How do you clean warangka interior?

A. G. Maisey · 16th September 2010, 12:31 AM

Yeah, you really need the rifle cleaning stuff, but if you're in Indonesia it could be a bit difficult to get. You can probably buy it in the big towns in Jawa, like Solo and Surabaya, but in DenPasar? I doubt it.

Rick · 16th September 2010, 02:13 AM

Possibly buy the (threaded?) metal brush head from ebay and retro fit it to a copper tube ??

I would think 22 cal. would fit .

A. G. Maisey · 16th September 2010, 02:32 AM

Yeah, that would work, but you wouldn't need a copper tube, just a piece of plain steel rod if you could get a piece small enough.

I use both .17 and .22 brushes

Neo · 17th September 2010, 01:54 PM

First the cold blue, and now the brushes ... I really need to pay a visit to a gun store. Thanks for the pointers, I will really make the effort. A friend just told me earlier today that lapangan tembak in Senayan may have some gun supplies.

Anyway, just one last question. At first I tried not to ask this because I felt it sounded too paranoid, but then I thought there's some sense to it. Let's say you just had a mranggi make you a NEW wrongko and you saw some sweat dropping into the sheath. It is quite a likely scenario, considering how hot and humid Indonesia is these days. Now, salt and iron is a very bad combo ... bad enough that I couldn't resist asking this question

Is it okay to just quickly rinse the wrongko interior with some liquid to wash away the salt? Say, 95% alcohol? mineral oil? Will that damage the wrongko?

Rick · 17th September 2010, 03:22 PM

I would think that scraping or wire brushing would be better; at least by this point the salt is dry and can be scraped away .
Wetting it would most likely worsen the problem .

I'm no chemist but I don't believe Alchohol will dissolve salt unless diluted with water .

A. G. Maisey · 17th September 2010, 10:20 PM

I'm with Rick.

Rick · 18th September 2010, 02:46 AM

I'll drink to that mate .

16th September 2010, 12:31 AM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,754	Yeah, you really need the rifle cleaning stuff, but if you're in Indonesia it could be a bit difficult to get. You can probably buy it in the big towns in Jawa, like Solo and Surabaya, but in DenPasar? I doubt it.

16th September 2010, 02:13 AM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,268	Possibly buy the (threaded?) metal brush head from ebay and retro fit it to a copper tube ?? I would think 22 cal. would fit .

16th September 2010, 02:32 AM	#3
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,754	Yeah, that would work, but you wouldn't need a copper tube, just a piece of plain steel rod if you could get a piece small enough. I use both .17 and .22 brushes

17th September 2010, 01:54 PM	#4
Neo Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 59	First the cold blue, and now the brushes ... I really need to pay a visit to a gun store. Thanks for the pointers, I will really make the effort. A friend just told me earlier today that lapangan tembak in Senayan may have some gun supplies. Anyway, just one last question. At first I tried not to ask this because I felt it sounded too paranoid, but then I thought there's some sense to it. Let's say you just had a mranggi make you a NEW wrongko and you saw some sweat dropping into the sheath. It is quite a likely scenario, considering how hot and humid Indonesia is these days. Now, salt and iron is a very bad combo ... bad enough that I couldn't resist asking this question Is it okay to just quickly rinse the wrongko interior with some liquid to wash away the salt? Say, 95% alcohol? mineral oil? Will that damage the wrongko?

17th September 2010, 03:22 PM	#5
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,268	I would think that scraping or wire brushing would be better; at least by this point the salt is dry and can be scraped away . Wetting it would most likely worsen the problem . I'm no chemist but I don't believe Alchohol will dissolve salt unless diluted with water .

17th September 2010, 10:20 PM	#6
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,754	I'm with Rick.

18th September 2010, 02:46 AM	#7
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,268	I'll drink to that mate .