Question About Cleaning

[TaurusGuy]

I bought a stainless revolver used but in good shape other than the front of the cylinder has baked on powder residue. I mean...it is really on there and probably has been for quite some time..

What is the best and easiest way to remove this? I'm sure there is a cleaner for it, right?

[synergy]

A powder solvent and elbow grease. A SS brush will help speed things up.

[LastManOut]

Anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong, but what I have done on the used Model 85 I bought was to remove the cylinder and buff the face of it on a fine brass wire wheel.

[BenningBoy]

Hoppes #9 works wonders, as does CLP. Depending on the gun, that portion may never have been polished in the first place.

[1blindref]

Take the cylinder off the revolver and soak it in a jar of Hoppes #9 overnight.
Then use a stainless steel brush and brush it clean.

[Fitch]

The following procedure will clean a stainless steel revolver cylinder better than you would believe. It will look unfired. Do not do this to a blued cylinder with this solvent.

1) Get a bottle of a product called SLIP2000.

2) Find a container with an opening just big enough to put the revolver cylinder in it, put in the revolver cylinder, fill it with SLIP2000 till the cylinder is covered. Leave it there for about 3 days - 4 days if you have the time. The chemical does the work.

3) Remove the cylinder from the solvent, wipe the face of the cylinder clean with a soft cloth. No brushes required, the carbon will just wipe off.

4) Take a bronze bore brush for the next larger caliber and brush the chambers.

5) Run a couple of dry patches through each chamber.

6) Rinse in Hoppe's #9, wipe it down, patch the chambers dry, lube as required and reassemble to the revolver.

Trust me on this, the cylinder will be clean even if it had baked on carbon rings from shooting .38sp in a .357 chamber. SLIP2000 is the best carbon solvent I've ever used.

For blued cylinders soak in Hoppe's #9 for twice as long.

Fitch

[TaurusGuy]

Thanks for all the help. I will try some of this and hopefully I will have a nice, shiny revolver when I'm done.