Glock clean up?

trooper84 · February 6, 2011, 8:51pm

I’ll start this with a little background. I am my dept.'s firearms instructor and Glock armoror. This means that I am entrusted
with keeping all of our duty guns (Gen 3 GLock 22’s and 27’s)
clean and functioning. I recently came across a spare gun tucked
back away in the back of the safe in a cardboard box. From what
I have been able to gather, this belonged to an officer that retired
a few years back. My issue is that evidently before he turned it in,
he must of dunked it in either BreakFree LP or some other heavy
oil. I mean, the thing is completely soaked in oil. I plan on detail
stripping the gun and removing the oil, but was wondering what
would be the best route for removing it and what should be
re-oiled, etc.

mkmckinley · February 6, 2011, 8:56pm

I would just hit it with carb cleaner/degreaser. I hit some surplus AK mags in cosmoline with that stuff last weekend an it was like the gunk genie came along and evaporated all the grease.

The_Biased_Observer · February 6, 2011, 8:58pm

Brake cleaner and compressed air, then a proper lubricant.

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William_B · February 6, 2011, 9:08pm

+1 on the carb cleaner. I just buy the Advance Auto Parts store brand.

M4arc · February 6, 2011, 9:15pm

I would probably just break it down, wipe down all the parts, put a few drops of Mobile 1 on it and run several mags through it.

bmg · February 6, 2011, 10:05pm

The carb cleaner doesn’t cause any problems with the plastic?

trooper84 · February 6, 2011, 10:16pm

I was wondering this too. Sounds like it would work well on the metal parts, but don’t want to hurt the polymer.

darr3239 · February 6, 2011, 10:17pm

Don’t believe it hurts the plastic any, but a guy used it inside our in-door range and stunk the place up really bad. Took a while to air it out!

willowofwisp · February 6, 2011, 11:58pm

degreaser works pretty well.

kaltblitz · February 7, 2011, 12:04am

Mil-Comm MC25

http://www.mil-comm.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=22&category_id=4&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=65

It’s non-toxic, works great and won’t damage your gun. Mil-Comm sells to LE direct. Call them for special pricing.

CLHC · February 7, 2011, 12:11am

SLiP 2000 725 Cleaner/Degreaser

blackboar · February 7, 2011, 1:39am

As long as the oil/grease hasn’t varnished out, Dawn Dishwasher detergent…It’s a hell of a degreaser. Just make sure to blow it out with compressed air after you’ve cleaned it to dry out any water.

eternal24k · February 7, 2011, 1:46am

good recommendation. I personally do not like all the fumes from the brake cleaner.

But personally, as mentioned i would just wipe it down and shoot it.

skyugo · February 7, 2011, 2:08am

yeah this is my preferred glock degreasing method. i’ve never heard of brake cleaner damaging the nylon variant that glocks are made of, but chlorinated solvents are generally very harsh on plastics.
soaking the gun in rubbing alcohol may be a good idea too for particularly stubborn grease. again, won’t hurt any plastics.

my all steel pistols on the other hand get drenched in brake or carb cleaner

kartoffel · February 7, 2011, 2:30am

Yep. Hot water and dish soap. Blow dry with compressed air. If you’ve got an ultrasonic cleaning tank (Harbor Freight has 'em cheap) you can drop the whole frame in, no need to detail strip.

Joe_Mamma · February 7, 2011, 2:31am

I would detail strip it and just wipe it down really well. Personally, I would not use carb cleaner, brake cleaner, gun scrubber or anything like that.

If I really wanted to get some gunk off of it, I would just use cotton patches with some regular gun solvent like Hoppe’s or Shooter’s Choice. Then wipe it down really well.

At the very least, I would detail strip the slide and clean (and dry) out the firing pin channel and related components.

Joe Mamma

rathos · February 7, 2011, 3:03am

Throw it in the dishwasher :haha:

I have always used tetra products. Action blaster works well for degreasing and doesn’t hurt the polymer. I recently had a friend at my department douche his glock 17 in break free. Even after he blasted it with compressed air for 30 minutes he still found it leaking out of his gun. I hit it with the action blaster then added a bit of lube and it was good to go.

Heavy_Metal · February 7, 2011, 3:16am

I clean my Glock lowers with soap, a toothbrush and hot water under the bathroom sink once a year. Detail stripping the lower is not necessary.

Rinse with fresh water, dry on a furnace vent for a couple of hours and re-lube with Weapons Shield on the contact points and very lightly on the springs(remember the mag catch spring) and call it good. I detail strip the slide.

tpd223 · February 7, 2011, 10:54am

Not to sound like an ass, but using auto and other specific use solvents on guns, when products like Gunscrubber are available (in polymer safe versions at that) is not real good advice.

Yes, I have done this myself in the past. Using this stuff on the frame is a bad idea in the long run, and completely unnecessary.

Detail strip the gun and either use Gunscrubber or a similar specific to guns product, or the hot soapy water.

I cleaned quite a few really nasty machine guns back in the day with soap and really hot water.

eternal24k · February 7, 2011, 12:26pm

Correct me if I am wrong, but Gunscrubber is the same product as non-chlorinated brake cleaner (Brakleen), but with a higher cost.