Another cleaning post

[cw308]

When serving overseas we used JP4 to wash down and clean our M60's . With that in mind I started cleaning my Colt 1911 with charcoal fire starter fluid , works great and leaves a light coat of oil . Anyone out there doing this ? Give it a try or let me know what you think.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Its whats recommended to clean triggers so itll be fine

 

[cw308]

Dusty
Have you tried it as a cleaner ? It does it all , I'm using it as my primary cleaner.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Dusty
Have you tried it as a cleaner ? It does it all , I'm using it as my primary cleaner.

Only on triggers

 

[jelenko]

Personally, I'm not excited about using highly flammable liquids to clean my rifles when there are lots of great alternatives.
Using just a little to wash out a trigger over a trash can is fine

 

[Straightshooter1]

Lemi Shine !!

I've mentioned this before, but it seems no one else is using it except with their brass cleaning.

One day I had this bright idea to see if Lemi Shine would clean up my crown of my Krieger SS barrel or the break I had mounted on it. So I put a concentration of Lemi Shine in a small jar using very hot water and put my break in. Immediately it fizzed an the carbon and burt powder coating started coming off. After a minute I removed the break and rinsed it with some clean hot water. Most of the black was gone and then with some q-tips, I wiped away the little that remained. Then I took a patch and soaked it with some of that solution and wiped down crown and the black came off really fast, faster than anything else I tried.

Now, since that worked so well on those parts, I wondered how well it'd do on the carbon ring in the chamber. So, I soaked a mop and let it sit in the throat a few minutes, then brushed it with a bronze brush with some of the solution on it and the carbon ring was gone (verified with bore scope).

I only started doing this a few months ago and each time it's worked great. Has anyone else tried using Semi Shine like this?

 

[TAJ45]

Sounds like I need to give this a try on a bbl that more closely resembles The Labrea Tar Pits

 

[Ned Ludd]

When serving overseas we used JP4 to wash down and clean our M60's . With that in mind I started cleaning my Colt 1911 with charcoal fire starter fluid , works great and leaves a light coat of oil . Anyone out there doing this ? Give it a try or let me know what you think.

Lighter fluid should do a fair job of removing carbon fouling, as long as you also add some mechanical action (i.e. a brush). However, it will not touch copper fouling, so you might want to add in a de-coppering step after the lighter fluid. You generally want to get the carbon out first, as there can be significant amounts of copper underneath that won't be as efficiently removed if you use the copper cleaner first. Some copper removers are formulated to also remove some carbon, and they will work "ok" when doubled as a carbon remover.

 

[ptf18]

Lemi Shine !!

I've mentioned this before, but it seems no one else is using it except with their brass cleaning.

One day I had this bright idea to see if Lemi Shine would clean up my crown of my Krieger SS barrel or the break I had mounted on it. So I put a concentration of Lemi Shine in a small jar using very hot water and put my break in. Immediately it fizzed an the carbon and burt powder coating started coming off. After a minute I removed the break and rinsed it with some clean hot water. Most of the black was gone and then with some q-tips, I wiped away the little that remained. Then I took a patch and soaked it with some of that solution and wiped down crown and the black came off really fast, faster than anything else I tried.

Now, since that worked so well on those parts, I wondered how well it'd do on the carbon ring in the chamber. So, I soaked a mop and let it sit in the throat a few minutes, then brushed it with a bronze brush with some of the solution on it and the carbon ring was gone (verified with bore scope).

I only started doing this a few months ago and each time it's worked great. Has anyone else tried using Semi Shine like this?

Straightshooter. Your post perked up my ears. Have you tried this Lemi-Shine on "hard carbon"??? NOT the run of the mill "soft" rather, the carbon that...unless you use and see it with a borescope you wouldn't know its in a bore.

 

[Straightshooter1]

Straightshooter. Your post perked up my ears. Have you tried this Lemi-Shine on "hard carbon"??? NOT the run of the mill "soft" rather, the carbon that...unless you use and see it with a borescope you wouldn't know its in a bore.

That's "hard carbon" I went after is that carbon ring in the throat area of the chamber that I described. It's usually pretty tough to remove and the Lemi Shine + bronze brush took care of it.

Note that I emphasized "a concentration" of the Lemi Shine as it's much more than what one would use when cleaning one's brass. I wish I had made measurements to convey just what the concentration was that I used. But I'd guess that it was about a tablespoon of Semi Shine to ~4 oz of hot water.

 

[Straightshooter1]

So, what does my cleaning results with Lemi Shine look like? Here are some pics of my break from the inside looking out with a Teslong bore scope and one of the area where the carbon ring was:



Krieger 308 barrel with 4,300 rounds fired.

 

[Tommie]

Are Lemi Shine and Semi Shine different products or is that just a typo? Not being a smart ass. Really interested in this subject and want to know. Thanks!

 

[jelenko]

Hmmm. Also, is this the Booster or the Dishwashing Detergent?