For what ever reason folks seem to dabble in the off the wall "lets try this."
Some work well. Some, well they just either blow up in the garage or
do nothing. Are folks just trying to save a buck ?
My stuff is important to me. I`m not about to try something cause somebody said. No disrespect to anybody intended.
I only use time tested stuff. Can`t go wrong with that. Especially when it comes to weapons..................
In my personal opinion, firearms are machines. Nothing more, nothing less. When you stop looking at guns as special objects and start looking at them the blocks of shaped material they are, you start to see the way people treat their guns as near superstitious. There's not anything necessarily wrong with it, but it leads to interesting results where people treat one hunk of metal completely differently than another, even though they might have similar purposes.
I don't mean any offense, but the thought that simple green is "off the wall" made me laugh. I worked as a machine operator for awhile, so if anything I'm more used to cleaning parts off with (metal friendly formula) simple green than I am cleaning them any other way. I fully admit and warn others that it's not something that needs to be done often, and most firearms will probably never need cleaning that thorough. But, it's another tool in the proverbial tool chest, so I'm not going to complain.
On the flip side, I often used Ed's Red in the machine shop to keep things clean and rust free, just as long as the surface I was cleaning didn't come in contact with any fluids that the Ed's would contaminate. It worked very well.
Remember, though, much of the time it's those off-the-wall people doing the off-the-wall ideas that end up driving innovation. As long as one is smart about experimentation there isn't a huge amount of risk to be had in trying new ideas out, all things considered.