Tips&Tricks

[jbirds1210]

What is the one quirky thing in your cleaning/maintenance box that you bet nobody else uses?? With all of the intuitive people on this forum, I bet there are some strange (and useful) items to list.

I find that a set of childrens paint brushes gets into some of the tight places in a slide and frame that are almost impossible to reach without a detail strip.

What say you for weird tools and cleaning ideas?
Jason

[ElGato]

You mean like old dental pick's, toilet tissue, #2 pencils and stainless steel scrubing pad's

[txinvestigator]

You mean like old dental pick's, toilet tissue, #2 pencils and stainless steel scrubing pad's

Besides a dental pick (my dear mother was a dental assistant until early this year) I use just standard stuff.

[longtooth]

Dental pick, tiny screwdriver, I cut my own patches from old t-shirts, q-tips of coarce.

What is the #2 pencil for?

[flintknapper]

Long bristled (soft) toothbrush and Berryman's B-12 Carb. cleaner.

[longtooth]

I have several tooth brushes too. Exactly how do you use the Berry's. Along with solvent or in place of?
edit: And good morning to you my freind.


2nd edit: NOTED MY POST COUNT. 911 - Had to do it w/ a reverent resolve.

[Chris]

i've got a lot of tools like allen wrenches, tiny screwdrivers, rubber mallet, pliers, etc. but i get a lot of use from a firing pin out of a 1944 enfield. is that weird?

[flintknapper]

I have several tooth brushes too. Exactly how do you use the Berry's. Along with solvent or in place of?
edit: And good morning to you my freind.

You could use the Berryman's by itself, but my normal routine is to strip the weapon, use a toothbrush and varsol to scrub the slide, frame and magazines. I clean the barrel with bore scrubber and then use Berryman's to spray all the parts off. Berryman's (and probably any Carb. cleaner) removes all grease, oil, films, etc...but dries very quickly and leaves almost no residue. You can use the nozzle to spray into areas that you can't reach with a brush. Be sure to thoroughly lube the weapon afterward, because it will definitely be "dry". Naturally, you'll want to do the "Berryman's" part outside.

If you have wooden grips on your weapon remove them first, aside from that, I have not found Berryman's to be destructive to other parts or finishes.

Its also the best darn Wasp Spray in the world IMO.

[longtooth]

Thank you my friend. Good process sounds like. Will try it.

[ElGato]

We don't want to forget Brake Clean

[Glockamolie]

Yep, brake cleaner (I use O'Reilly Auto Parts brand) is Gun Scrubber without the $8 price tag.

[jbirds1210]

Now I must know....what is the #2 pencil used for?

[Tom]

I use el cheapo pipe cleaners on the firing pin holes of my rifle bolts. And also on the bolt carrier of my
AR's. Lots of small places that need something passed through them to get the crud out.
Other than that just the usual stuff. I do make my own Ed's Red for all of the times when Hoppe's #9, or some such,
would have been called for. Seems to work great and I don't have to worry about getting it all out before re-lubing.

Kind Regards,

Tom

[Charles L. Cotton]

I just found a wire basket with folding handles that I am going to use for soaking guns in Ed's Red. (Got it at Lowe’s) The basket is exactly the same size as the outer dimensions of a 50 Cal. ammo can, so it won't go in. I found something called a S.A.W. (aka "Fat 50") can that is only an inch or so larger and the basket will fit perfectly. This way I can leave the Ed's Red in the can, rather than having to pour it each time I want to use it. The basket makes it easy to get the gun and parts out and to let them drain.

I'll post pictures when the S.A.W. can arrives.

Chas.

[Diode]

I just found a wire basket with folding handles that I am going to use for soaking guns in Ed's Red. (Got it at Lowe’s) The basket is exactly the same size as the outer dimensions of a 50 Cal. ammo can, so it won't go in. I found something called a S.A.W. (aka "Fat 50") can that is only an inch or so larger and the basket will fit perfectly. This way I can leave the Ed's Red in the can, rather than having to pour it each time I want to use it. The basket makes it easy to get the gun and parts out and to let them drain.

I'll post pictures when the S.A.W. can arrives.

Chas.

But will it cook french fries?