Can I use carb or brake cleaner to blast my 642?(read at post 12 broken hammer stud

[tomcatt51]

Originally posted by bountyhunter:
www.scorecard.org/chemical-profiles/

Your source: scorecard.org
"Opening the door to successful communications campaigns for the environmental movement"
I think I understand now.

 

[yanici]

I got an email saying that Birchwood & Casey Gunscrubber for synthetics will fit the bill for an action cleaner. Won't harm the aluminum clear coat.

 

[bountyhunter]

On the off chance anybody is inclined to take brake cleaner to their clearcoat gun, I wasted enough of my life to look into it and find some data from people who did:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=134993

A friend used brake cleaner / Gun Scrubber on his new 642 and it stripped off part of the finish on the barrel. I'd be careful. I don't use anything more potent than Hoppe's on my guns.

I have read several threads about this over on the smith and wesson forum and in other places. On the scandium-framed revolvers, problems with peeling of the clear coat have been reported with using Gun Scrubber, Hoppes # 9, Simple Green, sprays containing acetone, solvents containing ammonia, and sometimes just from holster wear.

Far and away the most complaints come from using Gun Scrubber or carb cleaner. According to the MSDS, the active ingredient in Gun Scrubber is trichloroethylene. Tetra Action Blaster also contains trichloroethylene and CRC Brakleen (non-chlorinated) contains acetone, as do most carb cleaners.

I use MPro7 cleaner plus Shooter's Choice FP-10 lube on my handguns, including a scandium S&W 340PD. No problems here.

 

[bountyhunter]

Originally posted by tomcatt51:

Originally posted by bountyhunter:
www.scorecard.org/chemical-profiles/

Your source: scorecard.org

MY SOURCE: THE LABEL OF THE CANS.

Look, you are the one in this thread telling people to use brake cleaner on clearcoat guns which will RUIN THEM. Then you say it's only some kind of brake cleaners, not others that will be OK.

I am saying clearly that you should take some of what you claim is "safe" cleaner which contains dry cleaning chemicals and spray it onto the clearcoat on your car or a gun and then see what it does.

You just keep nitpicking at sources but I am telling you the can I listed the contents of has CRC Brake Cleaner on the label and the contents I listed are inside that can. And they will destroy clearcoats as will the other kind you say you have. If you don't believe me, TRY IT AND SEE.

And pray nobody read this thread and ruined their gun with that stuff.

You going to actually back up what you post and wreck some paint or just admit that it can't be used on clearcoats?

 

[Andy Griffith]

Um...

Why not just use hot soap and water with a toothbrush?

 

[RightWinger]

FWIW carb cleaner and brake cleaner will both ruin a finish, I have a 342 that I used brake cleaner on and it is now completely bare aluminum, I had a 642 that I used carb cleaner on and it had the same results. Honestly I don't really care because they were both carry guns anyway, but if you want to keep the finish nice, stay away from either of those....

 

[mark5pt56]

Not SW revolver related, but subject related. Years ago, I had an Arsenal AK (SLR-95) I was shooting it one day and decided to do the easy way of cleaning. So, I grab a can of Gunscruber and start hosing it down. I have this puzzled look on my face as I say "what's that purple s%^& running off my gun"? I quickly realized it was the paint being dissolved. Well, the black finish was dull and I learned a lesson.

Mark

 

[bountyhunter]

Originally posted by RightWinger:
FWIW carb cleaner and brake cleaner will both ruin a finish, I have a 342 that I used brake cleaner on and it is now completely bare aluminum, I had a 642 that I used carb cleaner on and it had the same results. Honestly I don't really care because they were both carry guns anyway, but if you want to keep the finish nice, stay away from either of those....

For the record, clearcoat on aluminum is not purely cosmetic. Aluminum will corrode like a mutha if it is left open and bare. That's why most Al is anodized or coated with some kind of protective finish.

 

[RightWinger]

Is there anything I can coat the bare aluminum with myself to protect it? I has been like that for several years and I have yet to see it corrode, but maybe just the day to day carying it keeps the corrosion rubbed off.....

 

[tomcatt51]

Use and the oil from your hands is enough. It will form a "skin" of aluminum oxide (already has if you did this a while ago) and be just fine unless you leave it laying outdoors in the elements for a couple years.