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jake99 · 03-19-2009, 07:44 PM

This question exposes my newbieness, anyway...after giving my sst slide a good wipe down with clp, the "poly' is a bit slippery. Want to clean the grip and not clean the clp off the slide. What works?

A true newbie question, want to keep the grip as dry as possible.

thanks.

**baldp8** · 03-19-2009, 07:53 PM

I wipe mine off with a clean rag. The CLP supposed to leave a film on all the parts it needs to. You can't wipe it completely off with just a rag. At least that is what I have done with good results.

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redtree · 03-19-2009, 07:57 PM

A bottle of rubbing alcohol and some cotton balls and q-tips, or some alcohol wipes and you should be able to remove all of the CLP of of the polymer.

jake99 · 03-19-2009, 08:30 PM

rubbing alcohol sounds good, was considering some glass cleaner, then wondered about the amoinia harming the plastic.

Thanks for the tip.

No Memory · 03-20-2009, 02:56 PM

If you're going to use alcohol on the polymer, dilute it 3-to-1 (water-to-alcohol) so that you minimize any potential discoloration of the polymer frame.

However, I'd just wipe the excess CLP off with a rag. No big deal.

SolXD45 · 03-20-2009, 03:07 PM

You can wipe all of the CLP off of the polymer frame - the point of leaving a thin film on the gun is rust protection, and since polymer is plastic (kind of a "no duh!" statement, I realize), you don't have to leave any on the frame.

Wipe off most of the CLP from the slide, leaving a thin film for rust prevention (the "P" in CLP = rust "Protection"). Use some on the frame rails, top of the barrel, on the barrel lug, the trigger block. When you re-assemble the gun after cleaning, operate the slide several times to spread it around on those locations, and have lubricated (the "L"). You can wipe off any that ran off the back of the rails.

Hope this was helpful.

H3lpADing08MyBaby · 03-26-2009, 09:48 AM

neve thought of this

BGAndrea · 04-18-2009, 09:23 AM

CLP dries really quickly and seems to almost evaporate off of the frame. I have practically saturated my frame with CLP before by accident. It is slippery only till the next day. If you are shooting the same day, just an aggressive wiping will prob do the trick. At the very least, your frame will look shiny!

03-19-2009, 07:44 PM	#1
jake99 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 189	After CLP This question exposes my newbieness, anyway...after giving my sst slide a good wipe down with clp, the "poly' is a bit slippery. Want to clean the grip and not clean the clp off the slide. What works? A true newbie question, want to keep the grip as dry as possible. thanks.
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03-19-2009, 07:53 PM	#2
baldp8 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fitchburg, WI Posts: 244	I wipe mine off with a clean rag. The CLP supposed to leave a film on all the parts it needs to. You can't wipe it completely off with just a rag. At least that is what I have done with good results. Break-Free® __________________ Μολὼν λάβε ‘‘Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.’’— Thomas Jefferson
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03-19-2009, 07:57 PM	#3
redtree XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Happy Valley, Utah Posts: 1,010	A bottle of rubbing alcohol and some cotton balls and q-tips, or some alcohol wipes and you should be able to remove all of the CLP of of the polymer. __________________ “We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.” Dwight D. Eisenhower If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it. *DON'T BLAME ME I DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM!!!*
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03-19-2009, 08:30 PM	#4
jake99 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 189	rubbing alcohol sounds good, was considering some glass cleaner, then wondered about the amoinia harming the plastic. Thanks for the tip.
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03-20-2009, 02:56 PM	#5
No Memory XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11	If you're going to use alcohol on the polymer, dilute it 3-to-1 (water-to-alcohol) so that you minimize any potential discoloration of the polymer frame. However, I'd just wipe the excess CLP off with a rag. No big deal.
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03-20-2009, 03:07 PM	#6
SolXD45 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The South Posts: 419	You can wipe all of the CLP off of the polymer frame - the point of leaving a thin film on the gun is rust protection, and since polymer is plastic (kind of a "no duh!" statement, I realize), you don't have to leave any on the frame. Wipe off most of the CLP from the slide, leaving a thin film for rust prevention (the "P" in CLP = rust "Protection"). Use some on the frame rails, top of the barrel, on the barrel lug, the trigger block. When you re-assemble the gun after cleaning, operate the slide several times to spread it around on those locations, and have lubricated (the "L"). You can wipe off any that ran off the back of the rails. Hope this was helpful. __________________ --SolXD45
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03-26-2009, 09:48 AM	#7
H3lpADing08MyBaby XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 98	neve thought of this
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04-18-2009, 09:23 AM	#8
BGAndrea XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Owings Mills, MD Posts: 115	CLP dries really quickly and seems to almost evaporate off of the frame. I have practically saturated my frame with CLP before by accident. It is slippery only till the next day. If you are shooting the same day, just an aggressive wiping will prob do the trick. At the very least, your frame will look shiny!
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