brake cleaner(non chlorinated) safe on FRN?

[NorWest_05]

was gunna give my dragonfly 2 a birthday and clean out all the gunk and old oil, so i thought id ask if anyone knows if its all good to use brake cleaner? ive got some non chlorinated stuff i use on my guns when they need to be fully cleaned out but i wanna check first if anyone has had any experience, good or bad, with brake cleaner on frn..

I would be inclined to take the knife apart to clean it, but dont really wanna ruin the warranty.

[Evil D]

I'm gonna say it should be fine, I use brake cleaner for all sorts of crap around the house.


Also your warranty is fine as long as you don't screw anything up in the process of disassembly/reassembly.

[Danke]

Once you've seen what 98% DEET does to plastic you loose enthusiasm for mad scientist chemical experiments.

Super hot tap water + dish soap. Followed up by some compressed air and your favorite flavor of oil.

[sethwm]

was gunna give my dragonfly 2 a birthday and clean out all the gunk and old oil, so i thought id ask if anyone knows if its all good to use brake cleaner? ive got some non chlorinated stuff i use on my guns when they need to be fully cleaned out but i wanna check first if anyone has had any experience, good or bad, with brake cleaner on frn..

I would be inclined to take the knife apart to clean it, but dont really wanna ruin the warranty.

I just do rubbing alcohol and elbow grease…

[RevMike]

Hoppes Gun Solvent, Dawn Dish Soap and hot water, rubbing alcohol have done the trick for me.

I'd not use any kind of Brake/Parts Cleaner. While I haven't tried them on ever plastic they have done damage to all most all that I have tried over the years. They almost leave a film on the surface. This is most noticeable on clear plastics but they seem to do it to everything to some degree. Think of an old cloudy car headlamp assembly vs a new one... they seem to do that to most plastic like items.

[NorWest_05]

I'm gonna say it should be fine, I use brake cleaner for all sorts of crap around the house.


Also your warranty is fine as long as you don't screw anything up in the process of disassembly/reassembly.

good to know about the warranty

[NorWest_05]

Thanks all for replys :)

[warriorsociologist]

You can also use BC "Synthetic Safe" Gun Scrubber -- which is predominantly canned/pressurized alcohol -- to blast out the gunk. I've used it on a lot of pistol frames, knives, etc. over the years. Here's the MSDS: https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/content/ ... erosol.pdf

[NorWest_05]

You can also use BC "Synthetic Safe" Gun Scrubber -- which is predominantly canned/pressurized alcohol -- to blast out the gunk. I've used it on a lot of pistol frames, knives, etc. over the years. Here's the MSDS: https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/content/ ... erosol.pdf

Thanks for sharing, might pick some up and try it out

[NorWest_05]

I ended up disassembling the knife and cleaning the parts with isopropyl alcohol, the disassemble and reassemble was a lot easier than i thought it would be.

Cheers all for the replys, helpful to have other peoples opinions :)

[Ramonade]

Best method is to disassemble yes !
It even goes faster ^^