Anyone clean their gun with shaving cream?
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jeff-10
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When I was in the army I would clean my SAW with shaving cream. I know the machine gunners cleaned the M240s and M60s with shaving cream also. Never bothered on anything else.
orionengnr
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Carb cleaner--NO!!!
Brake cleaner--yes.
Carb cleaner eats rubber, softens/embrittles some plastics (M-16). Brake cleaner willl not harm either, but cuts the gunk just as well.
Either may damage wooden stocks or their finishes. Not a concern with an M-16.
Boomerang
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Considering what it does to knives and pots and pans, I don't think I would want to put my gun in the dishwasher with any dishwasher detergent. Maybe just water.
As for Q-tips, the kind at the drugstore for use with makeup are the best ones. The cotton is hard and flat on one end and the other is a cotton point. When you add oil to the ends, the cotton softens up, but not soft enough that the ends fall apart.
These jobbies—
As for Q-tips, the kind at the drugstore for use with makeup are the best ones. The cotton is hard and flat on one end and the other is a cotton point. When you add oil to the ends, the cotton softens up, but not soft enough that the ends fall apart.
These jobbies—
Oohrah
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To Navy Joe and his mercury. BE SURE TO REMOVE ALL GOLD RINGS
WHEN YOU HANDLE IT ! Like lead, it will combine with Gold and ruin
your rings. Old miners used to use it to pick up tiny amounts of gold
and gold dust with it. Separate the two with heat. Used for heavy
leading in bores, never leave it in the bore. Like ammonia, it will corode
the bore. Still mined, but not much. Ore is called cinnebar! Vapor and
used in silver filling is told to not be good for ya. Be inclined to use
rubber gloves.
Never heard of the shaving cream as a cleaner, but can recall in the
Marines, hot soapy water, followed by hotter water, and lastly oil lightly
coated. Only used when GI bore cleaner wasn't available!
WHEN YOU HANDLE IT ! Like lead, it will combine with Gold and ruin
your rings. Old miners used to use it to pick up tiny amounts of gold
and gold dust with it. Separate the two with heat. Used for heavy
leading in bores, never leave it in the bore. Like ammonia, it will corode
the bore. Still mined, but not much. Ore is called cinnebar! Vapor and
used in silver filling is told to not be good for ya. Be inclined to use
rubber gloves.
Never heard of the shaving cream as a cleaner, but can recall in the
Marines, hot soapy water, followed by hotter water, and lastly oil lightly
coated. Only used when GI bore cleaner wasn't available!
DawgFvr
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Wow...that brought back memories. Returning from ranges, I would use WD40 and shaving cream on my M16A2...shower with it...and then pour boiling water over the metal parts prior to cleaning with CLP. Always got by the armorer and always went bang when I returned to the next range firing. Of course, it was the military's weapon...not my personal weapon. I wouldn't do that with mine...or would I?
Ragnar Danneskjold
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At Basic, our Drill Sergeants would take our shaving cream if our lockers were left unlocked and write stuff on the floor with it. When left for a few hours the shaving cream would clean that area of the floor so well that whatever was written would stay visible for weeks.
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