Yet Another Use for Hoppes #9

[swsig]

I couple of days ago I discovered that one of my shoes had a big wad of gum stuck to the bottom. (I hate that. People who spit their gum on the ground should be at least singed in Hades.) I first tried Mrs. swsig's acetone nail polish remover, but it barely made a dent in the wad. I then tried my Hoppes #9 bore cleaner, and the whole mess came off quite easily. So there's another use for this fine product.

Anyone else have an "off-label" use for Hoppes #9?

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[rwsmith]

That's GREAT.......

.... since you can't use it on new S&W guns.

 

[swsig]

.... since you can't use it on new S&W guns.

I don't have a new S&W gun, so that's news to me. Is that in the new owner's manuals? Good thing S&W doesn't make shoes!

 

[CH4]

I dare ya to dab a little behind your ear before shopping at Walmart or pigly wigly. You’ll have to beat the gals off with a Stick... or Taser.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Love the smell........Reminds me of good times way back when.

 

[JohnRippert]

I prefer a bit of Ed's Red behind the ear to Hoppes.

 

[WardenRoss]

Circa 1980, I used it to get pine tar droppings off my Buick. Worked great, but ate through the paint! LOL

 

[Targets Guy]

I thought the new Hoppe's was okay for all S&Ws? Not so???

 

[vt_shooter]

Real men don't wear cologne - unless its Hoppes #9.

 

[ContinentalOp]

My understanding is that Hoppes #9 can damage the finishes on new S&Ws. However, I've read that some people have used it without issue. Personally, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Also, I had a firearms instructor several years ago who, while teaching us how to clean guns, put a little dab of Hoppes #9 behind each ear and said it made for a great cologne. He was a cool guy, Marine and Korean War vet.

 

[OLDSTER]

After shave, deodorant, room deodorizer, vehicle deodorizer, pet deodorizer; haven't tried it for cooking yet.

 

[dmn57]

One of those scents you just have to love, like motorcycle exhaust fumes .

 

[vigil617]

Darn it, I thought this thread was gonna be about a vaccine for that-which-shall-not-be-named.....

 

[model3sw]

Hoppes #9 Men's Cologne

I've remembered the smell of Hoppes #9 since I was a young boy learning about guns. So much did that smell make me smile, recalling the days out in the country, upstate, with family and friends that I always joked there should be a Hoppe's #9, men's cologne of that scent.

A friend's Dad had purchased a nice size piece of property with house, barns and a very, very large chicken coupe, entire building about 100 x 50, end on end with another the same size. We made used the connecting door frame between the 2, turned the door into a bench and it was there we stood to shoot.

We'd spend the day shooting, breaking for coffee, then lunch and right back outside. When we were done shooting it was time for cleaning. I enjoyed the cleaning as much as the shooting. All the way home later that night with the smell of #9 on my clothes or still stuck in my sinuses. A VERY fond memory.

Sal Raimondi, Sr.

 

[pantannojack]

BEER?

I think some of the craft brewers in my area use it to up the hops flavor in their beer.

 

[model3sw]

I dare ya to dab a little behind your ear before shopping at Walmart or pigly wigly. You’ll have to beat the gals off with a Stick... or Taser.

You know .... I never tried it, but I am going to. I have a sealed, vintage bottle of Hoppes #9 from about 1970, still sealed. Time to crack open that vintage bottle. To me, smells better than aged bourbon.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Hoppe's #9 Solvent is made from kerosene, ethyl alcohol, oleic acid, amyl acetate and ammonium hydroxide.

Amyl acetate smells of pears and apples.

 

[PALADIN85020]

They say that one's sense of smell brings back memories more quickly and accurately than any of the other senses.

To me, Hoppe's #9 fragrance takes me instantly back to cleaning my first gun, a Winchester 69A .22 rifle, at the little desk in my bedroom as a boy.

Hoppe's did a "new formulation" back in 1993 that changed the traditional ingredients. I promptly went out an bought a lifetime supply of the older product - 2 large boxes, each containing a 32 fluid-ounce bottle. "Environmental friendliness" was all the rage then, but I wanted the OLD mixture - and I have plenty of that still. I wrote the date on both boxes that I bought - 11/13/93.

John

 

[moosedog]

I opened a vintage 1950's bottle the other day and it was like a aromatic time machine back to when my father used to clean his J.C. Higgins shotgun after Pheasant hunting at my Grandmothers farm.
I'm going to milk that vintage bottle.