polymer safe solvents

[offrdmania]

Dish soap in water cuts grease and oil. It is used to clean up oil spills. I use it to clean all of my guns and then blow dry with the air compressor. It works perfectly and leaves no residue.

[Cokebottle]

What part (s) of an LCR are polymer? Grip?

Grip and trigger housing.
It's a 2-part frame with the cylinder surround and barrel shroud being alloy, and the cylinder itself and barrel being steel.

Personally, I did not like the LCR. It is more complex than the M&P340 due to the 2-piece frame, and it's heavier as well than the Scandium airweight.

The biggest issue though, is the easiest to correct. The molding part line on the center of the trigger guard irritated and blistered my knuckle.
Would have been a simple matter to sand it down, but I just really did not like the gun and sold it.

[LBDamned]

I use Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber... Followed by BC Barricade and/or silicone cloth wipe down.

[protohyp]

Ever since I started doing this, it dramatically sped up my cleaning process. No longer do I need to go in with a fine pick and get every corner.



What I also like about this is that the outside of the frame, in particular the grip, gets a good washing each time. So, if I go shooting with a guest and if that guest has sweaty hands, at least I know I'm not forever archiving someone else's sweaty DNA in the pits and grooves of my polymer frame, thanks to the healthy toothbrush scrubbing the frame gets after the session.



Turby

Yeah. It obviously works best if you do it after every outing. For those that clean every 10000 rounds not so much


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[Ayacuchano]

M-Pro 7 Gun Cleaner.

My 5 cents: M-Pro 7 Gun Cleaner does a fine job cleaning out semi-auto barrels, slides and frames, as well as revolver barrels, cylinders and frames. It also removes residual grease and oil from polymer frames without harming the polymer. I buy it in the gallon container.
Ayacuchano

[WartHog]

OP - Just a thought but have you considered emailing Ruger Customer Service or their Tech Department and asking them?

[Turbinator]

Yeah. It obviously works best if you do it after every outing. For those that clean every 10000 rounds not so much

I get torture testing and all that, but every 10K rounds? Wow..

Turby

[himurax13]

I get torture testing and all that, but every 10K rounds? Wow..

Turby

Why clean so often?

[Turbinator]

Why clean so often?

Pride of ownership, and to keep my items in best condition. I keep my cars clean, I keep my guns clean, I clean my toilets at home... why not?

Turby

[Garv]

I have used Ballistol, Rem Oil, Break-Free and a few others, no problems.

Acetone, MEK, and similar very strong solvents:

[teflondog]

Water, dish soap, and a toothbrush work great to clean my Glock frames.

[jhmc2000]

Pellegrino. Lemon works best.

[CandG]

I scrape the crud out of the grip texture occasionally but otherwise I don't think I've ever cleaned a polymer frame before.

I guess if I really had to, I'd just use hoppes. But it would take a lot of work to get a polymer frame so filthy that it requires a solvent cleaner.

ETA: I do clean the metal action parts inside the frame regularly, though. For that I use Hornady Oneshot.

[23's Dad]

Safe Solvent Test

Instead of testing on an inconspicuous location, use a Styrofoam cup.

If it is harmful to the cup, it may be unsafe to use. If a cup will withstand the solvent, it's mild enough.

[CandG]

Instead of testing on an inconspicuous location, use a Styrofoam cup.

If it is harmful to the cup, it may be unsafe to use. If a cup will withstand the solvent, it's mild enough.

While if it eats the styrofoam, it probably won't be good for polymer either, I wouldn't just assume that if it doesn't eat the styrofoam, that it's safe for polymer - they're a bit different in their chemical makeup, so what reacts with one won't always react with the other.

The polymer used for handguns is generally chosen so as to not react with typical gun cleaners. That's why I just use Hoppes or something similar.