How To Clean Barrel Porting
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Topic: How To Clean Barrel Porting
Posted By: rdcisneros3
Subject: How To Clean Barrel Porting
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 12:52pm
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This is kind of a silly question, but I need advice. I have a J&J Ceramic barrel and it has some paint in the porting towards the shooting end of the barrel. The inside of the barrel is clean so it's just a little bit of paint in the ported holes. Any good ideas that I can try for cleaning these bits of paint out? ------------- Donny Cisneros |
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 12:54pm
| Try running water through it. If that doesn't work because the paint is dry, take a paperclip or something of that nature and poke it through the holes. |
Posted By: spudcrazy
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 1:13pm
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Even if the paint is dry, hot, hot water will clean it right out. I, also, am hooked on the Rain-X in the barrel thing. It makes shooting out breaks much more efficient. After cleaning the barrel with hot soapy water, run a saturated towel through the barrel. Let stand for a minute or so, then run a small, soft cotton rag through the barrel to pick out excess Rain-X. Have the rag be just big enough to fit down the bore without being a tight fit, but enough to clean the walls. (Very loose fit.) ------------- http://www.thelloydsonline.com/paintball - SPUDCRAZY http://www.oldmanmilitia.com"> 
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Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 4:16pm
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Hot water. Or pipe cleaners.
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Posted By: Ilford Rule
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 10:23pm
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i like that rain-x idea... especially because i have a teardrop, which if you dont know is IMPOSSIBLE to shoot through a break with. ------------- CPro (w/ polished internals) 14" Bigshot BT SBS Various Rails NcSTAR D4B Macro AA 68/45 
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Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 10:27pm
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yeah, water should do it. If just running water over it doesn't work, plug one end and run water through the other. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: rdcisneros3
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 9:12am
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If I run a towel through it to dry the water on the inside, won't that mess up the "special coating" that J&J Ceramic's have on the inside? ------------- Donny Cisneros |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 9:22am
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Nope. There's no special coating.
The Teflon is impregnated into the aluminum pores of the barrel during construction. That's where the slickness comes from. Wadded paper towel or tissue will be fine. Hot water, dawn dish soap, wadded tissue run thru with dowel rod or cut straight piece of plastic hanger... that's what I used. Then run a couple pieces of dry tissue thru to dry. Rain-X works great. I use it on most of my barrels... exception being the J&J Ceramic which I felt was slick enough, therefore negating the need. But it can't hurt, so long as it's applied properly. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 9:32am
| Hmm, I have never tried the Rain-X thing on my barrels. Ill have to do that to my Bigshot. |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 10:28am
Soak a tissue wad with the stuff... run it thru the barrel a couple times. Wait for it to dry to a haze... run a clean dry tissue thru. Run another clean dry tissue thru. Repeat until all the Rain X has been buffed out. |
Snake6 wrote:Posted By: Mr. White
Date Posted: 16 March 2006 at 3:51am
Great idea. Will try ------------- Where's the strongbox you sidewinder you! |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 16 March 2006 at 4:17am
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Hot water and an old tooth brush. I would avoid anything metal when cleaning the holes as it might damage the inside edge of the porting hole. |
Posted By: pwned!!!
Date Posted: 17 March 2006 at 8:01am
| the only way to properly clea barrel porting is to run it under a tap and gently wipe it to make the paint come off, barrel squeegies or swabs dont get the paint out of the porting |
Posted By: ollieb
Date Posted: 17 March 2006 at 9:12am
| Would there be any benefit to coating a flatline with Rain-X? |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 17 March 2006 at 9:37am
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Posted By: Crossfire636
Date Posted: 17 March 2006 at 12:15pm
use hot water...white vinigar will do if but idk if it will eat u r barrel... 
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