Put me out of my misery, there's got to be an easier way...

[John Y.]

I've spent a lot of my evening cleaning my stainless SW 686.

Cleaning the blackened exterior of the cylinder was not fun. It was the dirtiest I've seen it as I fired over 300 rounds out of it today.
I was using Hoppes 9 in my attempt.

Can anyone recommend a cleaning product that makes life easier?

Thanks!

JY

 

[capp325]

Start with a bronze brush and your choice of solvent. Follow up with a Kleen Bore Lead Away patch. Works like a charm in that dirty cylinder face.

 

[Splatter]

That brushed stainless is damned hard to keep clean. You have to do something to make it smoother. Either polish the steel or use some sort of filler, like a good silicone based car/boat polish.

 

[Halger280HVMag]

"Flitz" brand metal polish available from most automotive suppliers....

Works like magic on stainless guns....

 

[Pancho]

Stop cleaning it, too damn shiny anyway

 

[ryan]

last guy beat me to it, yeah, quit trying so hard. it's a gun, shoot it. It can take it!

 

[PrairiePirate]

Automotive brake cleaner.

 

[RePete]

Automotive brake cleaner.

What he said.

It will clean easier when done as soon as you get home, else just let it soak.

RePete.

 

[mrefaat]

Bronze brush does it for me

 

[Casper]

The brushed stainless is a pain, I have a polished stainless revolver and it is the greatest thing to clean, no solvents just a bronze brush for the barrel and cylinder and a rag to clean the outside.

 

[joe-nwt]

Crazy as it sounds, Formula 3 that comes in the inexpensive gun cleaning kits works well.

 

[Rapt]

Or stop using bare lead bullets, and change to a cleaner burning powder.

 

[dan belisle]

Brake cleaner and the wife's dishwasher. Just take the grips off first, use the pots and pans setting. DON'T do this if you have the red plastic front sight insert, it's kind of hard on them. - dan

 

[Lightning Rod]

I use G96 in an aerosol can on my 686

Let sit for 2 minutes and it just wipes off

I use Bullseye and it's dirty

The lead on the front face of the cylinder gets

a brass wire wheel run on the bench grinder

 

[redleg]

Hoppes Elite bore gel works better than most things I've tried. Paint it on with a brush and wait 10 minutes, then wipe off.

 

[PE90SHOOTER]

MPro7. Works great on the stainless Mod 64's at Brinks. Spray on, soak a minute, wipes clean.

 

[misfire]

I clean my with those Lead Away cloths. Kleen Bore, Birchwood Casey and Hoppes are a couple of the brands out there. Works well for me. I only do this once in a while because it doesn't stay like that for long.

 

[SandRoad]

Mpro7 is the same as the Hoppes elite products. Spray, let soak, wipe off, oil.

 

[garbal]

Wipe out

I tried a "new" product called Wipe Out.
It's like shaving cream, you squirt a little in the barrel and the foam expands.

Let it sit... wipe it out... Very clean! Great stuff, I'm sold on it!

Garbal.