Is charcoal lighter the same as lighter fluid? I use lighter fluid to clean triggers but ran out yesterday. I've got a couple of big cans of charcoal lighter, but can't tell from the labels if it is the same chemically as lighter fluid. Thanks.
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Go to Wal Mart (or you local discount auto parts/supply store) & get yerself a big spray can of Non-Chlorinated disc brake cleaner. Does 'bout the same job as 'Gun Scrubber' but lots less expensive 
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Plus less flamable and no smell and does a good job of blasting crud out of corners. Also good to wear safety glasses while spraying!!
Plus less flamable and no smell and does a good job of blasting crud out of corners. Also good to wear safety glasses while spraying!!
I don't even use charcoal lighter on charcoal. But then again, I did use English Leather in my Zippo once. Only Once.
Here we go agian, can you say BREAKFREE. Put the little stick thingey on the aerosol can and blow the crud out of your trigger group. It's made for just that !
Pardon the rant, but I am a nurse in a burn icu.
For God's sake, use gun cleaner for your guns, didn't someone just mention Breakfree--good enough for the US Army good enough for me. Lighter fluid is FOR LIGHTERS. Charcoal fluid is for BBQ's (if you don't mind your food tasting like petrol).
I can't count the number of tragedies I've seen that start with, "Well, I was cleaning my widget with gas (lighter fluid, nitro methane, ether....) and next thing I knew it's two months later and I'm waking up in your ICU."
For God's sake, use gun cleaner for your guns, didn't someone just mention Breakfree--good enough for the US Army good enough for me. Lighter fluid is FOR LIGHTERS. Charcoal fluid is for BBQ's (if you don't mind your food tasting like petrol).
I can't count the number of tragedies I've seen that start with, "Well, I was cleaning my widget with gas (lighter fluid, nitro methane, ether....) and next thing I knew it's two months later and I'm waking up in your ICU."
Regarding the orginal question, no they are not the same. Liter fluid is nothing more than NAPTHA, AKA as white gas, or Coleman fuel for the lantern or stove.
Yes you can use Coleman fuel for your Zippo liter even tho "its not made specifically for use in a liter. Will also work great as a cleaner on triggers or other small gun parts as it is nothing more than a petro solvent. Matter of fact it will clean most any parts that does not have burned on/in carbon.
Charcoal Liter is somewhat the same as a higher refined Kerosene or paint thinner AKA mineral spirits. Not as good as a cleaner and a little more oiler, but it also can be used for other purposes other than what it was packaged for. It will not everapate as quick and will leave a residue.
Never heard of WD-40 removing bluing in my 50+ years of cleaning firearms. Sounds like there was some water present.
Yes you can use Coleman fuel for your Zippo liter even tho "its not made specifically for use in a liter. Will also work great as a cleaner on triggers or other small gun parts as it is nothing more than a petro solvent. Matter of fact it will clean most any parts that does not have burned on/in carbon.
Charcoal Liter is somewhat the same as a higher refined Kerosene or paint thinner AKA mineral spirits. Not as good as a cleaner and a little more oiler, but it also can be used for other purposes other than what it was packaged for. It will not everapate as quick and will leave a residue.
Never heard of WD-40 removing bluing in my 50+ years of cleaning firearms. Sounds like there was some water present.
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