How do you remove moly coating on bullets?

[myshay20]

I tried everything to remove moly from a thousand 22 cal bullets that I coated back when it was popular.Then I looked under my wifes sink and found the answer.She had a product called Bar Keepers Friend thats made for cleaning stainless steel sinks.I put some bullets in a plastic coffee can,covered with water and dumped in some of this powered product,put the lid on and shook it for about a minute.Imagine my surprise when I rinsed out the bullets and the moly was completely gone.Now I"m going to throw them in the tumbler and polish them.Too easy!!

Perfect! worked great for me! 500 Sierra .224 52 GR. HPBT Matchking factory coated. Worked just like you said!

 

[dgr416]

I have to try it on these 338 coated nosler partitions .I have like 2000 of them .They would not come all the way clean in a wet tumbler .

 

[338 dude]

I have like 2,000 .338 combinded technology bullets.I need the moly coating off of them so I can shoot them without screwing up my rifle.I have tried brake clean it didnt work.I really like thess bullets in my 338-378 and 338 wm but dont want that suff in my barrel!!!!!!

Molly coated bullets will definitely NOT screw up your barrel

 

[338 dude]

my fingers seem to be the best magnet for removing moly!
gary

You must be doing it wrong it should not rub off

 

[Calvin45]

I don't know what is in Lubalox but I suspect that it is possibly graphite and tungsten disulfide based .
I have been Molying ( pure MoS2) my own bullets for a very long time and what I have leaned is that the more complicated the coating process is the more potential there is for bi products to gum up the barrel.
Also there is numerous processes and formula's that all get called Moly !
It screws up the whole knowledge base on the subject with confusion .
That is why I use a process that only puts pure MoS2 on the bullet and nothing else . You have to know a bit about how and when to use it and how and when to clean your barrel but I don't have all the BS issues you hear people talking about on the net and using the generic term Moly .

The fact that MoS2 does build up in the barrel to some small degree has thrown people into a panic because they don't understand what they are seeing . However if it did not build up at all it would not do any good !! It needs to build a lamella structure in the bore to be able to support the pressure of the bullet expanding against the bore and also protect from powder heat and erosion .
Some people clean so often that it is a total waste of time using Pure MoS2 as no build up can happen .
It's like painting an old house . The old paint has built up and looks bad but it has done it's job of protecting the surface . That does not mean you panic and say painting is no good because it builds up , cracks and flakes off . You clean it off and paint again .
Same thing with pure MoS2 moly , run it for 300 shots clean it out and run again .
NOTICE HOW I AM SAYING " PURE MoS2 moly " not referring to any other process or coating other than Molybdenum Disulfide MoS2 .
Most of the negative stuff I see written on the net about MoS2 bullet coating is pure garbage from people who sell other products or have never used it or have never used it correctly .
I have had no experience removing Lubalox coating so I don't know how hard it is to scrub it off . Experiment with some steel wool ( wire wool ) on a few bullets by hand and see if it comes off easy or not . If it comes off easy it should polish off in a tumbler using SS media .
The process can't be much more than a spraying or dipping process as too much heat would melt a bullets lead core so it can't be a very hot process I would think .

Lubalox is just copper oxide. No sulfide, no molybdenum, no tungsten...

 

[mtwarych]

Thank you for your knowledge. When moly was becoming popular, people would buy any snake oil additive and call it moly. I did the same as you and learned and studied what was going on with the chemistry and bought the proper products. I have never had a build up or a "horrible" salt coat in any of my weapons. People just don't understand.

I don't know what is in Lubalox but I suspect that it is possibly graphite and tungsten disulfide based .
I have been Molying ( pure MoS2) my own bullets for a very long time and what I have leaned is that the more complicated the coating process is the more potential there is for bi products to gum up the barrel.
Also there is numerous processes and formula's that all get called Moly !
It screws up the whole knowledge base on the subject with confusion .
That is why I use a process that only puts pure MoS2 on the bullet and nothing else . You have to know a bit about how and when to use it and how and when to clean your barrel but I don't have all the BS issues you hear people talking about on the net and using the generic term Moly .

The fact that MoS2 does build up in the barrel to some small degree has thrown people into a panic because they don't understand what they are seeing . However if it did not build up at all it would not do any good !! It needs to build a lamella structure in the bore to be able to support the pressure of the bullet expanding against the bore and also protect from powder heat and erosion .
Some people clean so often that it is a total waste of time using Pure MoS2 as no build up can happen .
It's like painting an old house . The old paint has built up and looks bad but it has done it's job of protecting the surface . That does not mean you panic and say painting is no good because it builds up , cracks and flakes off . You clean it off and paint again .
Same thing with pure MoS2 moly , run it for 300 shots clean it out and run again .
NOTICE HOW I AM SAYING " PURE MoS2 moly " not referring to any other process or coating other than Molybdenum Disulfide MoS2 .
Most of the negative stuff I see written on the net about MoS2 bullet coating is pure garbage from people who sell other products or have never used it or have never used it correctly .
I have had no experience removing Lubalox coating so I don't know how hard it is to scrub it off . Experiment with some steel wool ( wire wool ) on a few bullets by hand and see if it comes off easy or not . If it comes off easy it should polish off in a tumbler using SS media .
The process can't be much more than a spraying or dipping process as too much heat would melt a bullets lead core so it can't be a very hot process I would think .

 

[dgr416]

Are you interested in parting with any of those 338 moly coated partitions?

I have about 1800 of them could probally work up a trade .Nosler partitions shoot awesome in my 338-378 I have shot 1 inch groups at 300 yards .Thats why I was trying to clean these before I traded or sold them .That 338-378 is a total pain to keep the bore clean and I didn't want to add anything else to the problem .

 

[338 dude]

I have about 1800 of them could probally work up a trade .Nosler partitions shoot awesome in my 338-378 I have shot 1 inch groups at 300 yards .Thats why I was trying to clean these before I traded or sold them .That 338-378 is a total pain to keep the bore clean and I didn't want to add anything else to the problem .

Try them you might be surprised

 

[epags]

I tried everything to remove moly from a thousand 22 cal bullets that I coated back when it was popular.Then I looked under my wifes sink and found the answer.She had a product called Bar Keepers Friend thats made for cleaning stainless steel sinks.I put some bullets in a plastic coffee can,covered with water and dumped in some of this powered product,put the lid on and shook it for about a minute.Imagine my surprise when I rinsed out the bullets and the moly was completely gone.Now I"m going to throw them in the tumbler and polish them.Too easy!!

Just tried it. Found Bar Keeper Friend at my local Vons store. I had 100 Hornday 72 gr 22s' ($19) Took me a bit longer than one minute. I rinsed and did it twice, however, it did remove the moly. I am too lazy to tumble just to polish them. Will just load and fire. Thanks for the hint.

 

[8x68s]

my fingers seem to be the best magnet for removing moly!
gary

just tumbled a batch and I can't get it off of ME!!

 

[8x68s]

I don't know what is in Lubalox but I suspect that it is possibly graphite and tungsten disulfide based .
I have been Molying ( pure MoS2) my own bullets for a very long time and what I have leaned is that the more complicated the coating process is the more potential there is for bi products to gum up the barrel.
Also there is numerous processes and formula's that all get called Moly !
It screws up the whole knowledge base on the subject with confusion .
That is why I use a process that only puts pure MoS2 on the bullet and nothing else . You have to know a bit about how and when to use it and how and when to clean your barrel but I don't have all the BS issues you hear people talking about on the net and using the generic term Moly .

The fact that MoS2 does build up in the barrel to some small degree has thrown people into a panic because they don't understand what they are seeing . However if it did not build up at all it would not do any good !! It needs to build a lamella structure in the bore to be able to support the pressure of the bullet expanding against the bore and also protect from powder heat and erosion .
Some people clean so often that it is a total waste of time using Pure MoS2 as no build up can happen .
It's like painting an old house . The old paint has built up and looks bad but it has done it's job of protecting the surface . That does not mean you panic and say painting is no good because it builds up , cracks and flakes off . You clean it off and paint again .
Same thing with pure MoS2 moly , run it for 300 shots clean it out and run again .
NOTICE HOW I AM SAYING " PURE MoS2 moly " not referring to any other process or coating other than Molybdenum Disulfide MoS2 .
Most of the negative stuff I see written on the net about MoS2 bullet coating is pure garbage from people who sell other products or have never used it or have never used it correctly .
I have had no experience removing Lubalox coating so I don't know how hard it is to scrub it off . Experiment with some steel wool ( wire wool ) on a few bullets by hand and see if it comes off easy or not . If it comes off easy it should polish off in a tumbler using SS media .
The process can't be much more than a spraying or dipping process as too much heat would melt a bullets lead core so it can't be a very hot process I would think .

as Bullet bumper said... I use it without ill effect and use only the pure stuff from DuPont. Tumble bullets with copper BB's. A 6oz bottle has lasted me 15 years. Getting it cleaned off my fingers is the pits, LOL!!