Any experience with Gun Scrubber?

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choochboost

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The guy at the gun store recomended this to me today. Of course he's trying to sell it to me but I wanted to get some feedback from you all. What has been your experience with this product? He recommended that I spray everything on my USP with Gun Scrubber (synthetic safe) after I clean (M-Pro7) and before I lube (Break Free CLP). What do you guys think?
 
The original gun scrubber will melt some hard plastic grips. Do not ask me how I know. It's very good for getting grit and excess lube from tight spots. I've not purchased any that is described as synthetic safe and can't speak for any differences between it and the original. Wear eye protection when you are using it, it's under pretty good pressure and can splash a lot, especially when you use that little extension tube to direct the spray.
 
Its pretty good stuff but wear eye protection and chemical proof gloves. Oh yeah, and it is best to do it ourdoors cause it really stinks up the house! (My wife was ready to kill me last time I used it indoors! It is some pretty nasty stuff. I had some splash back in my eye when I was cleaning the slide of one of my guns and IT HURT LIKE HELL!!! One other thing is I'm not sure how toxic this stuff is. I don't recommend breathing this stuff in for lonf periods of time. This stuff will go through latex gloves. Be careful about where you use this stuff. It will dissolve some forms of rubber. BE SURE TO WEAR GLOVES!!! I think this stuff is easily absorbed into the skin. It made my hand tingle for a few hours and I'm sure that can't be a good thing. Like I said, who knows what kind of long terns effects it can have.

Now that the safety disclaimer is over (if you haven't already been scared off by it) I like the stuff. I used Hoppes 9 and brush the heck out of my guns with a nylon brush. I use the copper brush for the barrel. I then jet out all the junk with the Gun Scrubber and then coat everything with Rem Lube with Teflon. I spray some Birchwood Casey Sheath in the hidden areas to make sure they are lubed. I hope that helps!
 
I stopped using it after my first experience with it. It turned my Polymer guns a whitish/grey...scared the hell outta me. Even though after wiping them down with a oily silicon cloth, they did become black again, there is definitely some permanent scarring that can barely be seen. I won't use the stuff ever again.
 
Topthis,

What kind of polymer gun do you have? I use it on my Glock 26 regularly and I have not noticed that problem. Maybe it is good to use on the slides but not on the receivers.
 
I like it.

It's especially nice for blasting out the slide internals of a Kimber that has one too many holes in it.

Handgun forum notwithstanding, it's also appreciated for flushing out AR-15 gunk.
 
I use Brake Cleaner that I buy for $1.69 at Wal-Mart. It's just as good and a lot cheaper.

My buddy has a shooting range/gunshop and they do a lot of gunsmithing but he prefers Engine Degreaser.

I just can't see the point of dropping big bucks for a brand name. It doesn't work any better.
 
Works as advertised! However I gave up on the stuff and now keep a can of Powder Blast in my range bag same principle but not as stinky or harsh, smells like oranges. Powder Blast is made by Brake Free and is non-toxic.

As mentioned above, I also have an air compressor and just blow dry my guns prior to re-lubricating. So the Powder Blast is just for the range, incase I need to clear out some gunk in hurry.
 
BE CAREFUL!!! Gun Scrubber eats plastic, dampens and rots wood (as in grips) and I think might even take bluing off. The first two of those three happened to me and I threw the bottle away in the trash after it rotted some perfectly good grips on my Colt Official Police (causing the screw to push through on the inside once the scrubber fluid had soaked into the grips. :mad: It ate the plastic leaving a few long streaks of white along the plastic frame of my 30.06 Remington Bolt action. Didn't hurt the gun, but the Scrubber sure ate into the plastic, looks like two white dripping streaks aslong the stock.:rolleyes:
Don't waste your money, get something else.
 
It can indeed cause rust if you don't follow the use of it with normal and complete lubrication. Gun Scrubber will usually remove all oil and grease from whatever you spray it on.

Like nemesis, I use brake cleaner in place of Gun Scrubber. I bought a box of 12 cans of brake cleaner at Costco for about the same price as one can of GS.
 
Brake Cleaner..

The 99 cent can of brake cleaner at Advanced Auto parts is excellent. In fact it works to clean pretty much anything. It will remove all grease and dirt from pretty much any metal. Just make sure you lube good afterwards. I have even used it to remove excess sticker residue from my Dodge when i removed all of the stickers and badges from it. I have used it to prep metal before painting. My buddy uses it in his hot rod shop to clean all parts. Its cheap and will clean anything. So far it hasn't hurt any of the surfaces it has touched either blue, stainless, painted. For me its right up there with Simple Green and Ty Wraps!
 
The rusting you may be getting after using Gun Scrubber may be from the condensation that forms after the stuff evaporates. Evaporation causes a cooling effect and in humid areas, condensation will form. As mentioned, make sure you use a good lube afterwards. That is the reason I use the Birchwood Casey Sheath product to lube the hard to reach areas. I'm sure that brake cleaner will do the same thing so lube well! One other thing is be sure to follow all of the same safety procedures I mentioned on the second post of this thread whether you use brake cleaner or Gun Scrubber. Those chemicals are pretty nasty! I'm going to look into that Powder Blast stuff. Any idead where I can buy it? I have't seen it in Walmarts yet.
 
There are some earlier threads (you can search for them) about how Gunscrubber and some brands of carb cleaner and other spray solvents can remove the clear coat finish of many newer S&W alloy and titanium revolvers. The finish starts to peel away.
 
I like it a lot and use it on all my guns - including 5 Glocks, Winchester 95 & 94, M1A with synthetic stock - I could go on for pages. Have used it over the past 8 or 10 years with no problems of any kind from it. Does tend to discolor synthetic stocks slightly with white film but that wipes of easily. Sure simplifies cleaning guns for me. I shoot every week but only clean guns every month or two.:rolleyes:

:) :D
 
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