Wipeout/Patchout and Durlyn (SP)

[4xforfun]

I was cleaning up a tube that was not installed on an action. I had it fairly clean (I think), but was still seeing traces of copper when i used copper cleaner. It was getting late, so I patched in some Patchout and, for good measure, stuck the bottle up to the tube and gave it good squeeze in to the tube....maybe 1/4 oz. I had already put the thread protector on the chamber end, so I screwed the protector on the muzzle end and gave the tube a shake/tilt...ect to make sure that the whole inside of the tube got a good coating.

One day later I was going to finish the job. i unscrewed the thread protector on the muzzle and dumped out the fluid. The liquid looked black to me, but just figured I was seeing things. Anyway...first patch....BLACK...WAY BLACK!! I was expecting some blue from the copper.

My question...did the Patchout find something that I missed in the BBL? Did it react and "eat" the durlyn? ( Not sure that it is durlyn (sp), but it looks like the same material that my Surefeeds are made of....black durlyn..durlon...whatever the spelling. I don't believe that it was carbon..I was under the assumption that you need to "mechanically" remove carbon....it does not dissolve.

To test, I cleaned up a thread protector a few min ago and filled it 1/2 way up with some more Patchout.....just in case no one has the answer. Will check it out Tuesday PM

What say you?
Tod

Poatscript...as I wrote this I had said tube soaking in Sweets. Patch came out white....zero copper.

 

[LHSmith]

Delrin....a Dupont trademarked name for acetal...a high-end thermo-plastic which is affected by some acidic compounds. Don't leave Sweets in the bore more than a few minutes.

 

[Killshot]

My question...did the Patchout find something that I missed in the BBL? Did it react and "eat" the durlyn?
What say you?
Tod

It won't touch the delrin, what you saw was from the barrel.
I do the plug and soak myself.

And it also works with my barrels.

 

[4xforfun]

My question...did the Patchout find something that I missed in the BBL? Did it react and "eat" the durlyn?
What say you?
Tod

It won't touch the delrin, what you saw was from the barrel.
I do the plug and soak myself.

And it also works with my barrels.

You are 100% correct!! I check my thread protector which I had full of Patchout for a couple of days now. The liquid was as clear as water. Wiped it out with a white patch....clean as a whistle. Another shooter friend of mine pointed out that most quality bore guides were made of the same stuff. Again...100% correct. I have been soaking my bore guides in this stuff for over ten thousand years....never saw a problem.

The black crap had to come from the bore. I would have bet money that it was all but clean (except for traces of copper) before I soaked it! ???

Can you say BORE SCOPE?

I can....I can also think it......BUT I CAN'T AFFORD IT!!!

 

[dtucker]

AH OH, you may not have any rifling left after leaving it in their that long ;D JUST KIDDING

 

[4xforfun]

AH OH, you may not have any rifling left after leaving it in their that long ;D JUST KIDDING

I think it says right on the Wipe-Out bottle....."OK to leave in BBL for 10,000 years or more".

 

[Killshot]

AH OH, you may not have any rifling left after leaving it in their that long ;D JUST KIDDING

That made me laugh.

/ wouldn't that be horrible? Mix up some home-brew cleaner and..............oh NO!