[Masterjuggler98]

I know that to wash a bucking you simply soak it on soapy water and use a q-tip or something similar to clean it and let it air dry, but what do you do for an r-hop? Or more specifically an ir-hop? I have been using the same procedure as with a bucking but it's so small it's hard to hold and clean at the same time. Does anyone have any specific method for this?

 

[Masterjuggler98]

I would only ever put silicone on the bucking if it was to maintain it, which I haven't experimented doing yet. I use rubbing alcohol for the barrel and was using it with the bucking before switching to soapy water.

 

[Masterjuggler98]

cheese what exactly is HCI? I tried searching for it but it is too short for the forums and I couldn't find anything useful on google. I am guessing it is some sort of acid by the way you say it can get nasty really fast. Also, when you say "wash" do you mean soaking and drying or rubbing with a q-tip or something else?

 

[Masterjuggler98]

So just soak it for 10 secs and take it out and dry it with cotton cloth or something? And where would I get HCL? I never have to use chemicals such as this but I do want to wash it effectively.

 

[Masterjuggler98]

I will see what I can do about that. I do have two spare patches because I only used one for my bar10. Is there any other method besides this for the meantime until I get everything and research it more? And I don't use CA. I just keep it loose because I take it out a lot to clean the barrel.

 

[Masterjuggler98]

King if some kid actually reads through all the posts three years from now the kid probably deserves it. And Cheese weren't you telling me 3.2m is good just a minute ago?

 

[Masterjuggler98]

Just to clarify, that 32% stuff on amazon is 3.2M or .32M?

 

[Masterjuggler98]

So where would I get the granules? I took a look at amazon (favorite place to buy random crap) and they didn't have it. Also where would I get the base to neutralize it?

 

[Masterjuggler98]

Well if it is dipping the patch in an acid to get rid of impurities then in a base to neutralize the acid, I get the concept. Putting it into practice is a bit harder. If you think I shouldn't do this then that begs the original question; what should I do?

 

[Masterjuggler98]

So basically I should diregard this entire conversation and go back to the method I have been using all along... A little dissappointing. Anyway, if you do use warm water make sure it was cold then just heated up on a stove or something. If it was warm from the tap then it will have a lot of crap in it from the water heater, as mentiond throughout the washing bbs thread.

 

[Masterjuggler98]

Boiling it gets rid of impurities. It also gets you clear ice. But that's besides the point. I'm just going to keep it cold from the water filter that we use to get drinking water. It is the ice version patch so it won't matter. What I have been doing it letting it soak in the soapy water (with dish soap or camp soap because that's extremely strong stuff) for a few minutes then give it a good rubbing with a clean q-tip or a cotton gun patch, whichever I have handy. Then Just let it air dry like a normal bucking.

 

[Masterjuggler98]

Why have I never thought about that before... duh. And here I am who does DIY stuff and washes grease off of stuff with warm water and rubbing alcohol all the time. Alright so from now on I'll boil a little bit of water then make it soapy. So one good thing came out of this thread. Thanks.

 

[Masterjuggler98]

Well I also know that the method I've been using hasn't been doing anything to the patch besides cleaning it. I haven't been completely sure about soap on it up until now.

 

[Masterjuggler98]

Just don't keep it in a metal container and you're fine. To my knowledge acid can't eat through glass. Those are some pretty scary stories though. Cheese knows his stuff so that's fine, but i like to try to use everything to do things that they should never do. don't know what would happen if I got my hands on some highly concentrated HCL LOL.

 

[Masterjuggler98]

Yes but you still don't get that fun of using a seriously dangerous substance or object to do something it wasn't designed to do. Anywho, I can just imagine hearing an explosion coming in the direction of Alaska and hearing on the news "A teenager by the alias of Cheese Man was experimenting with mixing pure HCL with uranium and accidentally blew up Alaska.