I've gone with the Harbor Freight Rock Tumbler. I use the small stainless steel rods in it. I vary with solvents but last night I used some Balistol, Citric acid powder, liquid dish detergent and water. I ran the baffles for 24 hours and they came out almost completely clean. I did have to scrap some lead caked on a few using a small knife and/or a brass bristle tooth brush. Another thing I did last time, and I believe which made cleaning a breeze this time was to, once completely clean, I baked the baffles and tube in an oven at 250 degrees for about 30 minutes. From the oven and still hot I immersed all the peaces in a jar of silicone oil (which I purchase on Amazon for this purpose). After the pieces cooled (I actually left mine in the bath overnight) I let the silicone oil drip off the pieces but re-assembled the suppressor with the pieces still coated in oil. The oil does two things... I think it acts to make the suppressor essentially a "wet" suppressor and I really believe the heat treatment and soaking allowed me to wipe off most of the carbon. The Rock Tumbler and steel rods removed most of the lead. The biggest issue for me now is the lead. It is not as excessive as it was before the silicone oil treatment but is still occurs. I'm wondering, since the melting point of lead is much lower than stainless steel I wonder if I can "spot" melt the lead using a blowtorch??
Thank you for making the video that way -- you need patience to run many rounds for the baffles to be completely clean. The ratio is also important. You can use purple power in full strength too (no dilution), which would make the cleaning faster.
I have a question about your blast baffle. I ordered this very same suppressor got to look at the internals of mine and my blast baffle is stainless steel like the rest of the other baffles. In the video your blast blast baffle looks like it’s made out of a different metal. is that a first run batch and did they change up the material used for the blast baffle.
I've gone with the Harbor Freight Rock Tumbler. I use the small stainless steel rods in it. I vary with solvents but last night I used some Balistol, Citric acid powder, liquid dish detergent and water. I ran the baffles for 24 hours and they came out almost completely clean. I did have to scrap some lead caked on a few using a small knife and/or a brass bristle tooth brush. Another thing I did last time, and I believe which made cleaning a breeze this time was to, once completely clean, I baked the baffles and tube in an oven at 250 degrees for about 30 minutes. From the oven and still hot I immersed all the peaces in a jar of silicone oil (which I purchase on Amazon for this purpose). After the pieces cooled (I actually left mine in the bath overnight) I let the silicone oil drip off the pieces but re-assembled the suppressor with the pieces still coated in oil. The oil does two things... I think it acts to make the suppressor essentially a "wet" suppressor and I really believe the heat treatment and soaking allowed me to wipe off most of the carbon. The Rock Tumbler and steel rods removed most of the lead.
The biggest issue for me now is the lead. It is not as excessive as it was before the silicone oil treatment but is still occurs. I'm wondering, since the melting point of lead is much lower than stainless steel I wonder if I can "spot" melt the lead using a blowtorch??
Thank you for making the video that way -- you need patience to run many rounds for the baffles to be completely clean. The ratio is also important. You can use purple power in full strength too (no dilution), which would make the cleaning faster.
Thanks for this. I'm buying an Element 2, so this is quite helpful.
Did you replace the fluid in the ultrasonic cleaner after each run, and did you change the orientation of the baffles after each run?
Same fluid. I did not make any effort to replace the baffles the same way each time. I just sort of threw them in.
Any recommendations on cleaning aluminum baffles n parts?
Nice video. We’re do u get that Lubricant
I used C.L.R. and it gets my baffles clean..
What would be the most rounds you would put through it before cleaning?
10,000+
Where did you buy the baffle removal tool? I have tried finding online but everyone is sold out.
It came with my surpressor
I have a question about your blast baffle. I ordered this very same suppressor got to look at the internals of mine and my blast baffle is stainless steel like the rest of the other baffles. In the video your blast blast baffle looks like it’s made out of a different metal. is that a first run batch and did they change up the material used for the blast baffle.
I wonder about this too, my blast baffle looks like a different metal than the other baffles when its apart on this same model
Have you fires them, it’s like the heat after so many rounds. Mine are cooper color.
a higher quality suppressor might solve your problem.
@@lordfordification what do you recommend?
@@billcarr5406 I like the dead air suppressors but I lost mine in a boating accident.