dishwashing a gun

[silverspoon220]

anyone ever dish wash their gun ive heard of people doing it before. if anyone knows about this. fyi i have a portable dishwasher so can i do it in the or would i have to do it in a high powered dishwasher. anyone with info would help me greatly.

[XD45]

Originally Posted by silverspoon220

anyone ever dish wash their gun ive heard of people doing it before. if anyone knows about this. fyi i have a portable dishwasher so can i do it in the or would i have to do it in a high powered dishwasher. anyone with info would help me greatly.

no, people say that as a joke usually about glocks. Not only could it harm the gun but you'd be splattering lead and other possibly harmful materials all over the place where you clean the things you eat off of. You could run into some serious issues, def. don't do this.

[awkx]

Originally Posted by XD45

no, people say that as a joke usually about glocks. Not only could it harm the gun but you'd be splattering lead and other possibly harmful materials all over the place where you clean the things you eat off of. You could run into some serious issues, def. don't do this.

What he said.


On a lighter note:

[markheck1]

BAH! it's only tupperware!!!!

Hehe....yeah that's normally a Glock Joke.....while I do not think you would hurt the gun if kept at lower temps, you really don't as XD45 said, want the lead, copper, and powder residue all over your washer...

[mikepro8]

Uh....
I have actually put stocks through the dishwasher. Gentle cycle, no heat dry.
Not entire guns, mind you... but yes, I have done two stocks. One was a walnut stock from an M1 Garand I got from the CMP. It came out BEAUTFIFUL - naked walnut. I put some BLO on it and the color is amazing.

The second stock I did was a european wood from a Yugo SKS - it also cleaned it, however the wood absorbed a lot of water near the butt of the stock and I had to do some trimming to get the rubber butt pad back on.

[RandomTask]

I wouldn't worry about nasty residues contaminating your plates, etc. However, I just don't think a dishwasher would be very effective for cleaning a gun.

[Frenchy]

Originally Posted by markheck1

BAH! it's only tupperware!!!!

Actually, I pretty well coined that phrase here, "It's Dish washer safe" and it has nothing to do with a glock that probably would not survive it.


When I say this, it is in relation to Stainless steel guns. and No, I do not drop them in the dishwasher. But I do use very hot water on them as well as any barrels from my pistols when ever I am finished cleaning them.

Couple of hours before I clean my guns, I put the water heater up on high, then I use the steaming water from the tap in the sink to remove any oil left from the cleaning. Water is one of the few things that will neutralize sulfur and remove it as well as calcium.
I liberally flush all the metal parts and then let them dry...

Hot guns dry fast, but a little shaking helps also. Once the gun is completely dry, I reassemble it. My SS revolvers are always dry, I use no oil on them. For the "Tupperware" I don't have Glocks, but I do have polymer guns.. A quick water flow in the mag well from top to bottom with a toothbrush to loosen up dirt will not harm them, just remember to dry it well after. Although the water will not harm the plastic, most of the springs in there are small and will gather water in them, if you don't get it all out, they will rust.

Do not use compressed air, as it will only do 2 things, create more moisture, (that compressed can air comes out like ice) and blow any dust and dirt into places you don't want to go digging into.

Again, very hot water with a good shaking after (like you where cleaning a paint brush) will get the water out of there and pull any dirt out along with it. On polymer guns, I basically oil the friction points between the slide and frame. The rest is dry.

PS. I started using the Dish washer safe in the 70's and 80's talking about Ruger's Mk ll Bull barrel .22

[talldean]

Originally Posted by Frenchy

Actually, I pretty well coined that phrase here, "It's Dish washer safe" and it has nothing to do with a glock that probably would not survive it.

This guy washed his Glock, soaked in in salt water, buried it in sand, coated it with baby powder, putting round after round through it as he went. Getting bored, he ran it over with his car, shot it a few times with another gun, and kept putting rounds through. Solidly rusted, as he didn't clean it, he finished up by dropping it out of a plane.

Glocks just work. That said, don't dishwash your gun. :-)

[GunLawyer001]

I've used very hot tap water on silencers, frames, and AR-15 uppers and lowers, after soaping up the caked residue. Particularly with .22's, which get filthy, a stream of water works well at washing out the debris, and as Frenchy noted, hot water evaporates quickly, leaving nothing but clean metal. Then you can lightly oil the dry gun. Or, as most of you know "WD-40" stands for "water displacing", so you could always use the little red tube to squirt some into the nooks and crannies that might remain damp.

I do sometimes wonder how many divorces were hastened by kitchen ovens being used as enamel-drying kilns, or by the occasional AD in the dishwasher, or the holster Velcroed next to the shower.

[Frenchy]

Originally Posted by talldean

This guy washed his Glock, soaked in in salt water, buried it in sand, coated it with baby powder, putting round after round through it as he went. Getting bored, he ran it over with his car, shot it a few times with another gun, and kept putting rounds through. Solidly rusted, as he didn't clean it, he finished up by dropping it out of a plane.

Glocks just work. That said, don't dishwash your gun. :-)

Glocks don't do well with very hot hot water.. The plastic (polymer) dries up and cracks...
We are talking about "Maintaining" g pistol here, not abusing it.

Don't use hot water on your Glock, it would be abuse.