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December 5th, 09:20 PM
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cleaning barrel?
Any recommendations? I was recommended one of those physco ballistics rubber squeeges and have been using that to clean my barrel, other people say use paper towels as sqeeges might scratch the barrel but other people say use squeeges as paper towels leave lint and so on. So what do you guys think?  |
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December 5th, 11:15 PM
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I don't see how a rubber squeegee could scratch a barrel. Just make sure there's no dirt on it.
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December 5th, 11:21 PM
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Like Dogpatch said,if there isnt any dirt on it,you should be fine.
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December 5th, 11:21 PM
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Buy a 2$ barrel squegee or a battle swab. Don't use paper towels when there is a special tool(battle swab) for cleaning out a barrel. They are really cheap anywhere too.
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December 5th, 11:25 PM
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yea definately don't use paper towels...they'd scratch ur barrel more than a squegee thats designed to clean them would
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December 5th, 11:30 PM
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how the heck could paper towels scratch a barrel?
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December 6th, 05:20 AM
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or, how the hell would you get a paper towel all the way through a barrel and out the other side in a reasonable amount of time, and get results anywhere near a squeejee. jerk squeejees put a mirror finish back in my barrel after a break.
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December 6th, 01:54 PM
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In Game: Redz Squeegees
Out Of Game: Water and Paper Towels + Squeegees
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December 7th, 07:03 PM
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just buy a straight shot
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December 7th, 07:32 PM
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- use a swab during play.
- use the squeegie during a break.
- when you get home take the barrel off and use warm water to clean off all the trash stuck in the holes and crevises.
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December 7th, 08:20 PM
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Paper towels are made of microfibers that scratch. That's the reason you are told not to use paper towles to clean your eye glasses, eyes on your marker or hopper, mask lense, or your barrel. Get a battle swab, the Redz ones are nice. The PMI ones break pretty easy.
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December 7th, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Drew360
- use a swab during play.
- use the squeegie during a break.
- when you get home take the barrel off and use warm water to clean off all the trash stuck in the holes and crevises.
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qft. exactly wha ti was gonna say |
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December 7th, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by timber22
how the heck could paper towels scratch a barrel?
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Have you ever felt 2000 grit sand paper? Feel a paper towel and you will notice the abrasive nature. Also the squegee will pull the dirt with out pushing it into the wall of the barrel. The paper towel however will trap the dirt or debree and roll it under and push it up against the wall. One thing I have learned with a proper finish you dont want paper towels, they are good until there is a piece of dirt.
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December 7th, 11:12 PM
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dont use a swab first use a straight shot first and then use the swab, if you use the swab first you will just push all of the crap back towards the ball and bolt
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December 8th, 07:15 PM
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i use the swab first when i am in the middle of a game... it soaks up the sticky paint in the barrel and forces the broken shell back towards the bolt but on my next shot it blows it all out... in between games i clean it out better.
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