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JTD
09-22-2012, 03:18 PM
hello to all

i have an arsenal sgl 21-71 and about 1250 rounds of Yugoslavian corrosive ammo. I clean my sks with simple green and hot water, and i know the coating in the arsenal is like a paint over parkerizing and was wondering if that will hurt the Finnish in any way? i have my sks Cara coated

please help

thank you

Richard Simmons
09-22-2012, 04:13 PM
Not 100% sure but I don't believe Simple Green will hurt the finish on your AK. You could just stick with hot, soapy water followed by a normal cleaning and oiling.

JTD
09-22-2012, 04:27 PM
right thats what i do but not with soap and fallow up with a normal cleaning but i guess ill try it and see and if it dose hurt the finish ill just get it Cara coated

Diesel
09-22-2012, 04:32 PM
Simple Greet is great stuff and will cut any grease that I've cleaned up with it...just wash it all off when you are finished and oil up and use some graphite where required.

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deth502
09-22-2012, 05:43 PM
my favorite quote heard from a frind of mine:

"i dont clean my ak, i just piss on it and call it a bitch"

slamfire51
09-22-2012, 06:00 PM
my favorite quote heard from a frind of mine:

"i dont clean my ak, i just piss on it and call it a bitch"

Hell, that's what I do after using corrosive ammo.
The ammonia in the urine neutralizes the corrosive salts.

If you don't have to piss, use windex w/ammomia, then oil as usual.

JTD
09-22-2012, 06:50 PM
That's awesome but I have also head of using baking soda and water to clean the gun and neutralize the salts I don't know how I feel about that and don't know if I would try it with out a second opinion

Alexei
09-22-2012, 08:16 PM
Wild. You can use soap, or Simple Green, urine, baking soda or kryptonite and it doesn't really matter. It's the water that disolves the chlorine salts and washes them away. This reduces/eliminates the hydrophilic effect created by the salt residue. Arguably, the use of extremely hot water and a small amount of detergent help (maybe slightly), but it's not technically neccesary.

O.S.O.K.
09-22-2012, 08:52 PM
Hot water, dry, Hoppes #9