Anybody pretreating your Aluminum baffles to make them easier to clean? I have heard of people using Anti-spatter MIG Welding Spray. Is it safe on Aluminum? Also heard of people using FIRECLean anti-fouling oil.
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I'm using anti-spatter as a pre-treatment. Not on aluminum though. I don't know of any negative side effects, but you might e-mail or call the mfr. Here's what I use;Anybody pretreating your Aluminum baffles to make them easier to clean? I have heard of people using Anti-spatter MIG Welding Spray. Is it safe on Aluminum? Also heard of people using FIRECLean anti-fouling oil.
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That stuff is water based, I don’t see why it would t work for aluminumI'm using anti-spatter as a pre-treatment. Not on aluminum though. I don't know of any negative side effects, but you might e-mail or call the mfr. Here's what I use;
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That's what I'm inclined to think.That stuff is water based, I don’t see why it would t work for aluminum
All the more a reason to use a pre-treatment.For example if you shoot 100 rounds in a day then come back two weeks later and shoot another hundred and so on and so forth by the time it's time to clean (per the round count) it might be a month or two.
In instances like that the carbon will set up like concrete and will require more work and time to get clean.
I've got nothing against it by any means.All the more a reason to use a pre-treatment.
Good answer.I've got nothing against it by any means.
That said I don't own aluminum baffles by choice. I can throw mine in a tumbler and be done with it. Even then though I still have to soak mine to get them clean, at least some of them.
Maybe it's just me and my regiment (or lack of one). Even pre treatment doesn't help that much so essentially I quit doing it.
If someone is really good about cleaning their can after every range trip then pre treatment will definitely help. I don't do that though. I do clean but it's sporadic at best or "when it needs it". I have so many other guns to shoot that I might shoot a few hundred rounds of rimfire and then shoot it again a month later. By the time I go through 500 to 700 rounds it might be several months in between cleanings.
In that kind of situation I have found that pre treatment doesn't have as big of a benefit. And since I use stainless baffles in everything rimfire I can just put the dirty baffles in a coffee cup and soak them while I sleep and then just put them in a tumbler the next day. It's less work and less time consuming for me and my system to do it that way.
Brake fluid does work in a technical sense of the word. I just found it cumbersome to use, especially when you can use Frog lube or something similar and get as good or better results without all the downsides of brake fluid.I've read about good results with the brake fluid. Although, I have also read that it's particular about its application, which will lead to the bad smell and poofs of smoke for a few.
I'm in the SS camp, so I don't have first hand knowledge. Only what I've read of others doing
Which Brand do you use? Have you tried a Silicone spray?I use silicone grease. Works well.