Degreaser for Aluma-Hyde II

celtgun · August 6, 2010, 08:06 AM

What is best degreaser for preping for Aluma-Hyde II?
Needs to be something available in hardware store locally.
Will sand with 120 as instructed by Brownell tech.
Working on old friend's heirloom 22 ex-wife left in storage shed, he just wants his Dad's rifle shootable. And my "house" shotgun, 20ga single barrell.
Thanx for any advice.

Pray and Shoot Daily.
Lee Jones(Celtgun)

Have your musket clean as a whistle, hatchet scoured, sixty rounds powder and ball, and be ready to march at a minute's warning.
April 19,1775

oneoldsap · August 6, 2010, 07:06 PM

TCE brake cleaner works very well as a degreaser / paint prep . If you can find a way to get your things bead blasted , the results will be much better . You just can't reach everywhere with sand paper , bead blasting makes everything uniform in texture !

SCcdp · August 8, 2010, 10:16 AM

I use Brownell's TCE degreaser before I apply Duracoat. I've used it on a number of items that I've sprayed and it works really well. I've got an industrial degreaser called Heptane that I am going to use as well. It'll pull the grease off of ANYTHING!

August 6, 2010, 08:06 AM	#1
celtgun Senior Member Join Date: August 17, 2008 Location: SE North Carolina Posts: 203	Degreaser for Aluma-Hyde II What is best degreaser for preping for Aluma-Hyde II? Needs to be something available in hardware store locally. Will sand with 120 as instructed by Brownell tech. Working on old friend's heirloom 22 ex-wife left in storage shed, he just wants his Dad's rifle shootable. And my "house" shotgun, 20ga single barrell. Thanx for any advice. Pray and Shoot Daily. Lee Jones(Celtgun) Have your musket clean as a whistle, hatchet scoured, sixty rounds powder and ball, and be ready to march at a minute's warning. April 19,1775

August 6, 2010, 07:06 PM	#2
oneoldsap Senior Member Join Date: September 16, 2009 Location: I live in the foot of the Green Mountains of Vermont Posts: 1,602	TCE brake cleaner works very well as a degreaser / paint prep . If you can find a way to get your things bead blasted , the results will be much better . You just can't reach everywhere with sand paper , bead blasting makes everything uniform in texture !

August 8, 2010, 10:16 AM	#3
SCcdp Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2004 Location: South Carolina Lowcountry Posts: 103	I use Brownell's TCE degreaser before I apply Duracoat. I've used it on a number of items that I've sprayed and it works really well. I've got an industrial degreaser called Heptane that I am going to use as well. It'll pull the grease off of ANYTHING!