I was just wondering if anyone has found a better all around bore cleaning solvent than Wipe-Out, as I am running low and will have to order more in the very near future. I have been using Wipe-Out with near total satisfaction, but was wondering if there is a better product available now. If anyone does suggest a new product, please be sure to include where/how ti buy it.
Thanks to any and all who take out time to help me on this.
I just began using the stuff and man, does it work ... like a dream! The best way I have found to do it is stick the little applicator nozzle in the business end of the barrel and push a rag into the breech end with my little finger just resting near the chamber. When I squirt the Wipe Out it just takes about one second worth, if that, and I will feel moisture on my little finger. I then use the little finger to suff the rag into the chamber area and another to clean up any mess that may have occurred. The soda straw method looks like it may be better because that way you are squirting from the chamber to the end of the barrel instead of the other way around. Then, it is just a matter of stop squirting when the stuff comes out of the end of the barrel. It really does work good, or at least seems to work. I have a Model 94 Swedish Mauser with a little 17.5 inch barrel and all matching parts. It took the crud out of it after two applications. I now have a bright, shiny bore. Tom Purdom
Posts: 499 | Location: Eudora, Ks. | Registered: 15 December 2003
Tried Wipe Out and it was great. However, I some problems getting it properly into the bore from the muzzle end, (the can I had was equipped with a little funnel affair). Through trial and error I came up with a partial chamber plug system that got it all the way to the throat area and yet wouldn't (usually) make a mess into the action.
Couple months ago the local gunshop ordered some of this Gunslick stuff. The can came equipped with a little 5- inch hose applicator. I tried a can of it and really appreciated the set-up. Now I can put the hose up into the chamber from the action end and send the foam out towards the muzzle. This results in less mess in the action. It turns the gunk in the bore the same dark blue color as WipeOut.
Unless WipeOut has improved their can dispensing system since I last tried it, perhaps you want to try this Gunslick product.
Posts: 3293 | Location: Western Slope Colorado, USA | Registered: 17 August 2001
I like Wipe-Out, and have found nothing better, or at least nothing that achieves a cleaner barrel with less effort. Otherwise, JB is pretty effective when you get a badly fouled barrel.
I use a straw from McDonalds to apply the Wipe-Out. Rare I get a mess that way, the straws are for free and supply unlimited.
How do you guys remove the Wipe-Out after you let it work in the barrel?? Simply dry patches, some sort of solvent (which), oil or some combination??
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Posts: 6653 | Location: Switzerland | Registered: 11 March 2002
All the new Wipe Out I have seen has an applicator tube. They also have something they call an Accelerator which is suppose to make it work faster but I haven't tried it.
Posts: 234 | Location: tx | Registered: 30 September 2003
I reccomend running some bore shine through your gun after you clean it with Wipe Out; from my experience Wipe Out does a fine job with copper and removes most of the powder but not all of it.
Posts: 53 | Location: West By God Virginia | Registered: 21 May 2004
I've tried the Accelerator and it does speed up the process. However I only use it when I can't leave the WipeOut in over night. I usually just run a couple of patches Hoppes #9 or some other powder solvent through after dry patching the WipeOut out. If you pull up the subject, there's about a 4 page thread on the subject.
Geronimo
Posts: 816 | Location: Michigan | Registered: 14 April 2004
nothing better out there that I have found, but be careful to keep it out of the chamber. I use bore guides, keeping the wipe out from going in the chamber. if you do not keep wipe out from the chamber you could end up with stuck cases
Wipe-out and it's acclerator have replaced most everything else on my bench.
If you are having problems with foam blow-back,..stick a macdonalds straw (thicker version) over the nozzle and then wrap some tape for a few rounds on the chamber end of the straw to take up the neck dia. Works like a charm Than just let the can and starw hang there for 30sec, and no foam gets into the chamber either.
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Posts: 1496 | Location: behind the crosshairs | Registered: 01 August 2002
Originally posted by Snowwolfe: Why cant you just put it on a patch and work it in and out?
Wipe Out is a expanding foam not a liquid. I stuff a piece of paper towel in the chamber to block it, and give a 2 second max blast from the muzzel. The foam expands and fills the bore fully. Then I let it set over night and patch out in the morning. The foam needs time to work, at least a half hour, and has the consistancy of shaving cream. Use caution when you first try it until you find how much it takes to fill your bore. Trust me, you`ll find it is a very small amount, any more and it will be a mess.
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Posts: 2535 | Location: Michigan | Registered: 20 January 2001
Go to your local hwe. store, buy a foot or two of plastic tubing 3/8" OD 1/4" ID cut a piece 4 or 5 "" long, it will fit over the nozzel of the wipeout can. Then shove it in tight to the chamber squirt away. Shake the can well and only use a short squirt, it takes a while to get it down so you dont waste too much. It sure helps keep it out of the action. I usualy leave it with the muzzel slightly down over night.Patch on a tight jag the next day and it's clean. Lyle
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Because Wipe-Out doesn't work real well on powder fouling, I always clean with one of the regular solvents till I get most of the powder fouling out. Then I run a patch or two through with alcohol(rubbing!!) through to get out the solvent.Dry patch to make sure the alcohol is gone, then apply the foam from the muzzle with the Stoney Point bore guide still in place. Just a short burst, then hold the end of the barrel capped till the foam expands into the bore guide. Then just lay itdown on it's side, and turn it over a couple of hours later(the stuff tends to puddle in the bottom of the bore). That's it, just leave a few hours while your doing something else(like the honey do's you neglected so you could go shooting!) Then just patch it out. Since the Stoney point doesn't fill the entire chamber, I patch the bore a couple of times, then pull the boreguide, use a homemade chamber mop, then finish with Ed's red for a bit of rust protection. It's not nearly as complicated or time consuming as it sounds.
Posts: 339 | Location: SE Kansas | Registered: 05 March 2003
I just did a test for a gun mag comparing Wipe Out to another foam (Forrest Milfoam) and Wipe Out won all the way. It really took the copper out of the barrel and is easy to use.
I bought a can of Wipe-Out, Outers and Barrel Blaster. All three will clean a mildly fouled barrel in one application; all three will clean the absolute worst fouled barrel in 2 - 3 applications. None contain ammonia. Other than a slight difference in fragrance, I would not be surprised if all three were manufactured at the same plant. All of mine have the exact same/identical nozzles w/ the only difference being the outers uses the slip on tube and the other two uses the slip on cone but they are interchangeable. Only because I was using it on .375 rifles, I prefered using the slip on tube from the Outers can w/ all three products. It would fit tight in the muzzle w/ no leakage, a short squirt would fill the barrel to my finger stuck in the chamber. W/ the rifle upside down/level in a craddle, any expansion of the foam at the muzzle or chamber would drop straight to the ground. When I run out, I'll get the Barrel Blaster; it comes in a huge can and was priced cheaper. I see no reason to use my Sweets anymore.
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Posts: 6653 | Location: Switzerland | Registered: 11 March 2002
a heavily fouled barrel can take a few wet patches of accelrator with the wipe-out. It runs around $14/can delivered from what I have found and the acclerator will be about 1/2 that much. I have not tried anything else,..so I have no idea. I do like the ability to leave it in the bore.
I got my last cans from Midway (I think).
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Posts: 1496 | Location: behind the crosshairs | Registered: 01 August 2002
I would just like to say thanks a great deal to all who posted their info and for the time it took to do so. I hope this thread was helpfull to others as well. I will be reordering a long term suply of Wipe-Out.
Than just let the can and starw hang there for 30sec, and no foam gets into the chamber either.
