Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!jade!jkh From: jkh@jade.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.rec.guns Subject: Gun cleaning, quick & dirty... Message-ID: <2591@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Mon, 23-Feb-87 17:52:53 EST Article-I.D.: jade.2591 Posted: Mon Feb 23 17:52:53 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Feb-87 00:28:11 EST Organization: U.C. Berkeley Lines: 21 Approved: jkh@ucbjade Author: Will Martin -- AMXAL-RI Article: 2:22 I recall that a couple of gun magazines of the more extreme variety recommended cleaning handguns by putting them in a flat Tupperware or equivalent container partly filled with diesel fuel and sloshing it around for a while. (I mentioned this to a Tupperware distributor friend of ours as a possible sales point for expanding the target audience for Tupperware parties.:-) If I try this, I will remove the grips first! Also, I would suppose it wouldn't be too great for finely-finished arms, as the grit washes out and grinds between the gun and the plastic container. But maybe it would be OK for a worn working gun or one you normally keep in a tackle box or similar environment. By the way, has anyone out there tried some of the spray-and-bake-on or just spray-on semipermanent home gun finishing treatments? If you've got worn guns that are not worth the hassle and expense of shipping off for professional refinishing, they might be returned to a reasonably presentable appearance and maybe gain some functionality this way at a sensible price, if these finishes are any good. Regards, Will Martin wmartin@ALMSA-1.ARPA (on USENET try ...!seismo!wmartin@ALMSA-1.ARPA )