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Cap fouling
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I make my own cleaning fluid using; 1 oz - Dawn Dishwashing Liquid, 4 oz - 70% Isoproply Rubbing Alcohol, 11 oz - Tap Water,,, shake it together in a plastic 1 gallon water container and then fill my cleaning bottles. I use this to clean the bore's of my muzzleloader's and around the drum and nipple area, as well as the touch hole area of my flintlocks. I spay these areas as well as the locks and use a tooth brush to scrub with. It works great for me. I always oil afterwards with Birchwood/Casey Sheath Oil. Naturally I just wipe the pan of my flintlocks dry. Don't want any oil there. I find this home made cleaning solution also works great for swabbing between shots. It's an all around product I came up with myself. Cost; about .69 cents a gallon. 
That's sorta what I've been doing. I clean the barrel with hot water & dish detergent. Rinse with with very hot water (almost boiling), run a few clean patches to dry the bore, wait a little for the hot barrel to cool down (and any residual water / moisture to evaporate), then finally oil the bore and outside of barrel.
I scrub the niple / drum area with the hot water & detergent solution (using a tooth brush) as sonn as I finish "washing" the bore, before rinsing. But that has not removed all the fouling. And little by little some very stubborn black spots have built up in the drum area. Don't know how to remove it. Maybe something more aggressive like brake cleaner or something? Don't wanna use a metal brush 'cause I don't wanna damage the blueing.
vanstg
I scrub the niple / drum area with the hot water & detergent solution (using a tooth brush) as sonn as I finish "washing" the bore, before rinsing. But that has not removed all the fouling. And little by little some very stubborn black spots have built up in the drum area. Don't know how to remove it. Maybe something more aggressive like brake cleaner or something? Don't wanna use a metal brush 'cause I don't wanna damage the blueing.
vanstg
Brake cleaner might help. I don't think it will desolve the buildup but it will totally destroy any oil that has accumulated in it.
After the oil is removed, soap and water should desolve the buildup.
Let us know if it works.
After the oil is removed, soap and water should desolve the buildup.
Let us know if it works.
I was at one of them merchandise stores that sell a little of everything cheap... And they had nylon and brass brushes there, 3 for a $1.00 so I got three of each.
What I do is take the barrel out of the stock. Take a tooth pick and put it in the nipple hole. Then I take some "Soft Scrub" (that soft paste kitchen scrubber stuff) on one of the nylon brushes, and scrub around the nipple and bolster area. If it gets real stuborn then I change over to a brass one. After I get all the fowling off, I wipe the area off with denatured alcohol. Now with everything clean, I pull the tooth pick. Then I soap water the rifle barrel as normal, and clean the rifle.
What I do is take the barrel out of the stock. Take a tooth pick and put it in the nipple hole. Then I take some "Soft Scrub" (that soft paste kitchen scrubber stuff) on one of the nylon brushes, and scrub around the nipple and bolster area. If it gets real stuborn then I change over to a brass one. After I get all the fowling off, I wipe the area off with denatured alcohol. Now with everything clean, I pull the tooth pick. Then I soap water the rifle barrel as normal, and clean the rifle.
