Best Method for Cleaning a Suppressor - How to Clean a 22 Suppressor

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @shelbythomas5007
    @shelbythomas5007 Рік тому +3

    This was the best silencer cleaning video that I've seen. Thanks

  • @RickHunter811
    @RickHunter811 Місяць тому +1

    I have been using a great hack that has saved a lot of hours of cleaning. Lightly coat the baffles with a Q-Tip with a ceramic brake grease. Silaramic makes one that withstands 3,000 degree heat. Been doing this for 3 months and it is a game changer. After shooting a few hundred rounds the carbon just sticks to the greese and you can simply wipe the baffles clean. After that you can put the baffles in a sonic cleaner for 10 minutes with water and Simple Green to get the leftover grease off and they look shinny new.

  • @bodinian
    @bodinian Рік тому +9

    Pro tip: after cleaning your baffles coat them in a high temperature resistant grease, such as white lithium grease, to help make taking them apart and cleaning them easier next time.

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому +2

      Top tip!

    • @RickHunter811
      @RickHunter811 Місяць тому +1

      Agree. Coating the baffles with a grease like Silaramic brake system grease is a game changer. The carbon just wipes off and you have everything shinny new.

  • @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz
    @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz Рік тому +3

    I cleaned my Silent-SR after ~3,500 rounds*, the baffles slid right out of the tube and after a chemical bath I was able to scrape the baffles clean. I cant say I'd recommend waiting that long, Ruger certainly doesnt, but it still worked.
    *I tranfered it through a shop with an indoor range. I shot a lot of rounds each time and went almost once a month.

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому +1

      Wow, that's a long time to go without cleaning, but I'm glad disassembly was still easy! Thanks for sharing your experience. - Chase

    • @cleetismcdougall5425
      @cleetismcdougall5425 Рік тому +1

      I’ve noticed that if you shoot a 500 round brick of 22lr in one session it’s not as dirty as 50 rounds at a time. Pretty sure it has to do with the heat and cooling cycles that bake lead inside the baffles.
      Ammunition choice too. CCI clean is by far the cleanest I’ve ever used. Norma is #2. If Norma coated their bullets like CCI or if CCI used Norma powder and primers that would make excellent ammo.

  • @MarkLeeHorvath
    @MarkLeeHorvath 4 місяці тому

    I've gone with the Harbor Freight Rock Tumbler. I use the small stainless steel rods in it. I vary with solvents but last night I used some Balistol, Citric acid powder, liquid dish detergent and water. I ran the baffles for 24 hours and they came out almost completely clean. I did have to scrap some lead caked on a few using a small knife and/or a brass bristle tooth brush. Another thing I did last time, and I believe which made cleaning a breeze this time was to, once completely clean, I baked the baffles and tube in an oven at 250 degrees for about 30 minutes. From the oven and still hot I immersed all the peaces in a jar of silicone oil (which I purchase on Amazon for this purpose). After the pieces cooled (I actually left mine in the bath overnight) I let the silicone oil drip off the pieces but re-assembled the suppressor with the pieces still coated in oil. The oil does two things... I think it acts to make the suppressor essentially a "wet" suppressor and I really believe the heat treatment and soaking allowed me to wipe off most of the carbon. The Rock Tumbler and steel rods removed most of the lead.
    The biggest issue for me now is the lead. It is not as excessive as it was before the silicone oil treatment but is still occurs. I'm wondering, since the melting point of lead is much lower than stainless steel I wonder if I can "spot" melt the lead using a blowtorch??

  • @whereswaldo5740
    @whereswaldo5740 2 місяці тому

    CLR
    Calcium
    Lime
    Rust
    CLR remover works great.
    Soak an hour wipe clean. Makes a soft sludge. Wear gloves.
    Doesn’t all come off soak another hour. And so on.

  • @randyscott990
    @randyscott990 5 місяців тому

    I soak my aluminum baffles in KG Carbon Remover overnight. Mostly brushes off with M16 cleaning toothbrush. Might be some tough deposits on first baffle that I use non-brush side of M16 brush to push them off the baffle surface. Rinse all residue with brake cleaner. When dry, spray with dry silicon aerosol then a light thorough coating of Sil-Glyde. Do not soak overnight with Hoppe’s, it will turn hardcoat anodize silver, not that it matters, it will still be super hard, it just fades the black color. The silicone spray and sil-glyde make future cleaning very very easy.

  • @user-eo4ps7re5e
    @user-eo4ps7re5e Рік тому +2

    Will a brass scraper work in lieu of copper?

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому +1

      Brass is a little harder, so more likely to cause scratches. Be careful.

  • @YdoIneedahandle869
    @YdoIneedahandle869 Рік тому +1

    Excellent video

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому

      Thanks so much, JC, glad you enjoyed it! - Chase

  • @DennisRoach-jr1cn
    @DennisRoach-jr1cn 5 місяців тому

    Would appreciate more detailed information about types of solvents to use and what NOT to use. Is CLR alright? What about Vinegar and Hydrogen Peroxide mix? Yes, they require special handling and disposal. Also, which ones are safe to allow the parts to soak in overnight, etc, etc.

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  5 місяців тому

      We urge you to follow manufacturers instructions, a lot of solvents can damage coatings. CLR is normally good to go, but with modern suppressors specific cleaners coming out we would recommend those.

  • @mikequinn8780
    @mikequinn8780 Рік тому +1

    Will rotating blast baffles change zero or accuracy at all since the silencer won't be exactly the same as it was?

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому +1

      Having baffles in different orientations can cause POI shifts. - Chase

    • @Desertpunk1986
      @Desertpunk1986 8 місяців тому

      I was wondering too. Seems I’ll be do a zero check after silencer cleaning.

  • @SavageTactical
    @SavageTactical Рік тому +2

    Do you guys recommend putting steel baffles through a wet tumbling cleaner with or without SS pins?

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому +2

      Steel baffles are fine to use with steel pins, Savage! - Chase

  • @dvskane1808
    @dvskane1808 Рік тому +2

    Invest in an ultrasonic cleaner. So much easier and I get my baffles looking like new. I just use Hornady one shot cleaner. A lot less work.

  • @Gawl88
    @Gawl88 9 місяців тому

    FYI, purple Simple Green Pro won't hurt aluminium.

  • @seanuh60
    @seanuh60 8 місяців тому

    Simple green can also remove blueing.

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  8 місяців тому

      Good call out, thank you!

    • @seanuh60
      @seanuh60 7 місяців тому

      @@SilencerShop I ruined a used Ruger old army not thinking about it and let it soak overnight.

  • @robertzimmerman9194
    @robertzimmerman9194 Рік тому

    Can a brass brush be used vise brass carbon scraper?

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому +2

      Brass is normally fine for most materials, but non-marring brushes (like stiff nylons) can be safer on finishes. - Chase

  • @EDP_every_day_pyro
    @EDP_every_day_pyro 8 місяців тому

    So the rugged mustang cannot be used in a ultra sonic cleaner?

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  8 місяців тому

      we to the material, we wouldnt recommend it.

  • @cleetismcdougall5425
    @cleetismcdougall5425 Рік тому +1

    My 22 suppressor is much quieter when it is clean. I wouldn’t go much over the 500 round cleaning most manufacturers recommend.

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому

      Good observation! That is because the lead and carbon actually reduce the effective volume of the suppressor, cleaning is very important! - Chase

  • @vicgarb2288
    @vicgarb2288 Рік тому

    The “best” method for steel baffles is sonicator with 1/3 purple power degreaser for 45 min

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому

      Thanks for sharing that tip, Vic! - Chase

  • @ske1eter
    @ske1eter Рік тому +1

    It''d have been better to show how you get the lead off. It's danged near impossible especially with aluminum alloy baffles.

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому

      A mild solvent and a non-marring scrapper will help with that! - Chase

    • @inahurrytooften3121
      @inahurrytooften3121 Рік тому

      I’ve got a Ryder 22A, removing lead about impossible without damaging the baffles.

    • @jbazan11
      @jbazan11 Рік тому

      Agreed! My baffles look like mud gunk when when I take apart my sig sauer suppressor. I use pro7 and hoppes bore cleaner in a mini spray bottle. Let it set, then start scrubbing away for about 1-1.5 hrs to clean my suppressor and even then it’s not 100% clean. This was after shooting aguila sub sonic for the first time. I don’t know if it could have been the ammo

  • @billstevens5277
    @billstevens5277 Рік тому

    Seems like a lot less work to just throw everything into an ultrasonic.

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому +1

      Ultrasonic is good, but not recommended for all part and materials we actually did a separate video featuring an ultrasonic cleaner ( ua-cam.com/video/5hTh2lfKHYo/v-deo.html ) - Chase

  • @biglemms
    @biglemms 9 місяців тому +1

    Cheapo amateur tip...grab some extra chopsticks next time you're out for Chinese food...best handy and "free" gun cleaning tools ever.

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  9 місяців тому

      Good call! They can help get into the nooks and crannies!

  • @RockeyDAproductions
    @RockeyDAproductions Рік тому

    i guess i never thoght of it. i mean i never clean my guns unless theirs water/mud/salt or corrosive ammo.

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому +2

      It can be very important, especially for rimfire systems. - Chase

  • @trappedsol
    @trappedsol Рік тому +1

    Anybody try injector cleaner? I mean its literally for carbon build up. I wonder…..

  • @1stidvet553
    @1stidvet553 Рік тому

    50/50 hydrogen peroxide and vinegar makes them almost like new clean. It is a very hazardous mixture though. Google “the dip” suppressor cleaning method

    • @SilencerShop
      @SilencerShop  Рік тому +1

      ( ua-cam.com/video/5hTh2lfKHYo/v-deo.html ) We did a video featuring the dip Vet! We do not endorse that method as it can be very harmful. -Chase