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best carbon remover?

My vote is bore tech c4, though I haven’t used KG. I’ve left steel muzzle brakes and aluminum suppressor baffles soaking in it for over a week with no negative effects on the parts. Why a week? Forgot and left town for work. Parts get CLEAN.
 
I like brake cleaner if I can use it. If not, Boretech is fucking silly at removing carbon. It's just that I can 25 big ass cans of O'Reilly's brake cleaner for one small bottle of Boretech.
 
Is this for cleaning out a rifle bore? If so, I really like Pro-Shot Copper Solvent IV. Been working great for 20 years.

If you're cleaning carbon off muzzle devices, gun parts, or something made of steel, I recommend an ultrasonic cleaner with Purple Power. It works awesome for suppressor baffles and BCG's and bolts.

Or if you want to keep it attached to the gun (or if it's made of a softer metal like aluminum or titanium)...Use Dawn dish soap in warm water, and a bronze brush. 👍🏼
 
Safety Data Sheet

1.1 Product identifier
Trade name:
KG-1 Carbon Remover
1.2 Relevant identified uses of the substance or mixture and uses advised against
Product use: Removal and or Clean-up of Copper
 
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...and a capful of Purple Zep.
 
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Safety Data Sheet

1.1 Product identifier
Trade name:
KG-1 Carbon Remover
1.2 Relevant identified uses of the substance or mixture and uses advised against
Product use: Removal and or Clean-up of Copper
SDS is incorrect...KG-12 is the copper remover. I told them this a couple of years ago. They still evidently have not changed it
 
He should arm wrestle Erik Cortina to decide who is correct about CLR 🤣
It is said that amateurs spend time to save money, and professionals spend money to save time.

If you are Cortina and have a wall full of barrels that are consumable items and need to get a barrel clean right now because there aren’t enough hours in a day, then Cortina is right. The damage caused by using CLR, over the useful life of a high-level bench-rest barrel may be within the noise of the other causes of barrel death.

But, if you are Frank Green and your primary concern is that every customer has the best possible experience with your barrels, and any unnecessary cause of accuracy degradation is unacceptable, and you have actual evidence and observations that CLR can cause such damage, then you are right.

The real question is, which one are you?
 
It is said that amateurs spend time to save money, and professionals spend money to save time.

If you are Cortina and have a wall full of barrels that are consumable items and need to get a barrel clean right now because there aren’t enough hours in a day, then Cortina is right. The damage caused by using CLR, over the useful life of a high-level bench-rest barrel may be within the noise of the other causes of barrel death.

But, if you are Frank Green and your primary concern is that every customer has the best possible experience with your barrels, and any unnecessary cause of accuracy degradation is unacceptable, and you have actual evidence and observations that CLR can cause such damage, then you are right.

The real question is, which one are you?

Just a poor amateur under time constraints that uses CLR
 
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I have and use both BoreTech & KG; of the two KG does seem to get the job done sooner and with less effort.

To make real quick work of carbon I use iosso paste... but then again it is an abrassive.