I occasionally use break cleaner to clean out trigger assemblies of grease and crud...the high pressure spray tube really gets into the nooks and crannies of the trigger and dissolves and blasts grease, old lubricant, dirt and crap right out of there...thats the only use I use it for...everything else I use WD40 and a Stiff AR15 Issue .MIL Cleaning Brush, Bore and Chamber brushes, the WD40 penetrates, and is a very good solvent for cleaning...I use a copper solvent for bores...everything gets blown air dry or wiped clean with cotton rags...this leaves a thin WD40 coating on the surfaces, moving parts get a lube with the appropriate lubricant...
BRAKE FLUID will remove any paint from your stocks or metal surfaces...I avoid it around my guns...