How to properly clean bolts?

Seymour · 11-23-2011, 06:27 PM

So, my pump mag broke some paint a couple weeks back, and now the paint is really tacky and sticky on the bolt and bolt spring. Would I be ok to just put those two parts in some warm water? Could I do the same for a LX bolt?

ta2maki · 11-23-2011, 09:00 PM

Yes, that's fine. In fact, you can clean the gun by dunking the whole thing in a bucket water.

http://www.zakvetter.com/paintball_v...tress_test.mov

Justus · 11-23-2011, 11:26 PM

I just turn the faucet on hot and run the parts under it. It's just a piece of stainless steel. Dry it with a paper towel afterward and then lube it by putting a single drop of oil between your thumb and index finger, then rub your fingers over the bolt and spring.

Jinx · 11-25-2011, 10:46 PM

I thought you guys used hammers. I guess I have been doing it wrong then

Robertsr · 11-25-2011, 10:48 PM

Believe it or not, sandpaper here once. Crap was caked on the bolt so bad that I had to knock it off with something serious.

DoC19K · 11-25-2011, 11:32 PM

Only once on an old nelson bolt covered and caked with rust. Otherwise warm water and a rag, and then drying it off immediately afterword.

Menace · 11-26-2011, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ta2maki

Yes, that's fine. In fact, you can clean the gun by dunking the whole thing in a bucket water.

http://www.zakvetter.com/paintball_v...tress_test.mov

Second this. AGD recommended this (marker pressurized) as the best way to do a quick clean.

Robertsr's method also works in a pinch. You really have to expend serious energy on the hardware side to make a mag not want to run.

Level 10 is stainless, just like the other good parts.

JKR · 11-28-2011, 11:53 PM

Rubbing alcohol. Been using it for years to clean my 'guns. Cleans caked on crap pretty well, dries quick, is cheap, and will open up your nasal passages.

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ta2maki Jumps to conclusions Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sunny Southern California	Yes, that's fine. In fact, you can clean the gun by dunking the whole thing in a bucket water. http://www.zakvetter.com/paintball_v...tress_test.mov Last edited by ta2maki; 11-23-2011 at 09:03 PM.

11-23-2011, 11:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Justus E-Tac Operator = Join Date: Apr 2010	I just turn the faucet on hot and run the parts under it. It's just a piece of stainless steel. Dry it with a paper towel afterward and then lube it by putting a single drop of oil between your thumb and index finger, then rub your fingers over the bolt and spring. __________________ My Feedback

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Robertsr King of the OFG Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Waynesboro, VA	Believe it or not, sandpaper here once. Crap was caked on the bolt so bad that I had to knock it off with something serious. __________________ MicroMags 'R Us

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JKR AKA: Wraith Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: WV	Rubbing alcohol. Been using it for years to clean my 'guns. Cleans caked on crap pretty well, dries quick, is cheap, and will open up your nasal passages. __________________ "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower "Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company." -- George Washington JAN 20, 2013 View My Special Ops Brigade Page Feedback

11-25-2011, 11:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
DoC19K Overworked PaintballJunky Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Georgia, US	Only once on an old nelson bolt covered and caked with rust. Otherwise warm water and a rag, and then drying it off immediately afterword.

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