Stugots
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Is it safe to use CLR for cleaning a nickel boron bcg? I have a number of BCG's that are made of nickel boron and was wondering if the chemicals in CLR will harm any of the parts in it. IE - Firing pin, bolt, gas key etc.
CLR for cleaning a nickel boron bcg?
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ntsqd
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I'm guessing that this question is rooted in the history of nickel plating's tendency to be lifted by gun solvents. While it is a nickel plating, this is a different, better refined process than the plating that earned that reputation. With this process I don't worry about it.
Despite the name I've never thought that CLR as any good at cleaning. I use normal gun solvents for that.
Despite the name I've never thought that CLR as any good at cleaning. I use normal gun solvents for that.
Stugots
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I have used CLR for cleaning titanium and 17/4 steel baffles on my suppressors and it works great! I break down the suppressors, put them in a glass canning jar full of CLR and let it go to town for a few days. I think it's pretty amazing how well it removes carbon, lead etc. from the baffles of a .22 can.
Any idea how CLR would react to phosphate or nitride bolts?
Any idea how CLR would react to phosphate or nitride bolts?
I've never had to clean my NiB bolts more than with some clip and a good rag. They normally just wipe clean, that's the reason I use them.
ntsqd
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Like Mike D, I normally can just wipe them down and they're clean, but then I don't shoot any of the AR's often enough to really get a build-up inside of the BCG. No idea if that build-up even happens as it doesn't on mine.
Tangential:
Need to be really careful with cleaning Ti parts. Some solvents will form a metal salt inside the part and turn it to goo. Gunscrubber is in a family of solvents that can do this. I don't know that it will, just that its chemical make-up is very, very close to being one of those that will. Suggest researching this before continuing.
Tangential:
Need to be really careful with cleaning Ti parts. Some solvents will form a metal salt inside the part and turn it to goo. Gunscrubber is in a family of solvents that can do this. I don't know that it will, just that its chemical make-up is very, very close to being one of those that will. Suggest researching this before continuing.
Stugots
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I built 4 AR's and every year I go out prairie dog hunting out west and shoot the heck out of all 4 of them. (l run a brush with some copper remover in my .204 Ruger after a good day of shooting as I notice it's accuracy slip a little). I HATE the cleaning process, but I will do it religiously after I get back from my trip. I was looking for a short cut or 2 in the cleaning process is all...
I like to use 100% kerosene to soak mine in, it works really well for my nickel boron ones.
