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jigman586 · 05-22-2006, 03:22 PM

Whats the best stuff to use to remove carbon off the face of a revolver cylinder?

Bad Flynch · 05-22-2006, 04:46 PM

Hoppes makes a cleaning cloth that is very softly abrasive. It works well as a lead remover for the cylinder and will also make nice cleaning patches to get lead out of your barrel. Any of the old-fashioned cloths used for polishing brass and other metals would work fine. My dad had a Caney or Cady cloth, brand named Blitz, from WWII that he used to polish his brass buttons, etc.

There are some cloths that are more abrasive. Jewelers use a rouge cloth and there is a white version with Tripoli in it, too.

Test the thing on a covered part of the revolver like the grip frame before you use it on the face of the cylinder.

TomSwift · 05-22-2006, 04:50 PM

A big pink erasure works really well. Depending on how dirty it is it will take off about 80% of it with very little effort. Give it a try.

05-22-2006, 05:47 PM

I asked this question recently and used the eraser method TomSwift mentioned. He's absolutely right. It cleans it up enough that I can live with it.

jigman586 · 05-22-2006, 06:34 PM

what do you guys think of sweets 7.62 to get copper out of the barrel of my 686 357?its pretty bad you can see the copper in the lands and grooves.

blefferd · 05-22-2006, 09:19 PM

i like the way it looks lets the BG know you use the firearm and its just not for show

(i am going to try the pink eraser idea though right now lol)

younggun22 · 06-09-2006, 04:59 PM

go buy a bottle of RB 17

resq854 · 06-13-2006, 01:54 PM

There is also a yellow cloth called Lead Away(I think) With one of these, the buildup on the cylinder pretty much wipes off. I wind up buying 2 or 3, and keeping them with my cleaning stuff. I keep one intact und use it wipe the cylinder face, around the mzzle, and around the hammer. The others I cut patches out of to clean the barrel. You can buy a small box of patches, but it's cheaper just to buy the cloth and cut your own.

Brickboy240 · 06-13-2006, 02:36 PM

Yes, the Wipe Away yellow lead-away cloth is great.

My favorite, no doubt.

- Brickboy240

jigman586 · 06-13-2006, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brickboy240

Yes, the Wipe Away yellow lead-away cloth is great.

My favorite, no doubt.

- Brickboy240

where can you get them?

05-22-2006, 03:22 PM	#1
jigman586 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Georgia(Southernhalf) Posts: 205	CARBON Removal Whats the best stuff to use to remove carbon off the face of a revolver cylinder? __________________ "You tellem im comin' and hells comin' with me!!"-Wyatt Earp; Tombstone

05-22-2006, 04:46 PM	#2
Bad Flynch XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Indian Nation Posts: 22	Hoppes makes a cleaning cloth that is very softly abrasive. It works well as a lead remover for the cylinder and will also make nice cleaning patches to get lead out of your barrel. Any of the old-fashioned cloths used for polishing brass and other metals would work fine. My dad had a Caney or Cady cloth, brand named Blitz, from WWII that he used to polish his brass buttons, etc. There are some cloths that are more abrasive. Jewelers use a rouge cloth and there is a white version with Tripoli in it, too. Test the thing on a covered part of the revolver like the grip frame before you use it on the face of the cylinder. __________________ B.F.

05-22-2006, 04:50 PM	#3
TomSwift XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,133	A big pink erasure works really well. Depending on how dirty it is it will take off about 80% of it with very little effort. Give it a try. __________________ Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy. Get Your Free Targets Here Ultrasonic Gun Cleaning

05-22-2006, 06:34 PM	#5
jigman586 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Georgia(Southernhalf) Posts: 205	what do you guys think of sweets 7.62 to get copper out of the barrel of my 686 357?its pretty bad you can see the copper in the lands and grooves. __________________ "You tellem im comin' and hells comin' with me!!"-Wyatt Earp; Tombstone

05-22-2006, 09:19 PM	#6
blefferd XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 1,341	i like the way it looks lets the BG know you use the firearm and its just not for show (i am going to try the pink eraser idea though right now lol) __________________ SA XD 45GAP S&W 642 38SPL Glock 19 9mm Winchester Model 70 .308 Benelli Nova 12g Ruger 10/22 German K98 8MM New England Firearms Pardner 20g Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Polish TanTal 5.45x39 East German Markarov 9x18

05-22-2006, 05:47 PM	#4
Preacher Posts: n/a	I asked this question recently and used the eraser method TomSwift mentioned. He's absolutely right. It cleans it up enough that I can live with it.

06-09-2006, 04:59 PM	#7
younggun22 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 138	go buy a bottle of RB 17

06-13-2006, 01:54 PM	#8
resq854 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: VA,USA Posts: 115	There is also a yellow cloth called Lead Away(I think) With one of these, the buildup on the cylinder pretty much wipes off. I wind up buying 2 or 3, and keeping them with my cleaning stuff. I keep one intact und use it wipe the cylinder face, around the mzzle, and around the hammer. The others I cut patches out of to clean the barrel. You can buy a small box of patches, but it's cheaper just to buy the cloth and cut your own.

06-13-2006, 02:36 PM	#9
Brickboy240 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 8,829	Yes, the Wipe Away yellow lead-away cloth is great. My favorite, no doubt. - Brickboy240 __________________ The top 25% of wage earners in America pay 86% of all federal income taxes collected. (according to 2007 IRS website data) Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado Volvo...the Swedish Brick!

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