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Let's start by saying I use Gun Scrubber on my guns. The only time I have used brake cleaner was on a well cosmoline Yugo SKS. Since the time I used the brake cleaner, I've seen post that state this is not a good product to use on guns. I've wondered about this since I saw the post (I believe it was in a post Midiman replied to). I went to Birchwood Casey's web site to find out what Gun Scrubber is made up of, and it is 97% Trichloroethylene (whatever that is), the other 3% is a propellant. The brake cleaner I used on the Yugo was Prestone Brake Parts Cleaner, which is a non-chlorinated product. The composition of Prestone Brake Cleaner is as follows:
1.Acetone
2.Heptane
3.Xylene
4.Ethylebenzene
5.Propane
Of the above list I recognize Acetone and propane. Acetone has been around for years, and the propane is of course the propellant, no idea what the other three ingredients are. Midiman, could you or another more knowledgeable member please explain in a little more detail why one is good and the other isn't? Flammability is of course a concern in the brake cleaner while Gun Scrubber won't burn. What else?
MD
1.Acetone
2.Heptane
3.Xylene
4.Ethylebenzene
5.Propane
Of the above list I recognize Acetone and propane. Acetone has been around for years, and the propane is of course the propellant, no idea what the other three ingredients are. Midiman, could you or another more knowledgeable member please explain in a little more detail why one is good and the other isn't? Flammability is of course a concern in the brake cleaner while Gun Scrubber won't burn. What else?
MD