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Easiest way to clean your baffles!
- Thread starter juju151
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I've been greasing AK pistons like this for years but i use the marine grade blue stuff.
The only can that I religiously clean is my MP5 SD can, you really need to clean them after a couple of hundred rounds, as it gets Uber dirty…The manufacturer of my can (TPM) recommends using anti-spatter spray from a welding supply store to prevent crap from sticking to the baffles. This sounds a bit neater. I’ll give it a whirl
Danke
Danke
The dirtier a can is, the better it works. I clean mine after about 1000 rounds. Drop in the solvent tank for an hour and they’re good to go.
I use high pressure air from bullets. Have not had a failure to eject yet.
Have to be careful what you use to clean your cans. Some chemicals and the ultrasonic itself, I'm told, can destroy baffles and tubes. I'm not a suppressor cleaner but I do clean my mounts and muzzle devices. Foaming bore cleaner works ok but I'm looking for something to cut down on scraping time.
Think there’s a bidet thread that covers that.
The risk with ultrasonics is primarily the finish on the cans, and the chemicals you might use.
The cavitation caused by an ultrasonic cleaner causes the water temperature to rise, which can make cleaning reagents more aggressive than they would be otherwise.
That said, scrubbing out a can tube and the finished end caps isn't much of a chore, and flinging all the internal parts in an ultrasonic bath with a dilute solution of a recognized water-based can cleaner isn't going to be a problem.
The exception is aluminum alloys, so before deciding ultrasonic cleaning is for you, check with the manufacturers.
