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thallub · November 5, 2011, 07:08 AM

IMO: The best black powder cleaner is Windex with vinegar. It's now called Windex Multi-Task. It's about three percent vinegar. The acid in the vinegar vinegar dissolves and neutralizes the base in the black powder residue. You can sometimes see it fizz. Windex Multi-Task also works well with the black powder substitutes except for BlackHorn 209.

Nothing else cleans a breechplug as quickly and as easy as Windex Multi-Task. Spray it on and hit the breechplug with an old toothbrush. Windex Multi-Task is good for swabbing the bore between shots. Prior to leaving the range i swab the bore with a wet patch: The bore is left wet. At home the bore is again swabbed with a wet patch followed by dry patches. Then the bore swabbed with a patch moistened with Hoppe's Bore Scrubber followed by dry patches. If the gun will be stored the bore is swabbed with a patch moistened with light gun oil.

Many CASS shooters use Windex with vinegar to clean their guns.

November 5, 2011, 07:08 AM	#3
thallub Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2007 Location: South Western OK Posts: 3,112	IMO: The best black powder cleaner is Windex with vinegar. It's now called Windex Multi-Task. It's about three percent vinegar. The acid in the vinegar vinegar dissolves and neutralizes the base in the black powder residue. You can sometimes see it fizz. Windex Multi-Task also works well with the black powder substitutes except for BlackHorn 209. Nothing else cleans a breechplug as quickly and as easy as Windex Multi-Task. Spray it on and hit the breechplug with an old toothbrush. Windex Multi-Task is good for swabbing the bore between shots. Prior to leaving the range i swab the bore with a wet patch: The bore is left wet. At home the bore is again swabbed with a wet patch followed by dry patches. Then the bore swabbed with a patch moistened with Hoppe's Bore Scrubber followed by dry patches. If the gun will be stored the bore is swabbed with a patch moistened with light gun oil. Many CASS shooters use Windex with vinegar to clean their guns. Last edited by thallub; November 5, 2011 at 07:20 AM.