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To: rickomatic; Axenolith

Ed’s Red = equal parts each of ATF, kerosene, paint thinner and acetone.

Conveniently, those can all be gotten in quart quantities, to make 1 gallon.

I have used it to clean numerous guns with both polymer and wood furniture (including Glocks) ... never had any trouble with the acetone eating the plastic.


56 posted on 09/05/2012 8:10:22 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Acetone will eat or soften many plastics.

The solvent that I use that seems to be less aggressive on plastics is lighter fluid - the stuff that people used to use in Zippo lighters.

I’d be especially careful with acetone around some of the high-gloss finishes used on some guns - eg, the high-gloss finish on Browning rifles and shotguns is softened by acetone.


62 posted on 09/05/2012 10:19:44 PM PDT by NVDave
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