Best way to clean aluminum baffles

Willie Lowman · February 27, 2021, 07:19 PM

I just got my old Trident-9 back from being jail broke. I fired 150 rounds through it and took it apart. The baffles barely wanted to budge at first. I covered them in Hoppe's 9 and scrubbed them with a tooth brush. On reassembly I had trouble getting the baffles back into the tube.

I think I am going to have to get a 1 1/4" brush to clean the inside of my suppressor tube.

But there has to be a better way to clean the baffles. The 9 and toothbrush didn't seem to do a very good job.

So how do you guys clean your pistol cans? I thought about getting an ultrasonic cleaner but I read that they can be harmful to aluminum.

ms6852 · February 27, 2021, 08:01 PM

Check this link out, good information.https://proreviewbuzz.com/cleaning-a...in%20and%20dry.

Willie Lowman · March 2, 2021, 03:21 PM

That was a long way to say soak it in Ed's Red.

Geezerbiker · March 5, 2021, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willie Lowman

That was a long way to say soak it in Ed's Red.

That would have been my first guess...

Tony

February 27, 2021, 07:19 PM	#1
Willie Lowman Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2009 Location: Uh-Hi-O Posts: 3,006	Best way to clean aluminum baffles I just got my old Trident-9 back from being jail broke. I fired 150 rounds through it and took it apart. The baffles barely wanted to budge at first. I covered them in Hoppe's 9 and scrubbed them with a tooth brush. On reassembly I had trouble getting the baffles back into the tube. I think I am going to have to get a 1 1/4" brush to clean the inside of my suppressor tube. But there has to be a better way to clean the baffles. The 9 and toothbrush didn't seem to do a very good job. So how do you guys clean your pistol cans? I thought about getting an ultrasonic cleaner but I read that they can be harmful to aluminum. __________________ "9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens

March 2, 2021, 03:21 PM	#3
Willie Lowman Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2009 Location: Uh-Hi-O Posts: 3,006	That was a long way to say soak it in Ed's Red. __________________ "9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens

February 27, 2021, 08:01 PM	#2
ms6852 Senior Member Join Date: April 4, 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 1,394	Check this link out, good information.https://proreviewbuzz.com/cleaning-a...in%20and%20dry.