All gun cleaner brand formulas will do something for you. Some stronger, others more gentle, but they all need to be removed after use to clear the way for a quality lube treatment of the metal surface. That’s the goal.

There are different types of gun cleaners, usually judged by strength, whether they are called surfactants, penetrants, carbon removers, bore cleaners, most should provide a deep cleaning of gunmetal. The question is whether they are just mild surface cleaners or strong enough to chemically remove corrosive residues or hard fouling from the metal substrate.

Then, there are the special formulas designed to thoroughly remove copper fouling, and others that eat up rust, or even a blued finish when needed.

Critical gun parts that deserve a good cleaning to operate as expected include the barrel (most critically inside the bore), especially paying attention to the edges of the breech and muzzle ends, followed by the chamber, cylinder, action, pistols, bolt assembly and connector, among others, based on the type of firearm you are talking about.

The trigger is one of the detailed parts that should be kept clean that truly benefits from a little bit of lubrication on those critical friction points and surfaces.

The purpose of a gun cleaner should be self explanatory but it should be about eliminating any residue that sits between the metal surfaces and any lubricant that you may use to optimize its performance.

In general, solvents fight rust and corrosion, free parts of residue that slows you down and removes carbon fouling, but you want to leave penetration to your gun lube material whether it be a grease or oil.

Cleaning is important but ultimately, you want well lubricated gun parts to maximize factory grade performance while making firearm maintenance itself as quick and easy as possible. That is why you want to condition the gun metal with a high quality materials like any of the Tetra Gun Lubricant formulas.

Remember, when you start to talk about gumming, that is a product of either mixing different cleaning products or using petroleum based solvents that leave counterproductive residue. This comes from some of your famous, traditional firearm cleaner names. Do yourself a favor and toss those inferior products. Your guns deserve better.

So pick a quality cleaner in either liquid or aerosol form and follow it up with at least an immediate wipe off. Ideally, to ensure that the solvent residue is gone, wipe the metal surfaces down with high percentage isopropyl alcohol. You will see the amber color on your white cotton patches if you used any of those traditional cleaners. I hope you learn your lesson.

Gun scrubbing is great, if you have to, but you do want to make sure to be careful around non-metal surfaces like polymers, wood, rubber and specialty finishes like faux camo. They are all vulnerable to damage to some degree. Once again, clean and wipe off quickly.

Also, be weary of misinformation. Gun cleaner does not condition a gun bore, only a quality lubricant treatment will. Think about that, unless you like to shoot clean, dry guns without lube. But then again, maybe you also liked the sound of scratching the chalkboard at school.

One biased recommendation list for gun cleaner products:

Tetra Gun Grease in the 1 oz. tube

Tetra Gun Lubricant in either the 2 oz., 4 oz. or 8 oz. bottle

Tetra Gun Dry Finish Lubricant in the 4 oz. bottle

Tetra Gun Triple Action CLP oil in either the 2 oz. or 8 oz. bottle

Tetra Gun Copper Solvent in either the 4 oz. or 8 oz. bottle

Tetra Gun Action Blaster in the 10 oz. or 15 oz. aerosol can

Tetra Gun Blue & Rust Remover in the 2.7 oz. bottle

Tetra Gun Carbon Cleaner Foaming Bore 7 oz. aerosol

Tetra Gun Carbon Cleaner liquid available in either a 2 oz. or 8 oz. bottle

Tetra Gun Carbon Cleaner Parts Wash jar which includes a dunking tray

Tetra Gun Carbon Cleaner Pre-Saturated Cleaning Patch Jar

Tetra Gun water-based Cleaner Degreaser 4 oz. pump spray bottle

Typically, you want to apply cleaners and lubricants with clean, dry cotton patches or a comparable rag. And, when needed use nylon or bronze brushes for use with a gun cleaning rod, if not the patch holder, brass jag or cotton mop attachments. Specialty items like a mil-spec brush or cotton swabs can also come in handy, along with a silicone wipe-down cloth.

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