HELP!!!!! Homemade gun cleaning solvent????

[mrproc1]

Hey Ya 'll.....
After a great day of shootin up stuff, I just ran out of cleaner, and don't feel like going to Wally World now. Anyone got a home brew for a gun cleaning solvent of some type????

Thanks...

 

[scottka]

Haha... uh... Wait until you get some unless you shot corrosive??

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

WD-40 , 3 n 1 oil , kroil (1 part transmission fluid 2 parts mineral spirits) , that's all I can think of off the top right now .

 

[Mackey]

Take it in the shower with you and scrub it down with soap and water. Then rinse well, shake out all the water and douse it with WD-40.

 

[Mosinguy]

Windex works well enough.

 

[mrproc1]

Cool. Thanks ya'll

 

[Mech45]

Simple Green is excellent, non-toxic, does a great job and is cheap since it is a concentrate. The only down side is that I have heard that is doesn't like aluminum but I have never left it on long enough to have any problems with my SIGS or AR's.

 

[gabrigger]

Try mixing up some Ed's Red. It doesn't remove copper fouling, but will really get powder fouling and lead out. I have had great luck with it. Here's the link. Ed's Red' Bore Cleaner

 

[CTS]

Well now that depends on what it is. If it's a glock, according to a certain certified glock armorer, just find your closest mud puddle - drop it in - stomp on it a few times - then shake off any excess. If it's a 1911, some Desitin diaper rash cream would probably work best. Glad I could help!

 

[LarryC]

When I was a young lad 55 years ago, I never had Gun cleaning solvent. I usually used Kerosene - Lamp oil or even gasoline. Mineral spirits (paint thinner), Naptha, or other solvents also work, but keep strong solvents off the wood. Dish soap and water work well but you must dry well and oil quickly to prevent rust. Brake cleaner would work well. I used 3 in One oil for protection. Don't remember any rust problems ever, but did keep my gun well oiled. My pull through cleaner was a Bobby pin on the end of a string with a small rag on the other end. Worked very well, should have patented the method :>).

 

[mrproc1]

Gotta love break cleaner,, got a couple cases in the garage (VIA work ... Looks like we are headed to flap jacks for morning chow, so maybe we'll just swing by Wally World and look at their AR'S and get some stuff. Thanks again everyone!!!!

 

[Burnsy]

Or you could...I dunno....drive to a store and get the correct product to maintain the thing you bought to save your life.

 

[jcwit]

Right! Get the stuff made by elves in their secret blending operation if the furthest reaches of the Black Forest from elements here to fore unknown from a Galaxy unknown to modern man and repackaged by a merchandising company here in the U.S. and sold for $383.36 bucks a gallon.

But Hey, its made for a gun, no matter what kind!

 

[03A3]

When I was a young lad 55 years ago, I never had Gun cleaning solvent. I usually used Kerosene - Lamp oil or even gasoline. Mineral spirits (paint thinner), Naptha, or other solvents also work, but keep strong solvents off the wood. Dish soap and water work well but you must dry well and oil quickly to prevent rust. Brake cleaner would work well. I used 3 in One oil for protection. Don't remember any rust problems ever, but did keep my gun well oiled. My pull through cleaner was a Bobby pin on the end of a string with a small rag on the other end. Worked very well, should have patented the method :>).

We must be distant kin, or at least grew up the same way.

 

[03A3]

Right! Get the stuff made by elves in their secret blending operation if the furthest reaches of the Black Forest from elements here to fore unknown from a Galaxy unknown to modern man and repackaged by a merchandising company here in the U.S. and sold for $383.36 bucks a gallon.

But Hey, its made for a gun, no matter what kind!

Well you know it is hard work milking those frogs, rendering them down, or whatever it is they do.

 

[old man Bill]

I'd agree with the Windex or Simple Green but you better dry well and oil the heck out of it or rust will be a part of the next question.
Bill

 

[old man Bill]

Old timers used to take the firearms in to the bathtub with them to mget 'em real clean but there too, dry and oiled are needed.
Bill

 

[VERT]

Haha... uh... Wait until you get some unless you shot corrosive??

Honestly this is the correct answer. Unless you are shooting corrosive ammo I would not worry about it.

 

[mrproc1]

Jeeze, didn't know asking about a homemade cleaning solvent, would get me badges. Don't worry, I got the right stuff today..

 

[Cat-Herder]

The best/cheapest solvent I've used to clean my guns is mineral spirits. I soak all my bore brushes, and scrub brushes in it and all the copper and lead fouling comes right off them too.
I don't own any plastic guns, so I can't tell you if it's hard on polymer, but I doubt it.