Which cleaning solution to use between shots?
04-06-2010, 06:48 PM
#21
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,605
Gm54-120
Can not figure out why you would add water... Windex is probably 95% water... and you are wanting the ammonia to evap and carry water with it in the evaporation process...
I can understand FG adding water he is always doing weird things... and there is not explanation...
Can not figure out why you would add water... Windex is probably 95% water... and you are wanting the ammonia to evap and carry water with it in the evaporation process...
I can understand FG adding water he is always doing weird things... and there is not explanation...
Ive experimented a little and the best has been the cheap Dollar Store Windex off brand that probably has more water in it.
I use mostly Hoppes, JB or Montana Extreme products now and only pull out the glass cleaner patches for a quick wipe after about 20-30 shots of BH209 (usually dry patch though) or if i use JSG or T7 for final clean up too.
Last edited by Gm54-120; 04-06-2010 at 08:05 PM.
04-07-2010, 03:24 AM
#22
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 107
Just a note - about "adding" water or not. ALL of the solutions mentioned - Windex, Simple Green, Ammonia, rubbing alcohol, Denatured alcohol, etc. - contain water. Some are 95% water (Windex), some very much less (denatured alky can be less than 1%). Between shots, I want less.
Pete
Pete
Last edited by Pete D.; 04-07-2010 at 03:29 AM.
04-09-2010, 12:32 PM
#24
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 107
Pretty well. "Iso Heet" is 99% Isopropanol (Isopropyl alcohol)(Red Label)
Heet - yellow label - is methanol. (wood alcohol).
Both are generally more expensive than Denatured alcohol - which is ethanol (ethyl alcohol) and not any more effective.
Pete
Heet - yellow label - is methanol. (wood alcohol).
Both are generally more expensive than Denatured alcohol - which is ethanol (ethyl alcohol) and not any more effective.
Pete
