Patent ID: 6077817
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A firearm bore cleaning method for removing fouling residue from a bore of a firearm, said fouling residue including carbon and metal, and said method comprising the steps of:mixing a liquid composition consisting essentially of greater than twenty weight percent of a hydrocarbon citrus distillate and greater than zero weight percent and less than eighty weight percent of a solvent, said solvent being selected from a group consisting of butyl lactate and amyl lactate;applying said liquid composition to said bore;dissolving said carbon residue to detach said metal residue from said bore, said carbon residue acting to bond said metal residue to said bore, said solvent performing said dissolving step;neutralizing positive metal ions in said metal residue, said hydrocarbon citrus distillate performing said neutralizing step; andwiping said bore to remove said fouling residue.