I'm brand new to suppressor ownership. I've got a .22 rimfire can with aluminum baffles. I've found that dielectric grease makes clean up easy, only needing wiped off with paper towels. This stuff out of the tube is really thick, sticky even. Are there any negatives using something so viscous? I only shot about a hundred rounds dry yesterday and was amazed how much crap is stuck on. I'd prefer not to do that again.
Suppressors Baffle Treatment
- Thread starter CountryShooter
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There are tons of sprays when Googled. Any particular one that works well? The grease I mentioned works well for me. I was mostly wondering if there is any performance degradation from using something so thick inside my suppressor.
This has worked well for me. I am brand agnostic and believe that just about any MIG anti spatter should work just fine.
As 2AF says above, silicon oil should work just fine. I haven’t read the label of contents, but I’d bet the MIG anti spatter has a generous content of silicon in it.
Have you tried on something larger than rimfire? I decided to do the DOT5 treatment on a 9mm baffle stack. I probably have cancer going on in my lungs from the huge noxious clouds. OMG it was awful. I'm guessing rimfire baffles won't get as hot.
I only had about 200 rounds through my aluminum rimfire suppressor, but decided to give it a cleaning. Boretech suggeseted filling it up with C4 Eliminator and leaving it overnight. FYI, closed cell foam ear plug will slowly saturate and leak- ask me how I know. Anyway, an overnight soak and a few paper towels and it is as clean as it was when bought. Contrary to what I was given to expect, cleaning this rimfire suppressor it was...
By the way, Boretech says that C4 Eliminator is safe for AL, and they recommend it over their rimfire blend for cleaning a rimfire suppressor. But, they have a new suppressor cleaner coming out in the next few months...
Why post this in a thread about treatments? With as easy as it was to clean, no treatment is necessary.
By the way, Boretech says that C4 Eliminator is safe for AL, and they recommend it over their rimfire blend for cleaning a rimfire suppressor. But, they have a new suppressor cleaner coming out in the next few months...
Why post this in a thread about treatments? With as easy as it was to clean, no treatment is necessary.
