White petrol on polymer guns
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gwpercle
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No apology needed . Some didn't cstch your location and some learned a new word for gasoline ... Is Okay !
What cleaning products can you get ... there is one mix-it yourself bore solvent and gun cleaner ... Ed's Red Bore Solvent ...
that is made up of equal parts :
Automatic Transmission Fluid (conventional , not synthetic)
Acetone
K-1 Kerosene
Mineral Spirits
I buy one quart each product from local store and mix up a gallon of very good cleaner .
You can omit the Acetone for a less aggressive cleaner that is more like a CLP .
The Acetone is diluted but still might damage a wood finish if left on too long .
Everyone here has used Hoppee's #9 ... is good !
I like Hoppee's Elite Gun Cleaner ... it has little smell but is very expensive ... I wish it were cheaper.
Ed's Red Bore Solvent and Ed's Red CLP has a smell but it works way to well to bother me . I can get all 4 ingredients for $25 and mix a gallon of bore solvent / gun cleaner ... !
Gary
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And as a P.S. gasoline is heavier that air. A friend had a flashover 50+ years ago in his workshop that was heated with a wood stove. Spilled motor fuel gasoline on the floor probably twenty feet away from the stove. He turned in time to watch the flames travel across the concrete floor to the puddle of gasoline from it.
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For cleaning, I would use any commercial CLP product, like Break Free if that is available overseas.
DWalt
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He may be referring to what most of us in the USA would call mineral spirits, paint thinner, PD-680, or white naphtha. It has a higher flash point than gasoline and won't affect most plastics. Commercial CLP sold for gun use is very similar to low viscosity synthetic motor oil. CLP is really all you will ever need for gun cleaning and lubrication. Naphtha is a very old generic term that can be applied to about any liquid hydrocarbon, somewhat archaic today.
I have no inside information, but it has been said that the plastic most used for handgun frames is a glass fiber-reinforced Nylon 66. If so, frames should be solvent proof as Nylon 66 is highly chemical resistent.
I have no inside information, but it has been said that the plastic most used for handgun frames is a glass fiber-reinforced Nylon 66. If so, frames should be solvent proof as Nylon 66 is highly chemical resistent.
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Forgive a bit of thread drift for a moment.
At work we were issued industrial strength handheld two-way radios that were designed to be idiot proof. The plastic case looked and felt a lot like the polymer Glock and others use.
DEET bug repellent would soften and probable eventually melt them.
I carried the radio in my back pocket and after one particularly buggy day, the radio ended up with a denim pattern 3-D print on it.
At work we were issued industrial strength handheld two-way radios that were designed to be idiot proof. The plastic case looked and felt a lot like the polymer Glock and others use.
DEET bug repellent would soften and probable eventually melt them.
I carried the radio in my back pocket and after one particularly buggy day, the radio ended up with a denim pattern 3-D print on it.
ACORN
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I used to watch the original "Top Gear", I new what he meant right away
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