Best way to clean aluminum baffles

Willie Lowman · February 27, 2021, 06:19 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, 07:01 PM

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

Willie Lowman · March 2, 2021, 02:21 PM

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

Geezerbiker · March 5, 2021, 09:25 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, 06:19 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

February 27, 2021, 07:01 PM	#2
ms6852 Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 1,394	Check this link out, good information.https://proreviewbuzz.com/cleaning-a...in%20and%20dry. __________________ ONLY TWO DEFINING FORCES HAVE GIVEN UP THEIR LIVES FOR YOU. ONE IS JESUS CHRIST FOR YOUR SOUL AND THE OTHER IS THE AMERICAN SOLDIER FOR YOUR FREEDOM.

March 2, 2021, 02:21 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