Silencer cleaning

[Thegeek]

I've been working on my can for a couple days now. Filthy! Hoppes #9, stainless brushes, and a pick is only getting me so far. Anyone have some miracle solvents they'd recommend to make this easier?

 

[Goodcat]

Miracle solvent? Google “the dip”. It works extremely well. Now, you don’t want that to touch your skin…. I don’t want to be around it. Purple power is decent.

 

[BackFromDC]

I put it in a ultrasonic cleaner with some Hornady Steel Parts Solution and it softens up the carbon where I can wipe it off with a shop towel.

 

[Gabriel]

I normally use the purple Simple Green in a sonic cleaner. I was out of it last week and used white vinegar instead and it worked surprisingly well, but that might be because I fell asleep and left the baffles in it overnight.

 

[patience0830]

Be careful what you use if you have a .22 suppressor with aluminum baffles.

 

[Leadeye]

My experience with sonic cleaners is they remove bluing, don't know what your suppressor finish is. My heavy duty all purpose solvent is Methylene chloride, dissolves anything organic, but follow confined space procedure if you use it in an enclosed area as it is a wicked oxygen displacer.

 

[dieselrealtor]

Miracle solvent? Google “the dip”. It works extremely well. Now, you don’t want that to touch your skin…. I don’t want to be around it. Purple power is decent.

Really bad for toons;

 

[profjeremy]

Breakthrough Suppressor Cleaner

Put this in a tennis ball can and soak it… a tip from the NFA CEO (Chief Enablement Officer), @Aszerigan !

 

[Aszerigan]

Breakthrough Suppressor Cleaner

Put this in a tennis ball can and soak it… a tip from the NFA CEO (Chief Enablement Officer), @Aszerigan !

I’m soaking mine as we speak. Truth.

 

[Thegeek]

I think the body is blued tool steel. The main baffle stack is ti, and the larger caliber blast baffle is tool steel or stainless. Don't really care much about the bluing. Soaked it overnight with Hoppes. Rinsed it and then did a 30 minute cycle in the ultrasonic with simple green. Still was a pain. Ran the baffles through the vibratory with walnut shells for a couple hours. A pick and some patience and they were good to go. The whole time, the tubes were just drying. It was like everything inside turned to ash. It scraped clean in just a couple minutes. Pleasant surprise. I think I'll try Breakthrough next time.

 

[Creedmoor]

My experience with sonic cleaners is they remove bluing, don't know what your suppressor finish is. My heavy duty all purpose solvent is Methylene chloride, dissolves anything organic, but follow confined space procedure if you use it in an enclosed area as it is a wicked oxygen displacer.

As a kid my dad had a cleaning tank in the basement that was full of carbon tetrachloride. He would drop parts in it and plug in a air hose to start the agitation.
Back when we played with a cup full of mercury.

 

[profjeremy]

As a kid my dad had a cleaning tank in the basement that was full of carbon tetrachloride. He would drop parts in it and plug in a air hose to start the agitation.
Back when we played with a cup full of mercury.

My dad used to let us roll mercury around in our hands too! Lol

 

[Creedmoor]

My dad used to let us roll mercury around in our hands too! Lol

As a kid the local ymca building got a new boiler to heat the indoor pool. The old one was the size of a truck.
It had a thermometer on it that was 4' or so long. I took it off and dumped it in a milk carton. I probably had a pint of it that we played with.

 

[Leadeye]

Stories like this, my own childhood experiences and a lifetime as an industrial chemist allow me to sleep well even when big media is screaming.

 

[Creedmoor]

Stories like this, my own childhood experiences and a lifetime as an industrial chemist allow me to sleep well even when big media is screaming.

My ex bil was a forensic chemist for Andersons PD, me once made a comment that he wished he had the software because he wanted to put a chunk of me in his mass spectrometer.
I told him, he had a boring childhood.

 

[profjeremy]

My ex bil was a forensic chemist for Andersons PD, me once made a comment that he wished he had the software because he wanted to put a chunk of me in his mass spectrometer.
I told him, he had a boring childhood.

There are good reasons why we are the way we are! Lol

 

[Creedmoor]

There are good reasons why we are the way we are! Lol

Lol.. Christ we had still do have fun.