So now I think Im going to go with the lacquer thinner for thinning and cleaning. Similar works on belt guns, but here like using 8% ATF in the mineral spirts (leaves a little oil on the parts and helps clean). Lacquer thinner was another runner up, but I was leaning towards the mineral spirit (well my old mans opinion LOL). Add a few drops of liquid dish soap to the water or directly onto the bristles if needed. Rinse the brush in a bowl or under running lukewarm water.
Cleaning with mineral spirits how to#
Water is always a good go-to when learning how to clean paint brushes. While sounds like a lot of effort, works well if you have a couple parts washers, air compresser and a couple tables setup all the time in the shop (like I said some of the guys are really into this. Having cleaned the brush in the solvent, use lukewarm water to wash out the remaining paint and the solvent itself. This is the same solvent which is used in.
Cleaning with mineral spirits free#
The execess Break Free drips off and/or is blown off with dry air. We strongly recommend this solvent as the only thinner/cleaning solution for use with our solventborne coatings. Note: I posted this message as a reply to a post in the "AR Discussions" section, but figured that I'd put it here too, since it really belongs in the cleaning area anyhow!īunch of the guys are shooting subgun matches and the guns tend to get very dirty shooting a case or more of ammo (last Indiana Subgun Match everyone fired over a half million rounds, as each run was 200 to 300 rounds of 9mm and many of the guys did five runs).įor this type usage have found the 20 gallon take of slovent based parts washer fluid (which is a even lower odor version of mineral sprits) works well to flush all the dirt and junk out for a major cleaning of several subguns.īesides watching the plastic parts, have found that cleaning with just mineral spirts does not do as good of job as when one spot cleans the barrel, chamber and bolt / face with MPro7 or Hoppies 9 or Shooter Choice (this one have to be the most careful of using too much).Īfter cleaning in the mineral spirts, blow dry the parts and then after dry flood with Break Free (that way no dry metal). While parts are drying, I put a coffee filter into a large funnel, pour the mineral spirits back into the gallon can via the coffee filter, put the cap back on, wipe out the container of all small metal/carbon/debris, then dispose of the filter with a lighter.Poof!! hing
I fill the container about half-full, then totally submerge frame/slide/parts (minus grips) and go to work on them with an old toothbrush, do any neccessary bore solvent work, then set them aside to dry. I've got a large rubbermaid (Sp.?) food container found at walmart and a gallon can of low-odor mineral spirits (also found at walmart) to clean my handgun parts after a shooting session. I'm pretty new to this forum (and have my 20" Bushmaster parts on order.YEEHAAW!).but was wondering if yall would recommend using mineral spirits to clean my new Bushie after a day at the range?
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