zooma wrote:What solvent do you use Adam?
White Spirit any good?
zooma wrote:What solvent do you use Adam?
Hi Bob.zooma wrote:What solvent do you use Adam?
I am pleased to see the affection that you have for Webley spring powered air pistols - enough to share your coffee with - you are just a big wobbly softee reallyI.J. wrote:In the case of Webley pistols - I find coffee with two sugars does the job and cant ruin accuracy even if it rots the rifling.
Thanks Paul,Adam77K wrote:Hi Bob.zooma wrote:What solvent do you use Adam?
In terms of jollop to soak a pullthrough with I've tried the following over the years: normal mineral gun oil, WD40 , pellet lube (basically thin mineral oil), white spirit and Ballistol. I was very careful with the white spirit because I can see how it could seep into the gun's workings especially a SSP or PCP, but I would probably avoid it from now for this reason. In terms of effectiveness there wasn't much in it. My choice these days is Ballistol as it seems to shift muck, is thick enough not to seep into places it shouldn't as long as you are sparing, and smells nice.
Rarely but where I think it is warranted, (e.g. brand new guns to shift the factory grease or guns that have never been cleaned) I use the VFG kit with the bore paste and intensive felts. I then use the standard felts until they come out clean and finish with a couple greased with the teflon "Lupus grease". This is what the late Paul James used* and he was twice World FT Champion in the springer class.
The rest of the time it is just pull throughs with a few felt pellets to finish. I add that any cleaning is a fairly rare occurrence for me these days. It's just if I suspect groups are opening up slightly and I think the gun needs it.
*See this thread http://weihrauchowners.freeforums.org/t ... t6358.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The photo of first felt with the blue paste on, AFTER pulling through til apparently clean is quite an eye opener.
I.J. wrote:I have heard that Balistol is fish oil based - that maybe explain why Im constantly followed by cats when I walk down the road.