Important to weigh the suppressor when it is new, then after cleaning to evaluate how clean the can is. Carbon will get so hard that the cleaning solution will not touch it, water will look clean after the cleaning in the ultra sonic cleaner. Amazing to see clean water, but weight tells you that there is a lot of carbon is still in the can.
@@TcgunnerThanks,man! I’m glad to hear about your experience with cleaning the can. It’s always been a bit of Privy Duty for me,(pun intended) but you have been helpful and you are to be commended for your time and effort. R
Automatic transmission fluid for the win. Cheap house brand stuff works as well as the premium and at $1.99 for a quart, which can be used over and over until it's fouled, it's the best value of any of the dedicated products. Iv'e tried all the gun cleaners and all are a PITA to use. ATF runs circles around all of them Of course it needs to be said - I don't know why anyone would EVER clean a suppressor unless it's a.22lr
Funny I was just about to say ultrasonic cleaner, I bought one off Amazon for about 50 dollars right now just using hydrogen peroxide and white vinegar 50-50 and works very good. Hear CLR and water is good too
highly highly toxic, Using a 50/50 mixture of hydrogen peroxide and white vinegar, commonly known as “The Dip,” to clean your SilencerCo Sparrow 22 suppressor is strongly discouraged. This solution reacts with lead deposits to form lead acetate, a highly toxic compound that poses significant health risks upon exposure.
@midwestgunworks you said "aluminum" when putting the Titanium suppressor in the ultra sonic cleaner. When you mentioned using simple green ourple solution because it (the chemicals) doesn't harm aluminum... putting aluminum in an ultra sonic cleaner is a no no though. It can cause pitting and can eat away at the aluminum. For a safe rule of thumb, aluminum should not go in an ultra sonic cleaner.
i have maybe 200 rounds through my 300 cal suppressor but i havent cleaned it fully in 5 years. only the threads and mounts and inside the body about 1 inch on each side but i havent figured out how to take out the individual baffles (silencer co chimera) is it time to soak it in a solvent like some of the comments recommend?
Thank you for the great video. I’m having trouble getting the baffles out. I need something to reach down in to the can and pull them out. What can I use?
Appreciate the video but you need to be way more specific. Cleaning a can isn’t like lubing a Mil-Spec AR. It really needs to be manufacturer and model based for best results, longest life with no damage done.
The idea that more buildup in your can makes it quieter seems counterintuitive to say the least. After all, carbon/fouling building up inside your can reduces its internal volume.
So does Vaseline but you add that to dampen sound. I could see it absorbing sound waves. I remember as a kid building speaker boxes to deafen myself and make the neighbors hate me we added fiberglass to speaker boxes to act like a larger volume.
Works great as long it's a durable non-coated material. My Rugged Oculus 22 recommends Purple Power and an ultra sonic cleaner for the removable stainless baffle cones. Avoid use on aluminum or any coated parts (like a Cerakoted tube). Edit: plus they talk about it as well at 5:53
I just follow my can’s instructions. One of them specifically says not to clean it and the other says to soak the internals in 50/50 water/purple power in an ultrasonic.
This video most defiantly muddies the waters. You say stuff that could get a person confused. Take this video worth a grain of salt. and DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ALUMINUM INTO AN ULTRASONIC CLEANER
Hope you have a separate dishwasher hooked up because that’s a lot of lead contamination on your dishes otherwise. Primers contain a lot of mercury as well.
@@jakesmith2341 If the dishwasher is removing the lead from the gun, it's removing it from the inside of the dishwasher too leaving it safe and clean for the next cycle. I wouldn't put dishes and guns in there at the same time.
@@jebj1 wouldn’t count on it brother. Studied industrial chemistry in college and mercury never goes away once it’s in your body. It’s called fractionation dilution brother, and it’s logarithmic. Elemental mercury ain’t that toxic in liquid form, but organomercury? That’s incredibly toxic in small doses and stays in your system forever. Incidentally, that’s the compound that is formed when a primer detonates. Yeah, it’s a minuscule amount, but considering that a drop applied to your skin will kill you, a few ppm is a lot. If you shoot me, I’d be rather annoyed. If you chase me with a vial of organic mercury compounds I’ll scream like a little girl and run faster than I have in my life. You don’t want to put that into your water table for you, your kids, or grandkids to drink, would ya? There’s not a lot out there that scares me, but that stuff does. Please keep it out of our waterways, for the good of all.
It actually depends on the caliber you're shooting. 22lr is DIRTY so they will build up more, quicker, than other calibers like 9mm or rifle rounds. Rimfire is the dirtiest you can shoot. Also the funnest imo 😂
Lol, "very easy" yea fucking right, let my baffles soak in Hoppes for hours and not even a fucking bronze brush made a difference with 5 minutes of scrubbing the same spot.
Important to weigh the suppressor when it is new, then after cleaning to evaluate how clean the can is. Carbon will get so hard that the cleaning solution will not touch it, water will look clean after the cleaning in the ultra sonic cleaner. Amazing to see clean water, but weight tells you that there is a lot of carbon is still in the can.
The next bullet cleans it out ! Powerful , explosive scouring action .
50/50 water/CLR for an hour or so is magic! I use it to clean my DA attachments
I’d emphasize PPE. Eyes, hands and breathing. An apron is welcomed too. 🤷♂️
@@pevelyhomeowner327 I'm a man! I drive a truck! Even more manly!
😆 I do use gloves
This safe for aluminum?
@@Tcgunner im not too sure, I have not tried on an aluminum. I would not do an anodized parts. Maybe soak for less time.
@@TcgunnerThanks,man! I’m glad to hear about your experience with cleaning the can. It’s always been a bit of Privy Duty for me,(pun intended) but you have been helpful and you are to be commended for your time and effort.
R
He was just demonstrating but make sure you wear rubber gloves, especially when cleaning a .22 rimfire can, to protect you from all that lead.
Lead adds hair to your chest
@@jebj1No; it leads to criminal minds, look at Chicago and the water.
@@jebj1I thought it strengthened your teeth and bones 😂
Wish i knew there were different cans for rimfire / centerfire or pistol / rifle when my local gun store sold me my "use for everything" can.
What is different with the Simple Green purple not harming aluminum in the Ultrasonic cleaner? Isn't it the cavitation that does the damage?
Automatic transmission fluid for the win. Cheap house brand stuff works as well as the premium and at $1.99 for a quart, which can be used over and over until it's fouled, it's the best value of any of the dedicated products.
Iv'e tried all the gun cleaners and all are a PITA to use. ATF runs circles around all of them
Of course it needs to be said - I don't know why anyone would EVER clean a suppressor unless it's a.22lr
Nice tip! Thanks 🙏
Funny I was just about to say ultrasonic cleaner, I bought one off Amazon for about 50 dollars right now just using hydrogen peroxide and white vinegar 50-50 and works very good. Hear CLR and water is good too
highly highly toxic, Using a 50/50 mixture of hydrogen peroxide and white vinegar, commonly known as “The Dip,” to clean your SilencerCo Sparrow 22 suppressor is strongly discouraged. This solution reacts with lead deposits to form lead acetate, a highly toxic compound that poses significant health risks upon exposure.
I was told center fire suppressors don’t need cleaned.
But my 22 suppressor I use CLR. And it wipes clean.
You were told right, centerfire are perfectly good to go. So much damn energy, everything gets cleaned per shot(30 cal silencers at least).
@midwestgunworks you said "aluminum" when putting the Titanium suppressor in the ultra sonic cleaner. When you mentioned using simple green ourple solution because it (the chemicals) doesn't harm aluminum... putting aluminum in an ultra sonic cleaner is a no no though. It can cause pitting and can eat away at the aluminum. For a safe rule of thumb, aluminum should not go in an ultra sonic cleaner.
i have maybe 200 rounds through my 300 cal suppressor but i havent cleaned it fully in 5 years. only the threads and mounts and inside the body about 1 inch on each side but i havent figured out how to take out the individual baffles (silencer co chimera) is it time to soak it in a solvent like some of the comments recommend?
Thank you for the great video.
I’m having trouble getting the baffles out. I need something to reach down in to the can and pull them out. What can I use?
Wooden dowel works well
I have 2 yam suppressors with aluminium. Yam rold me I can use the the ultrasonic on a 50/50 mix of water with simple green.
Thanks for the knowledge 👍👍
Appreciate the video but you need to be way more specific. Cleaning a can isn’t like lubing a Mil-Spec AR. It really needs to be manufacturer and model based for best results, longest life with no damage done.
The idea that more buildup in your can makes it quieter seems counterintuitive to say the least. After all, carbon/fouling building up inside your can reduces its internal volume.
So does Vaseline but you add that to dampen sound. I could see it absorbing sound waves. I remember as a kid building speaker boxes to deafen myself and make the neighbors hate me we added fiberglass to speaker boxes to act like a larger volume.
How about using a ultra sonic cleaner? Any suggestions?
Works great as long it's a durable non-coated material. My Rugged Oculus 22 recommends Purple Power and an ultra sonic cleaner for the removable stainless baffle cones. Avoid use on aluminum or any coated parts (like a Cerakoted tube).
Edit: plus they talk about it as well at 5:53
not recommended,
every manufacturer says don’t
I just follow my can’s instructions. One of them specifically says not to clean it and the other says to soak the internals in 50/50 water/purple power in an ultrasonic.
I didn’t get any instructions with mine…
@@taylorharbin3948download off your suppressors web site.
Thank you!
This video most defiantly muddies the waters. You say stuff that could get a person confused. Take this video worth a grain of salt. and DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ALUMINUM INTO AN ULTRASONIC CLEANER
We put carburetors in ultra sonic cleaners all the time. Maybe watch what solutions you're using..
Use rubber gloves.
Prevent chemicals and lead to enter your skin.
Hands will suck up that nasty stuff like a sponge.
"if it's on you, it's in you"
I do them just like my guns. Dishwasher.
Hope you have a separate dishwasher hooked up because that’s a lot of lead contamination on your dishes otherwise. Primers contain a lot of mercury as well.
I think he was referring to his wife doing it for him…
lol 😂
@@jakesmith2341 If the dishwasher is removing the lead from the gun, it's removing it from the inside of the dishwasher too leaving it safe and clean for the next cycle. I wouldn't put dishes and guns in there at the same time.
@@jebj1
wouldn’t count on it brother. Studied industrial chemistry in college and mercury never goes away once it’s in your body.
It’s called fractionation dilution brother, and it’s logarithmic. Elemental mercury ain’t that toxic in liquid form, but organomercury? That’s incredibly toxic in small doses and stays in your system forever. Incidentally, that’s the compound that is formed when a primer detonates. Yeah, it’s a minuscule amount, but considering that a drop applied to your skin will kill you, a few ppm is a lot.
If you shoot me, I’d be rather annoyed. If you chase me with a vial of organic mercury compounds I’ll scream like a little girl and run faster than I have in my life.
You don’t want to put that into your water table for you, your kids, or grandkids to drink, would ya?
There’s not a lot out there that scares me, but that stuff does. Please keep it out of our waterways, for the good of all.
How long will a suppressor last with proper cleaning?
A lifetime for most people. A few years for heavy/pro shooters
check the experation date on the bottom of the can
it will last but it will get heavier over time from the carbon buildup
It actually depends on the caliber you're shooting. 22lr is DIRTY so they will build up more, quicker, than other calibers like 9mm or rifle rounds. Rimfire is the dirtiest you can shoot. Also the funnest imo 😂
Lol, "very easy" yea fucking right, let my baffles soak in Hoppes for hours and not even a fucking bronze brush made a difference with 5 minutes of scrubbing the same spot.
The Dead Air Odessa-9 is the worst can I have ever bought. Do NOT buy that POS.
I've heard dead air is a brand to stay away from.
Hey there, can you tell me why you don’t like it, cause I was looking into getting one?