So, I'm now drinking the Kool-Aid...

[HonestFool03]

Wipe-Out and Wipe-Out Accelerator Kool-Aid that is

When I was at Scott's Gunsmithing the other day, I decided to pick some up, as well as some Ballistol. I had some free time today, so I decided to clean my already clean Vector AK47. Well, I thought it was clean at least. I gotta say, this stuff is amazing. Easier to clean the rifle than I ever did before, and it got stuff out of the gun that I didn't know was there (as I said, the rifle was cleaned a few weeks ago, and hadn't been shot since). That, in addition with a couple patches of Ballistol, and I was good to go.

 

[Maryland Hunter]

I've heard great things about Wipe-Out, so I picked some up. Cleaned 5 different guns, pistols and rifles, and not a mark on any patches. I'm not saying it doesn't work, I guess my guns were just real clean. Seems very easy to use, and a little goes a long way. I like the fact it has corrosion protection built in.

MH

 

[K31]

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[LordSigdious]

I ordered some wipe-out on wednesday from cheaper than dirt, havent used it yet. Do I necessarily need the accelerator or will the wipe out work just fine on its on? I assumed accelerator reduced soak time? I want to see what it gets out that my normal cleaning may have missed.
Brad

 

[Threeband]

I've been having a lot of fun with Wipe Out, since reading Blindnoodle's thread on the subject (http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=24725).

I started by cleaning massive quantities of jacket fouling from a Garand, then started on my Mosins. Patches were coming out deep indigo-blue (copper fouling) and black (powder/carbon fouling). I'm currently working on my Swedish Mauser. It is shocking to see how much crud was in an apparently clean barrel.

I've been doing this in a leisurely way, over several days. I'll run a patch with Accelerator through, than squirt the Wipe Out down the bore, and leave it for anywhere from 3 hours to overnight. Come back and run a couple patches through, admiring the copious crud that comes out. Then I repeat the process.

I've cleaned a Garand, 3 Mosins, and I'm almost done the Swede. My second can of Wipe Out is getting low: need to order more.

 

[grb]

I gotta say, I finally bought some this week as well. I had cleaned my Mosin thoroughly with Hoppes and Break Free two days earlier...I squirted some wipe out in the barrel and left it overnight. Next morning I ran a patch through it and couldn't believe the dark blue and black crud. I ran a couple more patches through and then re-applied. Went back this morning and same thing. Still dark blue and black crud. Re-applied again and will try again tomorrow morning. It sure is getting stuff out that brushing and using the other stuff did not get.

 

[eddiek2000]

Wipe OutIS THE BOMB!!!!

 

[Justpassing]

gonna have to buy some i think.. dang these forums have made me spend quite a bit in a past 3 weeks

 

[BeltBuckle]

Wipe OutIS THE BOMB!!!!

what he said. one of the best time-savers I've ever found. bought two cans to test/share with a friend and now I'm sorry I gave one away

 

[Maverick0313]

Get the extended application tube as well.....works mitey fine!!!!

 

[Maverick0313]

Oh.....and finish off with a run through with a boresnake....SPOTLESS....

 

[snoopaloop]

Using wipe out and seeing those deep blue patches was a real what-the-frenchtoast-is-that moment. I had some real bad copper fouling in my barrels and never knew it.

 

[kamikazeH20mln]

which wipeout product are you guys getting?

 

[Grampaw]

Wipe OutIS THE BOMB!!!!

Must be getting senile, I was ready to get up and start digging for my old guitar before I figured out you were refering to a different type of wipe out. Thanks for the video link, I hadn't heard that in decades.

 

[2ndMDRebel]

How did you get it to work in your Garand? I tried to use it in mine and it made quite the mess of things with the foam getting through the gas port. I do like it in all my bolt rifles though.

I wonder how it would fare in an AR?

 

[3rdRcn]

which wipeout product are you guys getting?

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=784639

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=461265

It's good stuff!!

 

[Threeband]

How did you get it to work in your Garand? I tried to use it in mine and it made quite the mess of things with the foam getting through the gas port. I do like it in all my bolt rifles though.

I wonder how it would fare in an AR?

When I had my Garand stripped down, I used the Wipe Out foam, and let it clean out the gas cylinder too.

Now that the M1 is reassembled, I've used Patch Out. Near as I can tell, Patch Out is the non-foaming version. Use it just like the foam, that is, use Accelerator first, followed by either Wipe Out foam or Patch Out (a thickish liquid), and allow to set for a few hours or overnight. (This is my understanding/interpretation of the product instructions anyway.) I would use the Patch Out non-foaming liquid on an AR too.

By the way, I clean the M1 upside down in a horizontal cleaning cradle, in order to keep solvents out of the gas tube.


http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=112089

 

[mvee]

I bought some wipe out and accelerator at Scott’s Gunsmithing a week ago Saturday. I also bought a Finn Mosin that they had for sale on consignment. The barrel of the rifle looked like a sewer pipe. I ran a patch of wipe out accelerator followed by the foam. I ran a couple of dry patches through the barrel and I did get a bunch of purple out and some black. I think I tried to do it again and I got a little more crap out of the barrel, but it did not look really clean. I shot that rifle with four of other ones the following weekend. After I shot the rifle I noticed the bore looked a little better than before I shot it.

When I got back I pushed a patch with the accelerator through the bore and some carbon came out on the patch. I followed with the foam and let it sit. When I patched out the bore, I did get a lot of crap out on the patches. I noticed after several dry patches that the bore was still dirty because I would get a little bit of carbon streaks on the dry patches. I decided to run through another session. I put a patch of accelerator through and it came out a really dark nasty yellow grey brown color. Ultimately I decided to run dry patches after the accelerator patches. I hit it with the accelerator patches then dry patches until it got pretty clean then I used the foaming cleaner, and let it sit. After several iterations of doing this, the bore got noticeably cleaner.

I squirted a few drops of accelerator down the bore after a wet patch and let the rifle sit for about an hour. When i patched out the bore with a dry patch some crap that looked like earwax came out. I think this was cosmolene that was right up to the corner of the lands and grooves.

As I continued to clean the rifle, mostly what I was getting out was the blue color caused by copper fouling. I ended up cleaning the bore with K-12 copper bore cleaner. I followed this with what was the final Wipe Out application. The final patches came out clean.

The bore looks like a real rifle bore now. I had thought that the barrel was rusty and pitted, but that was just crap in the grooves of the barrel. It is actually shiny!

I think that the accelerator solution by itself does a lot of good, especially for old nasty mil-surps. Shooting the rifle after an initial cleaning might have helped in the cleaning.

Also there is no very little warnings on the products. The accelerator I believe is some type of nasty caustic basic chemical. On my fingers, where I had been touching the wet pads, I developed a white rash on my skin, while I was cleaning. I think the accelerator was starting to digest my skin. I washed my hands, followed by a rinse of vinegar, followed by skin lotion. There was no permanent damage. I ended up buying some nitrile gloves to finish the cleaning.