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My Grandfather shot his first breech loading rifle at age 18. He told me to clean with cold water
As a Young Idiot I cleaned my Zouave with hot soapy water.
Bore tended to rust near muzzle. Dag-gone.
Learned from working with the guys at Proctor & Gamble that all, ALL soap has salt in it. Sodium chloride, table salt, whatever you want to call it. Makes the soap flow easier, as they pump it through the manufacturing process. Kinda like how it makes garden slugs flow . . .Also any excess lye is neutralized by just a little hydrochloric acid (blame Rachel Carson).
Soap, especially things like Lemon Joy dish soap, rusts of steel. The liquid hand soap in a fancy hotel room pits holes through stainless, given a few days or weeks.
Finally realized Grampa knew whereof he spoke. Clean with cool, at least room temperature, tap water. Plain H20, no magic additions. Dry & oil.
I've been a metallurgist since 1963, last couple of decades involved with corrosion resistant alloys (think stainless on steroids). Age? Well past my expiration date, per Moses.
As a Young Idiot I cleaned my Zouave with hot soapy water.
Bore tended to rust near muzzle. Dag-gone.
Learned from working with the guys at Proctor & Gamble that all, ALL soap has salt in it. Sodium chloride, table salt, whatever you want to call it. Makes the soap flow easier, as they pump it through the manufacturing process. Kinda like how it makes garden slugs flow . . .Also any excess lye is neutralized by just a little hydrochloric acid (blame Rachel Carson).
Soap, especially things like Lemon Joy dish soap, rusts of steel. The liquid hand soap in a fancy hotel room pits holes through stainless, given a few days or weeks.
Finally realized Grampa knew whereof he spoke. Clean with cool, at least room temperature, tap water. Plain H20, no magic additions. Dry & oil.
I've been a metallurgist since 1963, last couple of decades involved with corrosion resistant alloys (think stainless on steroids). Age? Well past my expiration date, per Moses.
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