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Ed's Red is a home-brew cleaning solvent. Here is a link to the formula and an explanation.daddySEAL wrote:Charles L. Cotton
"Ed's Red Bath"?
Please tell my what product/solution you immerse them in, please?
Charles L. Cotton wrote:Here are a couple of photos of what I call the "Ed's Red Bath." As I posted earlier, this is a S.A.W. ammo can (a/k/a "Fat 50"). The basket came from Lowe's and as you can see, it fits perfectly.
I've already posted incomplete results of an experiment I was running on soaking field stripped 1911's in Ed's Red. The goal was to see how many times I could do this between completely stripping the slide and frame. The Ed's Red Bath is just going to make this job easier by making it much easier to get the gun/parts out of the bath.
The basket even has handles that fold up & down and in the up position, it's easy to lift the basket and let drain. It is necessary to put small parts like the sear and disconnector and the plunger spring in a small can, as they will fall through the holes in the basket. The can I'm using is an aluminum dog food can about 2" tall with holes drilled in the bottom.
I paid a little over $4 for the basket and the S.A.W. ammo can was $14 plus shipping. I have seen very few at gun shows. Be sure you don't get a 50 Cal. ammo can for this purpose; the basket is exactly the same size and won't fit.
Regards,
Chas.
