degreaser prior to painting etc. so I extend its use and put it in my Ed's Red mix. I shoot shotguns a reason why I use it in the Ed's Red...........I also think it helps break down powder and lube buildup.

Here is a web search quote:

"Acetone is a good solvent for most plastics and synthetic fibres including those used in laboratory bottles made of polystyrene, polycarbonate and some types of polypropylene.[3] It is ideal for thinning fiberglass resin, cleaning fiberglass tools and dissolving two-part epoxies and superglue before hardening. It is used as a volatile component of some paints and varnishes. As a heavy-duty degreaser, it is useful in the preparation of metal prior to painting; it also thins polyester resins, vinyl and adhesives."

[OLPDon]

462:

Some links info on Ed's Red

http://www.beartoothbullets.com/tips...ve_tips.htm/53

http://www.handloads.com/articles/default.asp?id=9

http://www.frfrogspad.com/homemade.htm

http://www.9mmlargo.com/eds_red.htm

The above should answer some of your Questions.

Don

[Shuz]

+ 1 for Ed's Red with out the lanolin.

[Shiloh]

+1

No lanolin in mine. About 1/3 less acetone.

Shiloh

[Casting Timmy]

Anyone ever tried this as a copper remover? I just ran across this last night....

...and an Improvement--"Humpy's White Bore Cleaner"

This modification of the "ammonia solution" thickens the liquid and helps to keep it in the bore for more efficient cleaning. You can if you like omit the 1-part sudsy ammonia

2 parts - 10% ammonia,
1 part - standard household "sudsy" ammonia (optional)
1 part - Ivory liquid dishwashing detergent (It has been reported that "Formula 409" can also be used though the resulting mixture is probably thinner.)

This formula yields about a 6.5 percent ammonia solution. If you omit the sudsy ammonia the solution is about 7.75 percent.

Thanks to Mark Humphreville for this solution

Here's the website...I think it was mentioned above too.