DEAR LORD!! How do I clean this Stainless!

[saennor]

Took her home today, then to the range, 100 rounds later and this is what we're left with.

Picture doesn't quite depict just how much darker the cylinder really got.

Pretty nasty. Needs more elbow grease than just a good rub with a fine cloth, I tried googling a bit and some say Mother's is a decent product. (one guy suggested vinegar, which apparently turned out to just darken the other guys steel, yikes!)

Whats worked for you?

~thanks!

 

[jdman]

hoppes 9, and some oil after. will take a bit of elbow grease to get the real burned part near the front though.

 

[Pancake81]

I usea stainless polish from Canadian Tire called peek. Works wonders. Still takes elbow grease, but cleans her up nice. If you keep going it will shine it to a mirror

 

[Lodi]

Use Kleen Bore's Lead Away cloth.

 

[Master-G]

Mother's products (at least the ones I've used) are polishes not cleaners. If you'd like to shine up the stainless finish they work great but if you want to keep the brushed or bead-blasted look they won't work very well.

 

[jackrabbit000]

Flitz stainless polish is what I use. You can buy it at CT or any place like Home Outfitters.

 

[easyrider604]

Brass brush from Rona plus Ed's Red plus a little elbow grease. Brass brush will not scratch stainless steel, works well for my shiney stainless revolvers...don't know if it will polish up brushed stainless finishes though. Keep the brass brush away from your toothbrushes, ouch!

BTW, 100 rounds is nothing. Try 700 rounds between cleanings...I will never do anything that foolish again.

Ed's Red: equal parts Kerosene, Varsol and Automatic Transmission Fluid; Lanolin optional ( I have never added lanolin as it is only for long term storage)

 

[Rubicon37s]

I use #9 and a brass brush, you can get a set of three at canadian tire for a few bucks

 

[Joe549]

Flitz has a cleaner/polisher for stainless steel that works amazing.

 

[Shooter1of38]

Cape cod cloths work great too

 

[cr5]

I just use a soft cloth with some bore carbon remover solution on it. Wipe on wipe off.

 

[Aqualung]

Birchwood Casey lead remover cloth:

 

[tbrwlf]

Flitz cloth will have that clean in minutes.

 

[strider007]

I don't have any revolvers, but I've had stubborn staining on other stainless guns and have used Flitz to clean 'em. Seems to work great for me...and I find that cleaning the same areas again, after the gun's been used for another range session, is alot easier.

My 2 cents...

 

[JB]

Birchwood Casey lead remover cloth:

where can you get this i have looked every where in the GTA area

 

[IM_Lugger]

Use Kleen Bore's Lead Away cloth.

+1 works wonders on stainless guns

 

[EggMcMuffown]

del

 

[jackenape]

x4 for the lead away cloth. Don't use it on blued guns!!!

 

[bollox]

Believe it or not, white erasers work great on SS.

 

[Big Mike]

Blue wonder metal polish.