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Posted: 10/22/2010 9:25:19 AM EDT
| I saw a post on here about 2 years ago about a guy who made some sort of bath for his bolt. He would put all the BCG parts in there while cleaning rest of the rifle. Does anyone have a link to this? |
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It's Quib's process. http://www.weaponevolution.com/forum/showthread.php?1607-QUIB-S-ODORLESS-MINERAL-SPIRITS-CLP-BOLT-CLEANING-PROCEDURE
I made a soak jar out of a jelly jar and a stainless steel sink strainer with a wire handle to fish the parts out of the solution. It works great. |
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That's the one! Thanks! I have been reading these forums for a couple of years but just got my first AR about 2 weeks ago and I remembered that post.
Here's my AR http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b256/loveforvdubs/006ffab8.jpg Bravo Company upper, lower, and BCG Sorry for the crappy cell pic |
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Odorless Mineral Spirits (Stoddard Solvent) is one of the components of Ed's Red. (Equal Parts Dexron II, IIe or III, K1 Kerosene, and Odorless Mineral Spirits AKA Varsol or Stoddard Solvent)
Mix one quart of each and you are all set. I made mine without the acetone (which is in the original version) since I don't use it in shotguns to remove wad deposits. Great stuff! I throw my BCG parts (except for the Firing Pin Retainer) in and let them soak, then use a tooth brush, just like the man says. I guess I should make a basket out of screening then I could even throw in the retainer, which I am afraid of losing. It can be re-used for a very long time as most of the crap settles out. I suppose we could get into endless argument over which is "better" but I have used Ed's Red for quite a while and I think it is excellent. |
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I cut and crimped the sink screen to fit the jar but I'm going to keep looking for a small one that will fit perfectly in a jar without cutting off the band.
It works great, you can throw the extractor pin and the other little parts in and they all come up when you lift the bale. |
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Here's what I'm using. Works well. Interior pan has holes for drainage.
Walmart. Meat Loaf Pan |
| Never quite understood the need for all that soaking and mixing of special chemicals just to clean AR parts. Using plain ole cheap non chlorinated brake cleaner I can have my BCG clean in less time than it takes to disassmble it. I use cheap Mobil 1 for lube so I just re-apply after a blasting off all the old oil and grime and I'm set for another 1k if I choose. |
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Never quite understood the need for all that soaking and mixing of special chemicals just to clean AR parts. Using plain ole cheap non chlorinated brake cleaner I can have my BCG clean in less time than it takes to disassmble it. I use cheap Mobil 1 for lube so I just re-apply after a blasting off all the old oil and grime and I'm set for another 1k if I choose. I agree!!!! |
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Never quite understood the need for all that soaking and mixing of special chemicals just to clean AR parts. Using plain ole cheap non chlorinated brake cleaner I can have my BCG clean in less time than it takes to disassmble it. I use cheap Mobil 1 for lube so I just re-apply after a blasting off all the old oil and grime and I'm set for another 1k if I choose. I agree!!!! I was the same way, then I whipped me up some of Quib's, but instead use Corrosion-X. I just use a mayo jar and drop the carrier (w/ disassembled bolt inserted) into the jar. (not smart enough to figure a screen yet.) excellent for handgun slides this stuff gets into all of the small nooks better than any of my other lubing methods. when the solvents evaporate, a thin film is left, far better "penetration" and not wet like any of my other methods I use a paintbrush for the lower receiver, barrel nut, iron sights, handguns,..... I'm a believer |
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