Finally ran out of my old bottle of Thompson Center #13 bore cleaner.
Old Gibsons price tag says $1.99
Looked it up and cheapest I can find not counting shipping 9.99
Was at Harbor Freight today for a few things, hand cleaner (goop) saws all and some blades.
Did my work, washed my hands with the goop, hey that smell seems familiar??
Checked my bottle of #13, smells identical to the goop. Huh?
So mixed three heaping tablespoons to about 8 ounces of water, whipped it good to get out the lumps and poured it into my TC bottle. Not real runny but not thick either.
Going to try it for a black powder bore cleaner. I did a little research and found some folks use it as a lube for patches some for a cleaner. Nothing mentioned as far as watering it down.
Will give it a run and see if it's decent?
Normally I'd run 3-4 patches with the #13, one run with the bore brush then one with the 13, then 2 dry and one pass with a clean oiled patch. Always worked till I started getting low on the #13.
Switched over to windshield washer fluid mixed with murphy's oil soap, does the job fine. This is also my soak mixture for my spent cartridges, clean's them up good.
But who'd of thought TC #13 would smell like goop?