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How do you clean your casings? What do you do on the field? And how do you clean a case that (ahem) may not have been cleaned properly after flight and has been sitting for a while?
Baby Wipes on the field, and if it has been sitting for a while I use Hoppes #9 gun solvent.
Baby Wipes on the field, and if it has been sitting for a while I use Hoppes #9 gun solvent.
When the tough get going and crusty, I use cleaning brushes and Goo Gone, that stuff cleans most anything. I've got a case from Ken that he leased to someone that never cleaned it. Sometimes you just got to get out the flapper wheel. Of you have to scuff the inside real bad you can take said cleaning brush and polishing compound to smooth the finish, why, so future burns won't cause as much residue.
I use dish soap and water at home. I have a small baby bottle nipple brush (really!) for the hard to get into areas. For the larger areas, I have a long brush that was originally designed for cleaning dryer vents.
Plus one on those brushes.
At the NSL Chris of Chris's Rockets had some great brushes. Picked up a 29 and 38 mm. Work awesome.
Mike
Not to derail the thread, but Ken has a problem with loaned cases that don't get cleaned. I don't think he checks when they come back. The one he loaned me for my L2 cert still had an old liner in it. Fortunately a couple of TAPs had their sharpened rod and a BFH and split the old liner out for me so I could use the case.
The 29mm is nice and portable, but the 38-98mm brushes have quite long handles for transporting. With the 54mm brush I cut the loop (handle) off the end, stick it in my drill, and use it in an in and out motion, to clean my hardware.
For the bigger cases, I use a toilet cleaning brush on a large dowel, that works real well. (BYW- that's the sole purpose of that brush). For the stubborn stuff, Hoppes #9 works great.
The 29mm is nice and portable, but the 38-98mm brushes have quite long handles for transporting. With the 54mm brush I cut the loop (handle) off the end, stick it in my drill, and use it in an in and out motion, to clean my hardware.
I have scotchbrite strips between fender washers on the end of a threaded rod. I put that in the drill and use a tub of soapy water. I shove it through the motor into the water, then spin it up and down in the motor until clean. I doesn't take long at all. I have different size rods and scotchbrite pads for different size motors, 54mm and up.
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