Wipe out bore cleaner
- Thread starter Dustin C
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Thorroclean, that's the new liquid abrasive from bullet central right? How you like it?
That’s the stuff, I believe that it is Iosso in a little lighter viscosity liquid. It comes with a “flush” for cleaning out the cleaner.
I use Iosso blue nylon brushes, a little more money, but worth it, they last longer. I use ThorroClean with just the brush and also with a wrapped patch. All my barrels look like the photo. Clean after a two day match ~ 150 rounds. IMO the best cleaner I’ve found.
It still turns Iosso “Black”, the flush helps cleaning it up. For the results, it’s worth it.
I used Thorro Flush on a new barrel and after the 3rd cleaning it wasn’t grouping like it should. I looked at the barrel and found long scratches all the way. I followed the instructions. I’m throwing it out. I’m going to drop it off Thursday to get a barrel for it. Be careful is all I have to say.
I don’t think these things do a damn thing besides turn patches blue lol.
I’ve tried the Wipe-Out, Patch-out, with the Accelerator and without, more than a few times and then switched to using Boretech Eliminator regularly for a few years. And IME they don’t really do dick (besides just make blue patches). Anything that actually dissolves the bad stuff will eat your barrel too if you’re not careful (looking at you CLR lol).
Using a borescope to check before and after makes it painfully obvious how little this stuff actually does.
IME, if you really want to get crap out of your barrel, you need abrasives (Iosso, JB’s, Thorroclean, etc).
I’ve tried the Wipe-Out, Patch-out, with the Accelerator and without, more than a few times and then switched to using Boretech Eliminator regularly for a few years. And IME they don’t really do dick (besides just make blue patches). Anything that actually dissolves the bad stuff will eat your barrel too if you’re not careful (looking at you CLR lol).
Using a borescope to check before and after makes it painfully obvious how little this stuff actually does.
IME, if you really want to get crap out of your barrel, you need abrasives (Iosso, JB’s, Thorroclean, etc).
Thoro flush likely isn't gonna put long scratches in your barrel. I've been using thoroflush and thoroclean since the products were released, in prob 20 different barrels over last 3 years, never have a saw a scratch develop.
I was convinced Wipeout was all I’d ever need. Thought it was stripping everything out of the bore. Then a few years ago I started experiencing pressure issues. Figured it was a carbon ring. Tried all kinds of carbon cleaner…nope. CLR on a patch and the black carbon ring came out in pieces. I could shoot that load again. But not for too long. Started getting heavy bolt lift and flat primers. Backed my load off quite a bit but was still getting max load velocities and high pressure a couple grains under book max. So this time I bought a borescope. That’s when I realized wipeout sucks on carbon. My barrel was black! Bought Carb Out, and boretech carbon remover, as well as automotive stuff. I was plugging the barrel and filling it up with solvent over night and none of them would remove the carbon, even with brushing.
Right at the same time I was battling this a friend sent me a link to Thorroclean. I bought some and after a few minutes work the barrel was spotless. Since then I have found that the Thorroclean struggles with copper fouling towards the end of my barrel. So I use it to strip out the carbon, then a follow up with wipeout gets the remaining copper. I’ve never used an abrasive prior and have not used any others since Thorroclean. I’m pretty satisfied although Frank has me a little nervous and cautious.
I would say that I completely ate up the Wipeout marketing and claims on the can. Yeah, the patches did come out clean, but the barrel sure didn’t. The borescope doesn’t lie, but the patches may.
Right at the same time I was battling this a friend sent me a link to Thorroclean. I bought some and after a few minutes work the barrel was spotless. Since then I have found that the Thorroclean struggles with copper fouling towards the end of my barrel. So I use it to strip out the carbon, then a follow up with wipeout gets the remaining copper. I’ve never used an abrasive prior and have not used any others since Thorroclean. I’m pretty satisfied although Frank has me a little nervous and cautious.
I would say that I completely ate up the Wipeout marketing and claims on the can. Yeah, the patches did come out clean, but the barrel sure didn’t. The borescope doesn’t lie, but the patches may.
Abrasives and borescope are tools… used correctly they are money, over use them like a knucklehead and you can bubba some shit you can’t undo.
Barrels are like tires in that they have a useable life… use the tools you need to in order to prolong their life, but nothing lasts forever.
Barrels are like tires in that they have a useable life… use the tools you need to in order to prolong their life, but nothing lasts forever.
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