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Author Topic: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea  (Read 4121 times)

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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #45 on: March 01, 2018, 12:26:10 PM »
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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #46 on: March 01, 2018, 12:30:08 PM »
WOW -- I read through this series of post and it got my head spinning however I managed to find my water faucet and give it a big hug. :hairy

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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #47 on: March 01, 2018, 12:51:10 PM »
That's sure a lot to choose from!
:laffing Just choose between the 2 that gave the best protection against rust.  :bl th up

I've always cleaned my muzzleloaders with water, then wiped'em dry and gave'em a final wipe-down (inside'n out) with Rem-Oil, and had excellent results (with no rusting),... but if there's something out there that proves itself even better than Rem-Oil, I'm gonna show my "smokers" how much I love'em and try it.  ;) 
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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #48 on: March 01, 2018, 01:01:31 PM »
WOW -- I read through this series of post and it got my head spinning however I managed to find my water faucet and give it a big hug. :hairy

Dave

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Dave my friend, ya gotta way with words....
Water is for sure your friend, as long as you make it go away after its done its thing.

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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #49 on: March 01, 2018, 01:57:11 PM »
It was me that got this whole thread started,,, sorry.... :*:

I would use water but I have a water softener and I just won't introduce a liquid salt cleaner into my barrels. I've settled on windshield washer fluid from the Dollar Store and it works just fine. At Rondy I can use creek water. I like my Birch-Wood-Casey Sheath Oil as a lube. I don't experience any rust (inside or out) with my metal parts.

What ever you find that works for you, I'd say keep it.  :hairy
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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #50 on: March 01, 2018, 02:39:14 PM »
No problem.  Everyone gets to do what ever floats their boat...... :toast

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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #51 on: March 01, 2018, 02:59:43 PM »
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What ever you find that works for you, I'd say keep it.

now ya tell us
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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #52 on: March 01, 2018, 10:25:25 PM »
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What ever you find that works for you, I'd say keep it.

now ya tell us

 :Doh! Sorry... My wife also tells me I never tell her anything... Truth is, I can't... She's always talking and I can't get a word in edge-wise... It's true!  :laffing
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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #53 on: March 01, 2018, 11:30:55 PM »
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What ever you find that works for you, I'd say keep it.

now ya tell us

 :Doh! Sorry... My wife also tells me I never tell her anything... Truth is, I can't... She's always talking and I can't get a word in edge-wise... It's true! :laffing

Well, well, well.....you just wait until Cindy hears about THIS!
A little hush-money just might be in order, wouldn't ya think???

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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #54 on: March 02, 2018, 07:42:57 AM »
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What ever you find that works for you, I'd say keep it.

now ya tell us

 :Doh! Sorry... My wife also tells me I never tell her anything... Truth is, I can't... She's always talking and I can't get a word in edge-wise... It's true! :laffing

Well, well, well.....you just wait until Cindy hears about THIS!
A little hush-money just might be in order, wouldn't ya think???

 :lol sign

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Well,,, yes...  But I might be safe for a little while longer. You see, she's still talkin'... I can't even find out what's for supper...  :laffing  :shake
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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #55 on: March 02, 2018, 08:04:30 AM »
Joe, don'tcha get it?
Ya gotta understand yer bride better!
She wants you to take her out for Dinner.

Heck, Ray Charles can see that!

A very wise old man once told me that's there was two ways to handle them girl folk, and neither one of 'em worked.
So there ya go.
Take that beautiful bride of yours to Dinner, pour a nice red wine down her, and I betcha she talks yer ear off.
You might not care much fer what she has to say, but I bet you two will be talking before ya know it.

I read that in Chapter 2 of Al Bateman's "Guide to understanding your Bride".

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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #56 on: March 02, 2018, 08:36:38 AM »
Joe, don'tcha get it?
Ya gotta understand yer bride better!
She wants you to take her out for Dinner.

Heck, Ray Charles can see that!

A very wise old man once told me that's there was two ways to handle them girl folk, and neither one of 'em worked.
So there ya go.
Take that beautiful bride of yours to Dinner, pour a nice red wine down her, and I betcha she talks yer ear off.
You might not care much fer what she has to say, but I bet you two will be talking before ya know it.

I read that in Chapter 2 of Al Bateman's "Guide to understanding your Bride".

Uncle Russ...

If it's Al approved - then it must be good advice!  :bl th up

Actually I was a thinking that since we won't have the grand kids this weekend,,, I'm a gonna see if she'd like to go bowling? She likes to bowl, and so do I. We're not any good at it, but we sure make a lot of others look extremely good! (and she'll have a whole bunch of folks to talk to)  :lol sign

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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #57 on: March 19, 2018, 11:15:40 AM »
Just good old water and a bit of ivory soap for me  :bl th up
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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #58 on: May 05, 2018, 06:09:18 PM »
Something you may wish to keep in mind if you put hydrogen peroxide in your barrel.

I have used it to brown barrels before.

Think about that.

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Re: Trying A New Black Powder Cleaner Idea
« Reply #59 on: May 05, 2018, 06:55:39 PM »
i use a secret sauce concoction for cleaning all my bp guns, flntlocks and cartridge.  it's too good for me to keep to myself so, here it is, dihydrogen-oxide.  the cool thing about it is it's found most everywhere and it's ... free.  no shipping, no hazmat, no local-state-fed taxation, either.  there's only ONE catch - you gotta use it as soon as possible. 

if you drove to the range, woods walk, hunt venue, after yer last bp gun discharge and yer getting ready for that long road trip back to the ranch, just wet down the barrel with something that'll keep the bp residue soft, without promoting corrosion/rust.  water soluble oil in a 1:6 mix with dihydrogen-oxide (aka "moose milk") is all that's needed.  yep, ya gotta buy that oil, sorry, dunno where to git it free. 

oh, and after reaming out the barrel with that sloppy moose milk, leave the ramrod with wet patch nestled in the chamber.  OH!  and fer you folks with them offshore smokepoles what got them dang "patent breeches", BEFORE running down that patched bore jag, drape a patch over a .32 brush (bronze or nylon, don't matter) and git 'er sloppy moose milk wet and ream out that ante-chamber, THEN proceed with the moose milk patched jag on the bore itself.

back at the ranch, just use plain tepid water to pull out the softened bp residue.  goes purty quick, just use patched jags and that secret dihydrogen-oxide stuff.  if you have a hooked breech half stock gun, better yet to pull off the barrel and dunk the ignition end in a pail of dihydr ... oh phooey, lemme shorten that to H2O :) ... and use the patched jag as a hydraulic pump to suck in clean WATER and pump 'er out.  when the patching looks *reasonably* clean (it will NEVER get "perfectly clean") send down the drying patches (if you have a patent breech, dry that out first) and then an oily patch fo finish.  locks should be pulled, dunked in plain water while ya work on the barrel, then scrubbed out with a toothbrush (no, not yer wife's - made that mistake only once!) rinse off, dry off, wipe down with an oily rag - i use a needle oiler for a *sparse* drop to all moving parts and wipe off any excess oil.

just to be sure all is well with yer beloved muzzleloader, give the barrel a check the next day or two later. 

the absolute KEY to using just plain water for bp residue cleaning is to never allow yer barrel(s) to become hard caked with residue or worse yet get corrosion or rusting.  be kind to yer smokepoles and they'll in turn be kind to you.  once you've "let a barrel go" then yer forced to drag out all those nasty concoctions and spend a lotta time and elbow grease for a lotta unnecessary work.

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