What do you clean with?

[Chance]

The non-chlorinated blue can brake cleaner from Walmart has about the exact same contents as the $8 a can gun scrubber and it is $2. Do not use on plastic or wood. Great on metal parts. Switched to a 50/50 blend of Marvels Mystery Oils and Kroil. Tried this after housing Hoppe's and was surprised how much more came out.

 

[Trapper Jim]

Butchs Bore Shine and Break Free

 

[abnk]

Where firearms?

I use CLP. I suspect the bottle that I have had for almost 20 years will outlast me.

 

[STEEL CORE]

Me and WD.

 

[MrSmitty]

Hoppes, and CLP.......

 

[Gabriel]

For guns with wood stocks I use CLP or Hoppes #9.

For my ARs or anything else that are pretty much all metal I use brake cleaner.

 

[LCSOSgt11]

I use Butch's Bore Shine. It has a bit of ammonia in it, to tackle copper fouling. Works well for me. If you have serious copper fouling, I have used Sweet's 7.62 solvent. Be forewarned though, Sweet's is loaded with ammonia. Use in a very well ventilated area, or outside, or use SCBA to breathe.

 

[Rickshaw]

I have been using guerilla for a few years. THE CLP works very well. A friends wife was terrible allergies and he can clean indoors without causing any type reaction.

 

[woowoo2]

Liberal tears

 

[thunderchicken]

Hoppes - original
CLP- on AR
If I have to battle any rust speckles from being out in wet weather or on a carry gun I use Rem oil and either a solid copper penny or 0000 steel wool then rub on Flitz with a soft rag and I always wipe down anything blued with a light coat of Rem oil before it goes in the safe

 

[Doublehelix]

Ballistol for 95% of my cleaning. If I need anything stronger, I have several choices: Bore Tech Eliminator, Sweets, Butch's, etc. and a bit of Chore Boy brass ribbon. I use Kroil on my DW 1911 because they seem to recommend it for their finish.

 

[MinutemanPatriot]

I've been using Break Free CLP for the longest time, but I'm thinking of trying out the Lucas Oil Co. cleaning products and gun oil to see how good that is.

 

[RND]

Lubri-kit

 

[griggs]

I used to use balistol but the liqurish smell was getting to me. So I took a chance on a Amazon clearer and lubes called LiquiFix. I just used it to clean my bcg for the first time ever after close to 1000 rounds and the **** melted off like hot butter. Its also nontoxic so I feel good to use a light coat on my high carbon knifes

 

[Chr15topher]

I've been using Break Free CLP for the longest time, but I'm thinking of trying out the Lucas Oil Co. cleaning products and gun oil to see how good that is.

I just got some Lucas Oil CLP, oil, and grease, but I haven’t had an opportunity to use them yet.

 

[ar15_dude]

For Glocks I just wipe the parts down, use bore snake and a few drops of CLP on rails and barrel hood. For ARs I use a lot of CLP on the BCG.

I took a SIG armorer class and they said to use any product intended for gun use. Seems like good advice to avoid the brake cleaner, Mobil 1 and other auto stuff that may not be very polymer-friendly.

 

[doubleeagle4]

Breakfree CLP to clean and Lucas Extreme Duty Gun Oil to lube.

 

[NKBJ]

Water mostly.
No.9 occasionally.
Kroil in extremis.
Lubricants are another matter.

 

[derrickgoins]

Bore snake with Ballistol or RemOil usually but just got in a kit of Shooterlube so we’ll see if it’s enough to make me think twice about switching.

Deeper cleaning is the same except I will use a cleaning rod and patches.

 

[thunderchicken]

I am a bit surprised by the number of people who seem to be using brake cleaner. As an automotive technician, I have used that stuff to clean a variety of stuff. But it can be awfully aggressive if it gets onto certain polymers/plastics and I would bet it could wreck some coatings such as duracoat or cerakote (never tried it). I have seen it take mulitple types of finishes off cars/ parts.
Based on the one time I've used it Gun Scrubber seems to be very similar to brake cleaner. And I would use it with caution