Steam Cleaner

[aziator]

Anyone ever use one of these?

http://www.pdqprecision.com/minimax.html

We have one of these at work for cleaning weapons but I have never used it (don't think anyone has).  Other than having to oil well after cleaning it looks like it might work OK.

[Underground]

I haven't used one myself, but I was thinking about getting one for that purpose.  I was reading up on several people that said they used them with good results for getting cosmoline off surplus rifles.

It doesn't list prices with those.  I was going to get a fairly inexpensive one, it sounds like you don't relly need a lot.

[SINKER]

I'll be glad to hear from you Men when you finally use one of these things.  Like I said on another thread, I KNOW that hot water works but I would like to know about these types of steam systems.

Knowing about Our Government, I'll bet you that those things COST A BUNCH!

[Whole Bunches]

I had a cheaper (about $25) hand held home steam cleaner (about the size of a small coffee pot) (as seen on TV).  I used it to clean a Ruger #1 and AK in 7.62x39 after firing corrosive primed ammo.  Worked fine for that (no rust).  However, it didn't have enough volume and long enough steam pressure to completely remove cosmolene from a firearm...from small parts yes; from a complete firearm no.  It would run out of pressure, and the cosmolene that had liquified and moved would start to solidify while you waited for more steam to build up (a cosmolened Chinese SKS was the test subject).  I would blast the AK wherever it had powder residue, with the AK parts getting hot enough to evaporate any remaining water droplets.