A naive question: how do you clean the bronze brush itself when it gets dirty with all the fouling it took out from the barrel?
How to clean bronze brush itself?
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Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
I have a small Hoppe's bottle that is used only for brush cleaning. The brush is sloshed around, then rinsed in mineral spirits to remove any residue. When the Hoppe's gets trashed, clean & refill. Been doing this for more years than I can remember.
I'm cheap.
Kevin
I have a small Hoppe's bottle that is used only for brush cleaning. The brush is sloshed around, then rinsed in mineral spirits to remove any residue. When the Hoppe's gets trashed, clean & refill. Been doing this for more years than I can remember.
I'm cheap.
Kevin
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
I keep a can of spray brake cleaner in my kit.
I buy the stuff by the case at Wally World!
I keep a can of spray brake cleaner in my kit.
I buy the stuff by the case at Wally World!
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
I use non-chlorinated brake cleaner. Or I dip it in alcohol and then use compressed air to dry it.
I use non-chlorinated brake cleaner. Or I dip it in alcohol and then use compressed air to dry it.
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
Same as most other folks above...brake or carb cleaner in a spray can with a straw nozzle to direct the spray a little more precisely and with a little more pressure...works well and has for as long as I can recall.
Same as most other folks above...brake or carb cleaner in a spray can with a straw nozzle to direct the spray a little more precisely and with a little more pressure...works well and has for as long as I can recall.
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
Use a water based bore cleaner like TM Total Solution and just swish them in a cup of water.
Use a water based bore cleaner like TM Total Solution and just swish them in a cup of water.
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
I'd squirt it with Windex, rinse with water, shake and air dry.
Greg
I'd squirt it with Windex, rinse with water, shake and air dry.
Greg
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hellbender</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I keep a can of spray brake cleaner in my kit.
I buy the stuff by the case at Wally World! </div></div>
X2, just make sure to do it outside unless you already have too much gray matter.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hellbender</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I keep a can of spray brake cleaner in my kit.
I buy the stuff by the case at Wally World! </div></div>
X2, just make sure to do it outside unless you already have too much gray matter.
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
If you have an old, cheap cleaning rod, cut about 6"-8" off the end of it, screw on you brush, and chuck the rod into a drill. Dip the brush in a jar of solvent and give it a spin.
If you have an old, cheap cleaning rod, cut about 6"-8" off the end of it, screw on you brush, and chuck the rod into a drill. Dip the brush in a jar of solvent and give it a spin.
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Captain Moroni</div><div class="ubbcode-body">They are cheap just like high school use 'em and loose 'em</div></div>
...."yank 'em and crank 'em and don't stand around to thank 'em"
they are fucking consumable...................
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Captain Moroni</div><div class="ubbcode-body">They are cheap just like high school use 'em and loose 'em</div></div>
...."yank 'em and crank 'em and don't stand around to thank 'em"
they are fucking consumable...................
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jamescaan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I use non-chlorinated brake cleaner. Or I dip it in alcohol and then use compressed air to dry it. </div></div>
I also do the same
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jamescaan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I use non-chlorinated brake cleaner. Or I dip it in alcohol and then use compressed air to dry it. </div></div>
I also do the same
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
I buy several at a time and when they are dirty I chuck em and grab a new one. Too cheap to waste too much time on.
I buy several at a time and when they are dirty I chuck em and grab a new one. Too cheap to waste too much time on.
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
I use bronze and nylon brushes , I clean them with break clean each time I brush my bore (after every brushing cycle). This way I never pass a dirty brush down my bore , and also the solvent will not deteriate them whial sitting.
I use bronze and nylon brushes , I clean them with break clean each time I brush my bore (after every brushing cycle). This way I never pass a dirty brush down my bore , and also the solvent will not deteriate them whial sitting.
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BOLTRIPPER</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Captain Moroni</div><div class="ubbcode-body">They are cheap just like high school use 'em and loose 'em</div></div>
...."yank 'em and crank 'em and don't stand around to thank 'em"
they are fucking consumable................... </div></div>
+1000
mouse07410 - forget it - use the time more productively - get more trigger time!.
Go down the brush cleaning route and what will you be doing next? Washing out your patches???
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BOLTRIPPER</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Captain Moroni</div><div class="ubbcode-body">They are cheap just like high school use 'em and loose 'em</div></div>
...."yank 'em and crank 'em and don't stand around to thank 'em"
they are fucking consumable................... </div></div>
+1000
mouse07410 - forget it - use the time more productively - get more trigger time!.
Go down the brush cleaning route and what will you be doing next? Washing out your patches???
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
I don't use bronze. I use nylon most of the time. I just hose them with brake cleaner.
I don't use bronze. I use nylon most of the time. I just hose them with brake cleaner.
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
My thinking is that a bronze brush is relatively puny compared to some deposits of carbon and copper fouling. Expecting one to scub them loose may be a bit optimistic.
IMHO, it's the soaking action of the solvent that does the brunt of the work. I think the best strategy for employing a brush is to simply use it to distribute the solvent more deeply and thoroughly within the rifling. So my procedure begins by saturating the bore with solvent, then immediately following up with a brush to get it all worked into the fouling.
For this purpose, a nylon bush is probably every bit as effective as a bronze one.
Greg
My thinking is that a bronze brush is relatively puny compared to some deposits of carbon and copper fouling. Expecting one to scub them loose may be a bit optimistic.
IMHO, it's the soaking action of the solvent that does the brunt of the work. I think the best strategy for employing a brush is to simply use it to distribute the solvent more deeply and thoroughly within the rifling. So my procedure begins by saturating the bore with solvent, then immediately following up with a brush to get it all worked into the fouling.
For this purpose, a nylon bush is probably every bit as effective as a bronze one.
Greg
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
again...what is this "clean" i keep reading about here? is this janitorhide?
again...what is this "clean" i keep reading about here? is this janitorhide?
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
Since you've asked repeatedly...
This 'cleaning' is a reasonably common process whereby bore pitting is forestalled.
While what could probably be described as bore neglect can have potential accuracy benefits; the processes that can ultimately destroy a bore's accuracy aren't going to up and cease simply because we don't care to take them seriously.
Clean, don't clean, I'm not telling you it's essential. I'm just telling you I have some concerns about bore preservation that lend themselves to cleaning my rifle before corrosive degradation can get itself well and truly set up for a meal of my favorite bores.
As for cleaning brushes, it's simply a matter where I feel it makes little sense to put back into a bore the very crud I just worked so diligently to get out of it. I wipe the rod each time it comes out of the bore, and I flush the brush after each use. Some of that crud is abrasive (Silica, that's sand and/or pulverized glass, is a regular component of primer compounds. The process of primer ignition employs friction, not percussion.), and some may also be corrosive; so I'd rather make sure that once it's out, it stays out.
Greg
Since you've asked repeatedly...
This 'cleaning' is a reasonably common process whereby bore pitting is forestalled.
While what could probably be described as bore neglect can have potential accuracy benefits; the processes that can ultimately destroy a bore's accuracy aren't going to up and cease simply because we don't care to take them seriously.
Clean, don't clean, I'm not telling you it's essential. I'm just telling you I have some concerns about bore preservation that lend themselves to cleaning my rifle before corrosive degradation can get itself well and truly set up for a meal of my favorite bores.
As for cleaning brushes, it's simply a matter where I feel it makes little sense to put back into a bore the very crud I just worked so diligently to get out of it. I wipe the rod each time it comes out of the bore, and I flush the brush after each use. Some of that crud is abrasive (Silica, that's sand and/or pulverized glass, is a regular component of primer compounds. The process of primer ignition employs friction, not percussion.), and some may also be corrosive; so I'd rather make sure that once it's out, it stays out.
Greg
Re: How to clean bronze brush itself?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Greg Langelius *</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since you've asked repeatedly...
This 'cleaning' is a reasonably common process whereby bore pitting is forestalled.
While what could probably be described as bore neglect can have potential accuracy benefits; the processes that can ultimately destroy a bore's accuracy aren't going to up and cease simply because we don't care to take them seriously.
Clean, don't clean, I'm not telling you it's essential. I'm just telling you I have some concerns about bore preservation that lend themselves to cleaning my rifle before corrosive degradation can get itself well and truly set up for a meal of my favorite bores.
As for cleaning brushes, it's simply a matter where I feel it makes little sense to put back into a bore the very crud I just worked so diligently to get out of it. I wipe the rod each time it comes out of the bore, and I flush the brush after each use. Some of that crud is abrasive (Silica, that's sand and/or pulverized glass, is a regular component of primer compounds. The process of primer ignition employs friction, not percussion.), and some may also be corrosive; so I'd rather make sure that once it's out, it stays out.
Greg </div></div>
Very well stated I could not agree more!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Greg Langelius *</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since you've asked repeatedly...
This 'cleaning' is a reasonably common process whereby bore pitting is forestalled.
While what could probably be described as bore neglect can have potential accuracy benefits; the processes that can ultimately destroy a bore's accuracy aren't going to up and cease simply because we don't care to take them seriously.
Clean, don't clean, I'm not telling you it's essential. I'm just telling you I have some concerns about bore preservation that lend themselves to cleaning my rifle before corrosive degradation can get itself well and truly set up for a meal of my favorite bores.
As for cleaning brushes, it's simply a matter where I feel it makes little sense to put back into a bore the very crud I just worked so diligently to get out of it. I wipe the rod each time it comes out of the bore, and I flush the brush after each use. Some of that crud is abrasive (Silica, that's sand and/or pulverized glass, is a regular component of primer compounds. The process of primer ignition employs friction, not percussion.), and some may also be corrosive; so I'd rather make sure that once it's out, it stays out.
Greg </div></div>
Very well stated I could not agree more!
