Best Degreasser

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RobAK

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What would the Duracoat and Armacoat gurus out there suggest for a good degreaser? Obviously it needs to leave no residue, and preferably be available from a simple source (Cdn Tire, etc) as there isn't too much in the way of gun shops out here.
Thanks in advance.

Rob
 
Chloronated brake cleaner is about the most effective degreaser available in the consumer market. No residue, but it is nasty stuff in a confined space.
The active ingredient is usually listed a tetrachloroethane but it has a few other common names. You can tell which one it is when you pick it up off the shelf, it will weigh substantially more than the non chloronated products.
 
Decent quality laquer thinner is a great degreaser. Autobody "gunwash" is a little suspect though, you never know what's in there. The main reason I don't use laquer thinner for degreasing is that it is flammable. I've had a couple of static related incidents with laquer thinner that required trimming away the singed bits of my beard.
 
Guntech is right, plain old lacqer thinner works great and is easy to come by. I tell all my customers to use it to clean out their gun and spray guns. Acetone and Methyl Ethyl Ketone are great too. But lacquer can be bought at any Canadian tire.
 
Varsol. It's the Canadian brand name for mineral spirits. Crappy Tire sells it. So do paint stores. It's cheap and works well.
 
As Anvil mentioned, chlorinated solvents are by far the best degreasers.

Unfortunately the ones that are available now are far less effective than 1,1,1 -trichloroethane. This solvent would completely remove the asphalt from the sand and gravel in pavement (used in asphalt labs). It was amazing stuff, but extremely toxic.

Check the labels on various cleaners and see what is in them. Some products such as Gun Scrubber still have chlorinated solvents.

KB
 
Extreme Simple Green -- Aircraft & Precision Cleaner --

Awesome stuff!!!

http://industrial.simplegreen.com/ind_prod_ext_mor.php

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NMP (Normal Methyl Pyrrolidone) is the safe replacement for Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride). It has replaced MC in paints strippers and for other applications. It is also water soluble. It's good stuff. I used 111 Tri for many years. It was fabulous and made me fell lighthead if used indoors.
Trichloroethylene or "trike" (dry cleaning fluid) is also very good.

Plain old acetone is easy to find and as good as many of the above, but very flammable, so work outside.
 
sunray said:
Varsol. It's the Canadian brand name for mineral spirits. Crappy Tire sells it. So do paint stores. It's cheap and works well.
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Actually I don't think Varsol is a good degreaser...

If one wanted to degrease metal in order to epoxy something to it, Varsol would not work ...... it is petroleum based and leaves a film behind, the bond would break loose quite easily.
 
Be really carefull with acetone around plastics. It will turn some "plastics" into mush.

Rubbing alcohol will ruin some synthetics as well, it may not show up right away.
 
I know I have used gas line antifreeze for the guts to my 870 and put it in a mason jar and let it sit for a bit... beats taking everything apart, and I dont find it leaves a residue...
It's the only six pack I can buy cheap!!!
If I have a couple bucks Rem cleaner is good to...
Cheers,
Ken
 
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