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Welcome to the board!  Yes carb and brake cleaner are two favorites of quite a few folks here. I don’t use it to clean my entire weapon but use it to flush out the barrel and locking lugs, de-grease parts in preparation for finishing, and use it to flush out bore brushes and mops for storage. Those are just a few examples of it’s usage, I’m sure some folks will chime in with more! |
| How do you all dispose of it once used? I use an oil drane pan, clean my parts, and pour the carb cleaner, gun scrubber or whatever in a 2 liter plastic drink bottle, save it until I change the oil on one of my trucks and put the used oil in the same bottle, shake and recycle it at a Jiffy lube type joint |
Yep! I use BC to flush out my barrel and locking lugs. So holding the upper assembly inverted and spraying down the barrel, all the excess runs out the end and onto a paper towel or rag. From there it evaporates! Nothing to dispose of!
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BC works great to get into the nooks and craneys of an upper, very cheap too. Have used it to flush out barrels, and bolt carriers gets rid of 90% of the powder residue, really makes cleaning much faster. Just be sure to re-lube, as it leaves nothing behind. Tony Longtrain |
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So it doesn't matter what type of barrel we have chrome lined etc? How many rounds would warrant a cleaning of this type? Can you clean the entire bolt with it as well? I usually clean the entire rifle inside and out with Rem Oil. Any further information would be greatly appreciated. |
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I spray non-chlor brake cleaner into my gas key / gas tube, and where ever else it happens to end up. (bolt, carrier, bore) Prob. is, it doesn't remove much junk meaning I can still get things cleaner with a patch / q-tip and hoppes semi-auto. Be careful with dry film lubed mags and parts. I found out the hard way with my LMT buffer tube. Wondered why the patch kept coming out grey. (Yes, I cleaned out my buffer tube before swapping out the RRA one.) 
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Most carb cleaner has an oily and slimy residue these days. Brake cleaner is the product to use. Be sure to oil lightly afterward with CLP or you will get rust. I use brake cleaner on rimfire semi-autos when they get really gunked up, followed by a blast of air from the compressor. |
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I don't remember exactly which I used...B12 Chemtool Carb cleaner, or brake cleaner, but I had a very expensive Galil, sprayed it, and noticed that when I rubbed it down with a patch, a thin film of the Parkerizing came off......I've NEVER used either since on Parked guns. Wet a patch, and rub it on the already clean exposed surface, if no park comes off then continue onward. But I'm still going to avoid it. |
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