cleaning a boresnake

[yomama]

How do you clean a boresnake?

[X-RAY]

Empty soda bottle, detergent, warm water, shake it up and rinse.

[yomama]

Thanks!

[ZeSpectre]

Hey that's a neat trick, I'm gonna try that!
Some things seem so damned OBVIOUS (after someone else mentions it <grin>)

[Edward429451]

Do not wash in mama's washing machine. The oil sticks and will speckle the next loads of wash making mama mad and put you in the doghouse. Ask me how I know.:o

[SAWBONES]

The soda bottle method doesn't get 'em very clean.

I use one of my wife's "dainty undies" net bag (I dedicated one to cleaning bore snakes) and accumulate several bore snakes needing cleaning, and wash 'em in the washing machine on small load-low agitation-hot water settings with a double rinse.
No oil or other goo left in the machine after.

[Harry Callahan]

Buy a new one.

[prime8]

LOL I just toss a chapstick in with the next load, and she's none the wiser....lol:rolleyes:

[Don H]

I just toss 'em in a plastic container with some liquid degreaser and water, put the container on the floor of the Jeep, and in a couple of hundred miles, they're pretty clean. Rinse well. The container should be big enough so that things can slosh around nicely.

[Warlokke]

Well, ummm, just like any other snake I guess....:p;):D

[22-rimfire]

I'll have to try the bottle approach. Probably will use Simple Green at about 25% strength which should clean the daylights out of any oily residue. In case others have not tired it, Simple Green works really well for many cleaning tasks and it is gradually taking over as my No. 1 cleaner. Try it, you'll like it.

[DWARREN123]

A little oily residue will not hurt. You do not want to put more crud in than you take out.

[carpfisher]

In the soda ( Try milk or bleach jug) heavily dosed with Automotive Brake Wash. It just eats the grease and disolves it. Ge the 30% More cans and you can cleant he snake with out fussing the wife.