do you have any gun cleaning 'hacks'?

[StangGT]

A pal of mine recently mentioned using printer's solvent (whatever that is!) for gun cleaning... got me thinking ... does anyone have any little cheats for getting a gun clean?

[Individual]

Yep - dont bother. Saves loads of time.

[Chuck]

individual:

BRILLIANT!

Tea, screen and keyboard now in close contact with each other

[zanes]

Ignore Winchester's manual for the 94AE where it says "dismantling by the user for cleaning is not necessary"

[saddler]

Brake cleaner in an aerosol can

I know someone that used Cillit BANG.
ONCE
....cleaned it down to the bare steel, fouling, carbon, copper, bluing...shifted the lot

[snayperskaya]

ATF cut with parrafin

[StangGT]

ATF cut with parrafin

Dare I ask... Does it work?

[CDM5]

Dechlorinated brake cleaner, removes oil and drys with no residue. Then use a brush to scrub any carbon fouling.
My method for 10/22s.

Want to give Hornady dry lube a shot next but can't find any stockists here.

[StangGT]

This stuff is brilliant for cars:
http://www.gunk.com

Maybe use it on an AK?

[snayperskaya]

ATF cut with parrafin

Dare I ask... Does it work?

It certainly does, you can add acetone and an optional bit of lanolin and it makes a good bore cleaner.

Ideal for an AK or Mosin as it's pretty much what Russian troops used/use and when used as a lube it doesn't solidify at low temperatures.