filthy Glock 23C rescue - help cleaning

[Fherot]

Hey all,

My mom gave me her ~2001 Glock 23C (ported barrel / slide) and it hasn't been cleaned since being fired about 4 years ago.

I did a complete slide disassembly and cleaned everything, everything looks like new now (it's a Glock).

However I'm having trouble removing the caked on hard buildup in the slide ports. Its like a dark gray lead and/or carbon buildup that is a ***** to scrape.

Is there a really good chemical to break it up to scrub off easier? (Ballistol is my normal cleaner) or if I go fire it will that heat it up and let me clean it up easier?

Any help is appreciated.

[Ubermcoupe]

CLP usually does the trick. Turn the slide over and try and let the cleaner pool. That should help loosed it up and than you can scrub it out with a brass brush.

[scglock]

I use ballistol too. Let it soak for a while and go at it with a brash brush. Should do the trick

[Black Majik]

Slip 2000

[far from tactical]

[MrChubbyMcLard]

Use one of these to get off the build-up.

[dem0critus]

CLP usually does the trick. Turn the slide over and try and let the cleaner pool. That should help loosed it up and than you can scrub it out with a brass brush.

You use a brass brush on the slide of your glock? Doesn't take off the finish?

[Fherot]

Hmm I'll soak slide in Ballistol overnight and try a brass .17 brush inside the ports then. I also was unsure if brass brush would mess up the Teflon-Like finish but if it'll do the trick I'll give it a shot.

[zfields]

a bullet traveling at 1000+fps doesn't damage it, but your worried a brass brush will


Soak it in solvent, and have at it. I'd personally use a dental pick to get most of it off, then a brush for the rest.

[Bug Splat]

white vinegar and hydrogen peroxide 50/50 mix. Put a little on a rag and wipe down just the areas with buildup. Only do this for 30 seconds then wash off with running water. Repeat if needed but you should not have to. Oil the slide well after you dry it.

[Fherot]

Well bullet doesn't travel across the surface of the slide or ports and I have a knack to screw up without knowing what I'm getting into first...

Edit: Good idea I just got some dental picks coincidentally.

Stupid work, I want to run home and soak the thing already.

Funny how I sold my two Glocks now 2 months later I have 2 again...

[sammy]

white vinegar and hydrogen peroxide 50/50 mix. Put a little on a rag and wipe down just the areas with buildup. Only do this for 30 seconds then wash off with running water. Repeat if needed but you should not have to. Oil the slide well after you dry it.

Be very cautious with that recipe on blued guns. I don't think it will take the finish off a Glock but would not try it. A buddy told me about the recipe and told me to soak my 1911 barrel in it for an hour and the lead would come right off. The only thing that came off was the bluing on my new Les Baer barrel. [ Live and learn.

[Ubermcoupe]

You use a brass brush on the slide of your glock? Doesn't take off the finish?

[Rhatical]

Spray heavily with Gun Scrubber.

[p1choco]

Elbow grease is the only substance that will effectively remove carbon build up.