Need to know how to neutralize that CLR completely. Stainless steel has nickel in it if I'm not mistaken. CLR destroys nickel-plated bathroom fixtures.
Water..this is what the manufacturer says.
Need to know how to neutralize that CLR completely. Stainless steel has nickel in it if I'm not mistaken. CLR destroys nickel-plated bathroom fixtures.
For the really caked on stuff in the front half of the cylinder recesses [I believe that's a proper name for them]
Look folks, I was simply stating my experience and opinion, that’s all. Feel free to do whatever you like. After all, it’s your rifle. I have used lots of chemicals on stainless steel in the past and have NEVER had an issue, but I am very, very anal about my work and extremely careful. I have seen what can happen if the metal is not completely washed of all chemical, by what I have seen other Techs do. If a person were to completely neutralize and wash away all traces of chemical, it should do just fine.I gave everything a try but after I tried it on my barrel some CLR must have been in the locking log channel and eched my bolt face , luckily I cought it in time . So make sure you remove it all after trying . Haven't used it since.
Chris
Cylinder flutes?
Ned,
I used to get diluted nitric acid from Lowes or Home Depot. Don't know if the Feds or State folks will still let you get it from an HW store.
HTH,
DocBII
I think the best bet is to not let it get to hard carbon in the first place ?
As I understand it there is one chemical that will dissolve carbon, but I cannot recommend its use in the normal way we handle barrel cleaning products....
carbon tetrachloride. No, I am not running out to find a source, and even if I had some I would not open and use it...too dangerous.
I found .1 mole solution [I think that means pretty weak] on Amazon.
Unfortunately, I do not have ready access to concentrated nitric acid as I once did, so obtaining some might be problematic.
I found .1 mole solution [I think that means pretty weak] on Amazon.
Yeah. We used it in high school chemistry. Anyone who got some splashed on them had a nasty burn.nitric acid is pretty nasty stuff