RUINED 637 DEEP WYATT USING ULTROSONIC MACHINE HELP!

[GreyRider]

Really?

Yep; too much cleaning has ruined more guns than NO CLEANING............

Hoppe's cleaner and oil is all anyone ever needs!!!

There is almost never a reason for amateurs to take firearms apart!!

Get away from that wheelbarrow - you don't know nothing about machinery!!!!!!

Self loading .22 rifles sometimes during their lives will need a good internal cleaning - be sure there is no plastic parts and clean them out with disc brake cleaner - blow dry - lightly oil - blow dry........

You ain't a gunsmith so stop acting like one!!!

One of martial arts instructors would say "you don't learn anything from winning."
The guy posted here looking for help. I don't believe admonishment is called for. Generally, not the reaction this forum produces.
The only way I've learned to fix things is by taking them apart. Sometimes, I've screwed them up worse before I got them fixed. A lesson learned every time.

 

[WC145]

Check with Mahovsky's Metalife about having it hard chromed. They can hard chrome aluminum, they just coat it with nickel first, you'll end up with an incredibly durable finish that looks very similar to the original. They did the gun below for me and the cost was $168.00.

Before

After

 

[KevinCH]

We've all made mistakes; some more costly than others but so be it.

I feel your pain. If it were me I would fall on my sword, call S&W & explain exactly what happened, send it in to them & see what they can do with it & what it will cost. If that doesn't work out, you may be able to have it refinished with a spray coating at somewhere like Easton Firearms Refinishing. It won't be original - but at this point, nothing you do will be, & I'd try just to get looking good.

 

[Waywatcher]

I vote for cerakote! A black snubby would look nice and clean easily. Or another color that you like.

Sorry some other posters are being harsh. We all make mistakes; learn from this. For what it's worth, I actually do read instruction manuals--I think I'm in the minority there!

 

[murphydog]

Agree with letting the factory redo the coating. The information about MP3 says nothing about using it on aluminum alloy - not saying it can't be done but you know the factory can get it back to near-new.

To me, the summary is - lesson learned, you didn't completely destroy the gun, have it refinished and move on...

 

[handejector]

Do Not Ingest

NOW you tell me.....

 

[ken158]

I hate to be rude, and should not even type this I guess, but I just gotta say it...... you would SUE a company because you used their product incorrectly and did damage to your assets? really? wow....

Ya know, sometimes you have to be responsible for your own actions....

 

[PA Guns & Ammo]

I have put my Browning Buck Mark's frame in the sonic cleaner with no problems. I used simple green diluted with water. Just a FYI for you guys who do not know. You can buy the sonic cleaner at Harbor Freight which is the EXACT same one Lyman sells and I think Horndady does as well too for $70. If you search the net, you can find printable coupons for Harbor Freight for 10-25% off.

James

 

[handejector]

I think the OP realizes his mistake. In Post #13, he admits culpability, so there is no need to pile on and beat the man continuously. That is not our style here.

I'd like to leave this thread open because ultrasonic cleaners are becoming more common and I'd like for people to know the inherent risks.

 

[jaymoore]

Hoppe's cleaner and oil is all anyone ever needs!!!

Self loading .22 rifles sometimes during their lives will need a good internal cleaning - be sure there is no plastic parts and clean them out with disc brake cleaner ...

Never mind that Hoppes' has been the ruination of more than one electroless nickel finished pistol. (Green or horribly spotted Colt Combat Commanders come to mind immediately.) (IIRC, NP3 is a fancified electroless nickel finish..)

And that chlorinated hydrocarbon cleaners are death to titanium. Which has been a common ingredient in brake cleaners, BTW.

Basic/caustic is bad for aluminum. Acidic is bad for steel. Oxygen depletion is bad for stainless.

Then there's galvanic corrosion.

It's a complicated old world.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Remember the old saying "If it ain't broke-fix it till it is" or the corrolary "If it ain't broke-you're not trying hard enough" Tough lesson to learn and one that I probably would have done myself if I cleaned my guns
With the stainless steel and non corrosive primers we really don't need to aggressively clean the guns the way our dads and grandfathers did-pure and simple. I'm not saying don't clean and oil after using-just that you don't need to put the wire brush to the cylinder face get the charge holes shiny. Just knock the loose crud off.

 

[BigCityChief]

^Agreed.^


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[Dave from Pa]

+1 on using Mahovsky's Metalife send it to them,chalk the rest up to experience.I could fill a room up with the mistakes l have made.

 

[Zipdog]

Probably the cheapest way out is to sell it for say $300 and then buy another new one for $450. A difference of $150. Move on with life and forget it.

 

[rangemeister]

Several years ago I dipped my 642 into a commercial grade cleaning tub along with our range revolvers. It came out peeled etc, sent the gun back to Smith, they refinished it, but the latest I heard, they will not do that any more. Guess this must have happened a lot. After waiting a week I contacted Smith, they said UPS delivered it. I then sent a scathing letter to UPS over this and had a profound impact on all their future deliveries, at least in this area. Sorry you learned the hard way about these cleaners!