Kroil as a all purpose cleaner

[ptf18]

Do many of you use Kroil as a all around cleaner?

Not counting on it to remove copper fouling or as a lubricant but as a all around cleaner.

Seems to clean out bore fouling carbon. I follow it up with a bore cleaner product after getting the majority of crud out of the bore with Kroil.

Thoughts?

 

[BoydAllen]

Years ago, I found that adding about one third Kroil to Hoppes #9 improved its action on powder fouling. Since then, I have been using Butch's by itself with good results.

 

[jonbearman]

Kroil is a great cleaner but its smell makes other cleaners smell good.

 

[bheadboy]

Jon

any one living in NY can not complain about smell.

Bob

 

[Medic505]

I've used kroil for years. Both in industry and as a solvent for cleaning. It works great. Only cleaner that smells better than Kroil is Hoppes #9.

 

[mshelton]

Kroil is a great cleaner but its smell makes other cleaners smell good.

Smells like fermented urinal cakes.

 

[MrMajestic]

Jon

any one living in NY can not complain about smell.

Bob

Bob, That's New Jersey!
My Wife asked me to kiss it where it stinks so I took her to Jersey...

 

[Medic505]

Kroil is a great cleaner but its smell makes other cleaners smell good.

Smells like fermented urinal cakes.

LMAO!!! I can't say I've ever been close enough to a fermented urinal cake to get a whiff. I guess there is something to be said for being 6'1".

 

[Medic505]

I totally agree with Donovan. When I do use kroil, it's to run a few wet patches through the bore after a match and let it soak on the way home. Then the Bore Tech comes out.

 

[lpreddick]

mix a little kroil with jb paste to make a slurry and use to get the carbon ring out of my chambers. a dab on a thick nylon brush and twirl in the last few mm of the chamber and the ring is gone.

 

[johara1]

With out a doubt the best cleaner is Wart hog 1134 and followed with 50/50 mix of Kroil and Hoppes#9……. no copper no carbon fast don't soak anything when i'm ready to shoot i run a 11/8 patch down the bore and it leaves a film, i don't shoot over a clean dry bore….. jim

 

[Alexander-M]

A couple years ago I conducted a test with Kroil to see if would do exactly what your asking. I cleaned one of my match barrels that had 80 rounds down it, from start to finish with Kroil only and inspecting it with a bore-scope throughout the task. When I was done and no more fouling of any kind would come out on the patches, the barrel was not truly clean with hardened carbon/copper layer still remaining.
With that said, my answer is No, it is not a all purpose cleaner. While it did do a fair job at removing the loose powder, primer, and copper fouling, it did not get the hard layered fouling.

In another test I conducted the same test with "Kreen" which is another product made by Kano. While it did get more true hard carbon out, it did not get it out entirely either. Nor did a mix of both Kroil and Kreen in further tests.

Where I myself do like Kroil is for removing Moly from a barrel when using Moly-coated bullets and find it very effective for that purpose.

My 2-cents
Donovan Moran

Donovan,
I suspect you followed up or repeated a similar test with other cleaners. What cleaner/solvent did you find would remove "the hard layered fouling"?

Thx-

Nando

 

[OIF/OEF]

SLIP 2000 is the best stuff around or so says Johnbearman....I am joking I think I read somewhere he's not fond of this stuff so I had to say it. I mix Kroil with Hoppes #9 also but have gone to 50 BMG ? I think its called, I made the mistake of taking a big wiff of it and no joke I thought I was gonna pass out it hurt like hell. Kroil is expensive also


Very Respectfully

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Knock r loose from CRC is an exact copy of kroil with lots lower price. I get mine from fastenal.

 

[mac86951]

Kroil is a great cleaner but its smell makes other cleaners smell good.

+1 to that

 

[SmokinJoe]

I would agree that Kroil removes the softer stuff very effectively. It seemed to be the best product for cleaning my rimfire barrels when I shot a little rimfire BR a few years ago. For the harder carbon, I think the abrasive pastes probably do the best job. I use JB for the most part, with an occaisional use of IOSSO on a brush in stubborn cases.

 

[jonbearman]

slip 2000 is as useful as a screen door on a submarine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fdshuster]

As dmoran posted: unless you are using a borescope to actually see the bore surface and the results first hand, you have no way of knowing what product(s) will effectively remove the very difficult to remove carbon fouling.

I too have tried Kroil, and while it will remove the soft & loose powder fouling, it does nothing for copper and carbon.

 

[JDMock]

According to Speedy and his borescope, Kroil leaves a carbon residue in the barrel after firing. Since it is OIL, this makes sense. A better choice would be straight Butch's or TM Cleaner. Both are good for removing copper and carbon. Good shooting...James

 

[mshelton]

Well, since we're on the subject of oil for a bore cleaner, I've used Ballistol to scrub out bores, anyone know if that has the same undesired effects as Kroil?