Spray cleaner?

[Amp]

A few months ago I tried a spray cleaner/lube to clean my revolvers. Used to use Hoppe's solvent and oil.
Well I checked on them and found the cylinder didn't rotate easily.
So I recleaned and lubed today.
Might be done with the spray cleaner.
Has anyone else noticed this?

 

[.38SuperMan]

I’ve encountered lube gumming up and causing function issues. Just this week I ran into that with my model 34 Smith and removed the cylinder and used spray cleaner. I used to use gun scrubber and found another les expensive brand but can’t remember the name. Most recently while in Academy Sports I bought some Hoppes spray cleaner at $4.xx for a can and like it just as well as the twice the price gun scrubber. The can seems to go farther too. I like it so much that I went back last weekend and bought several more cans.

I’d suggest using protective gloves like nitrile and use it outside. I’m concerned about liver damage and brain damage from the vapor. The stuff is very strong.

 

[w.r.gun]

drain all the oil out of your car and see how that works for you

 

[bigggbbruce]

I use spray Rem oil..

It cuts pretty good and leaves a light coat of oil.. BUT.. you need to lube all normal points as before..

 

[.38SuperMan]

drain all the oil out of your car and see how that works for you

The spray is just to clean the crud out then use Hoppes #9 or similar, spray cleaner agAin then oil well. I’m a big fan of CLP and Remoil.

 

[Steve912]

Well I checked on them and found the cylinder didn't rotate easily.
So I recleaned and lubed today.
Might be done with the spray cleaner.

Are you just squirting the stuff into the assembled cylinder &
yoke?

If it's a solvent, it's washing out lubrication. If there was crud
at the openings/gaps you sprayed into, you may have just
pushed it further into the assembly.

 

[ArsenalFan]

I have had good service from Hornady's One Shot with the dry lubricant, if that helps. I have picked up various older revolvers (ranging from 1919 through the late 1960s), and find this product dissolves old gummed up grease and oil nicely. In addition, the included dry lubricant then leaves things slick once the solvent/carrier dries out.

In addition to the previously mentioned warning about inhaling vapors, be careful about using spray cleaners around plastics or rubber. Each product's manufacturer should list what it might damage upon contact, if anything.

 

[rct269]

LET'S SEE NOW-------------------

I've been sitting here thinking about stuff in spray cans----what's it good for (aside from the pocketbooks of the folks who sell it)?

Well, there's CorrosionX. I think it comes in spray cans, but I've been using one of their (refillable) pump spray bottles for so long I don't remember.

Wasp and Hornet spray for sure----like with guns, you can kill from a distance.

Brake Clean----for when you care enough to not get your hands dirty.

And that reminds me of wheel cleaner, but there again I use a refillable pump sprayer.

Gun stuff: I can't think of a single gun care product I use in a spray can----just old fashioned I guess.

Ralph Tremaine

 

[3rdgeargrndrr]

I've been sitting here thinking about stuff in spray cans----what's it good for (aside from the pocketbooks of the folks who sell it)?

Well, there's CorrosionX. I think it comes in spray cans, but I've been using one of their (refillable) pump spray bottles for so long I don't remember.

Wasp and Hornet spray for sure----like with guns, you can kill from a distance.

Brake Clean----for when you care enough to not get your hands dirty.

And that reminds me of wheel cleaner, but there again I use a refillable pump sprayer.

Gun stuff: I can't think of a single gun care product I use in a spray can----just old fashioned I guess.

Ralph Tremaine

On my mudpuppy AK’s I use windex, brake cleaner and Wd40.
The Stainless sexy honeys get Hoppes perfume and beauty treatment.

 

[kbm6893]

I’ve encountered lube gumming up and causing function issues. Just this week I ran into that with my model 34 Smith and removed the cylinder and used spray cleaner. I used to use gun scrubber and found another les expensive brand but can’t remember the name. Most recently while in Academy Sports I bought some Hoppes spray cleaner at $4.xx for a can and like it just as well as the twice the price gun scrubber. The can seems to go farther too. I like it so much that I went back last weekend and bought several more cans.

I’d suggest using protective gloves like nitrile and use it outside. I’m concerned about liver damage and brain damage from the vapor. The stuff is very strong.

Non chlorinated break cleaner is the exact same as that gun scrubber for way cheaper. But it’s main purpose is to blow out the **** and de-grease. I do use it with nearly every clean (never on grips or on polymer frames) but always do a real clean with Hoppes. ALWAYS use goggles and strong gloves. That stuff will eat right though the cheaper gloves and you don’t want that in your eye. Read the can. Says “causes cancer” right on there.

 

[CCantu357]

I recommend M-Pro 7. It does an excellent job as at cleaning, decreasing, and bore cleaning. Their LPX is a great CLP oil as well.

 

[JBTrucker]

Hoppes spray cleaner is for quick fix while at the range and field. Used it on 10/22 and cleaned with solevent when home .

 

[haywood]

My favorite clean and lube.

 

[rubiranch]

Thanks for the reminder. I have a few guns that need cleaning.

 

[Mike in Oregon]

Ballistol for me- less toxic and I've used it for years. No harm to wood/rubber/plastic. I don't think it matters one bit the brand; you just want to get some of the dirt out and something that reduces friction on the metal to metal parts.

 

[Amp]

Thanks for the replies;
I carried a 640 for many years and later switched to a 340. Both of these never showed a slow cylinder before using Breakfree.
And easily resolved it with a clean and lube as I have always done.
I don't like the spray stuff going everywhere. Just seems messy to me.

 

[AzShooter]

I use break cleaner and then finish up with MPro7 cleaner and oil. Makes that cylinder spin.

 

[Lou_the_welder]

I use just the mpro7 cleaner and after I'm done brushing, I use CLP to oil only.
This is how It looked when I pulled the cylinder out of my 627. With , at that time around 10,000 rounds. I had never removed it.

Still amazes me.

 

[Squarebutt]

I use break cleaner and then finish up with MPro7 cleaner and oil. Makes that cylinder spin.

Chlorinated brake cleaner has some very dangerous chemicals, and when heated gives off phosgene gas, a deadly gas that can cause organ damage and even death. Using it indoors can kill ya.

Tetrachloroethylene, a deadly danger in brake cleaner

 

[Drm50]

Spray cleaners dissolve residue and any you don't wipe up will solidify and gum up the works. Shows up worse in long guns that are racked and any oils or solvents end up draining through action and end up in stocks. To often sprays are used as short cuts to proper cleaning. WD is biggest offender.

 

[druryj]

I’ll occasionally use non Chlor brake cleaner to degrease; I always re-lube lightly wherever it is used. I use Hoppes #9 and Breakfree CLP to clean. I also like TW-25 for grease and Lucas Gun Oil as a lighter lube. Never have a problem with any of my guns. Never because of any cleaner or lube I use anyway.


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[max503]

I'll use spray cleaners when they put Ed's Red in a spray can.

 

[Warren Sear]

For cleaning crud from a gun I use mineral spirits in a squeeze bottle, like shown in the picture. I spray the gun down, scrub with an old tooth brush, rinse with more mineral spirits, then dry with compressed air (air dry will work if you don't have an air compressor).

Mineral spirits will not hurt gun finishes.

Then I lube with CLP. Boom. Done.

 

[Steve912]

This is how It looked when I pulled the cylinder out of my 627. With , at that time around 10,000 rounds. I had never removed it.

Ejector rod is lookin' a tad gamey, ahead of the gas ring.

 

[Lou_the_welder]

Ejector rod is lookin' a tad gamey, ahead of the gas ring.

Ain't bad considering the amount of rounds that went through it. And never taken apart.