Anyone try that new Foam barrel cleaner?

Levi Garrett said:
I think its gunslick , or something like that , supose to cut copper ,and the rest of it. Just let it set for 15 minutes, then your done. Sounds like a bogus product, but if it works, that would be sweet.:D
Frank
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I have tried the foam called "WIPEOUT"........... it works quite well.
 
I let the whipe out sit for a few hours though. Push a couple patches through, good to go. No need for an oil patch, and it does not stink up the whole place like other solvents, that alone is worth it to me.
 
The foaming stuff that I have recently purchased is made by CVA and is called barrel blaster.
It claims to clean everything.Powder residue,copper and even plastic from sobots.
Seems to work well(so far) at least on powder residue.Didn't see much blue on any patches that came out of a barrel I know has copper fouling(I ran some sweets 7.62 down the barrel afterwards and they came out blue)
I did notice on a M/L that it seemed to eat up the anti-sieze lube(loc-tite silver grade) left behind from my breech plug.(just oozed right out with the foam)
A little seems to go a loooong way.
 
Almost all of the "ammonia free" bore cleaners use MEA, monoethanolamine to remove copper. It is used as a tile and grout cleaner and is often referred to as "odourless ammonia". They add a little cellulose solvent like acetone, butyl cellusolve, etc to remove powder and gunk. The foam adds to the effectiveness because it keeps the chemicals in contact with the fouling.
 
Anyone looking for Wipeout can PM me as I can tell you where to get it. I dion't want to post the contact info here to avoid any potential that someone will say I am advertising.
 
As usual, I tried it when it first came out. Anything to lessen the workload.

Didn't like it one bit. Very slow and does require multi applications. Also, if you don't stand the rifle just so, solvent will ooze into the mag well as it turns to liquid. If you don't cant the rifle enough, foam will not got to the chamber area.

If you figure out the application technique, it does work...kind of.

I tried it on match barrels that don't foul much at all. Effective enough. But then anything will clean those barrels in a few patches.

On a heavy fouling factory barrel, forget it. Spray, wait, swab, spray some more, wait, etc. This could take several hours. Not for cleaning at the range for sure.

At the end of a few cycles, I just got some Barnes CR10 and ran a few wet patches. Wipeout did not clean out all the copper and the Barnes patches were still blue.

5 min. with the Barnes and all gone. If anyone wants a 2/3 can of this stuff, they can have it for free. Also, have Hoppes #9 copper remover, Sweets (slow but can work), Butches Boreshine (waste of money), and maybe any other cleaner that I have tried that failed to do what I want.

Only Barnes CR10 has been quick and effective enough for my use. However, for what they charge, I can get some GM top engine cleaner and a huge bottle of janitorial grade Ammonia. Solvent cost drops to 20% and it works as well or better.

The foam is a nice idea but the time it takes to wait for one barrel, I have cleaned several rifles my way.

Jerry
 
Wipe Out ...Application

Use a tight fitting bore guide, preferably with an O ring and put it in the chamber. Put a rag under the boreguide. Tilt the rifle down at the muzzle, use a cleaning cradle of some sort. Spray the wipe out in the muzzle, Use the nozzle for 6.5 cal, and a McDonalds straw on the nozzle for 7mm. You figure out what fits for your calibre...wipe out supplies a funnel affair. The foam is under pressure and wants to extrude everywhere and will spritz you when you release the fixture or straw. Keep the nozzle depressed until foam just runs out of the cleaning rod guide. The previously placed rag absorbs the excess. It is an acquired skill so it takes a couple of goes, then it becomes routine.

Its best to let it sit for a several hours or overnight. The fouling is removed and the foam turns back to liquid and runs out the barrel. There is lots of blue, black fouling residue on a piece of white cloth left under the muzzle.

Its not much effort for the amount of cleaning, if you have the time to let it sit.

NormB
 
Way too slow to use at the range, actually unless you have time to wait it is too slow to use at home also. I prefer something much faster like Sweets or Barnes CR10. JMHO
bigbull
 
I agree it is slow but a lot less effort in the long run.

I find the best way to apply it is to use a chamber plug. I have one from sinclair with an o-ring and it work great.

I set butt of the rifle on a pail and adjust the front legs of my bipod so it is level. Then i put a short fast squirt in the muzzle and hold some paper towel on the end of the muzzle tightly until the wipeout expands through the whole barrel.

I recommend after 2-3 hours repeating but flip the rifle over. After a couple of hours it liquifies and the bottom of the barrel gets more contact time.

It takes about 3-4 applications typically to get out all the copper in my factory rem. It ends up being about 4 patches and no brushing.
 
I saw it demonstrated at the Easter Calgary gun show and it looked pretty good but I already have various cleaners like Sweets and didn't feel like dishing out $20.00 for a small can of bore cleaner. Call me cheap but that is probably why I reload all my own ammo as well.
 
Silverback

You must have met Doug (not the CGN Doug) at the show. He's who tirned me onto Wipeout. His secret is to use a piece of clear rubber tubing over the end of the nozzle and sticking it into the throat of the rifle, plugging the chamber and squirting the foam into the barrel. Beats the squirting down the barrel by a long run. You can slip bigger pieces of tubing on to adapt up for big bore barrels.
 
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