>clean the weapon with BF until you know its good and clean. THEN,
>taking a wet patch with WS-CLP, coat the barrel and allow it to set
>for 2-5 minutes. Then go back down the bore and see what residual
>fouling (if any) comes out.
having nothing better to do tonight (sometimes i need a life), i decided to pull out the kimber which had been cleaned and put away and run this test on it.
here's the setup:
here are the wetted patches before being run through. note that the bf soaked the patch completely, while the viscosity of the ws kept it from spreading to the edges of the patch.
i did a run through with bf, let it sit for about 5 min, ran a bronze brush through 3 times, and then ran two dry patches through. the second one came out clean. i then rewet the ws patch, and ran it through twice, and let the barrel sit for another 5 minutes. after another couple runs with the brush, the patches came out looking like this: (wet patches on top, dry patches on the bottom)
you'll note that there was a bit of additional dirt picked up, though the high contrast here makes it look like a bit more. on the off chance that the dirt came from the brush, i repeated the process with break free again. here is a comparison of the 3 dry patches (the first one was actually the second patch from the first run - i had used the other one to do some breech cleaning and gotten additional dirt on it.)
you'll note there is some dirt on the third patch as well, indicating that there is some residue left by the brush, but that it is not as pronounced as the second patch.
conclusion - the ws clp *will* get some stuff that the clp didn't. it should also be noted that the viscosity was not issue in application as the wet patch did end up completely coated once it had been run through.
>taking a wet patch with WS-CLP, coat the barrel and allow it to set
>for 2-5 minutes. Then go back down the bore and see what residual
>fouling (if any) comes out.
having nothing better to do tonight (sometimes i need a life), i decided to pull out the kimber which had been cleaned and put away and run this test on it.
here's the setup:
here are the wetted patches before being run through. note that the bf soaked the patch completely, while the viscosity of the ws kept it from spreading to the edges of the patch.
i did a run through with bf, let it sit for about 5 min, ran a bronze brush through 3 times, and then ran two dry patches through. the second one came out clean. i then rewet the ws patch, and ran it through twice, and let the barrel sit for another 5 minutes. after another couple runs with the brush, the patches came out looking like this: (wet patches on top, dry patches on the bottom)
you'll note that there was a bit of additional dirt picked up, though the high contrast here makes it look like a bit more. on the off chance that the dirt came from the brush, i repeated the process with break free again. here is a comparison of the 3 dry patches (the first one was actually the second patch from the first run - i had used the other one to do some breech cleaning and gotten additional dirt on it.)
you'll note there is some dirt on the third patch as well, indicating that there is some residue left by the brush, but that it is not as pronounced as the second patch.
conclusion - the ws clp *will* get some stuff that the clp didn't. it should also be noted that the viscosity was not issue in application as the wet patch did end up completely coated once it had been run through.