Cleaning & Lube Recipies

[PegLeg45]

I've used a few of these recipes for case cleaning, and a few look promising for gun cleaning, particularly the carbon cleaner...... perhaps in my ultrasonic cleaner.


I've used the LSD (Lemi Shine/Dawn) method to clean brass in my ultrasonic to great effect, but you can only do small quantities in the ultrasonic, so I'm in the process of designing and building a wet tumbling system to use the metal chips I posted about in the 'Reloading' board for bigger amounts.

Anyway, thought some of you might like the link to these recipes.

http://www.frfrogspad.com/homemade.htm

[MikeBjerum]

I use a lube on my open gun reminds me of a recipe we used when I rebuilt automatic transmissions.  This product is available in three different weights that you choose from based on the temperature you will be shooting in - The warmer the temps the thicker and stickier. 

The lube we mixed up was ATF and Vasoline.  We varied the amounts for different parts - Sealing rings, seals and O-Rings were coated with medium viscosity; Valves were straight ATF; Check balls were very little Vasoline; and springs and bushings were very high viscosity.

This lube was slipperier than snot on a door knob!  If got it on a shaft or drum you were lowering into the case you could hardly hold it with your hands.  I wonder how this would work on firearms in heavy use.

[Solus]

I use a lube on my open gun reminds me of a recipe we used when I rebuilt automatic transmissions.  This product is available in three different weights that you choose from based on the temperature you will be shooting in - The warmer the temps the thicker and stickier. 

The lube we mixed up was ATF and Vasoline.  We varied the amounts for different parts - Sealing rings, seals and O-Rings were coated with medium viscosity; Valves were straight ATF; Check balls were very little Vasoline; and springs and bushings were very high viscosity.

This lube was slipperier than snot on a door knob!  If got it on a shaft or drum you were lowering into the case you could hardly hold it with your hands.  I wonder how this would work on firearms in heavy use.

Might the difference is "drag" be great enough to effect the calibration/timing of recoil springs. 

The mass of the slide would not change..but it would be moving faster?