Georges,

   I have to think on that one a bit.  Hoppe's Bore Cleaner
doesn't smell like any laquer thinner I ever remember, but
maybe my memory isn't so good any more.  I know the stuff
is designed to lift both lead and copper residues from a
gun or rifle barrel, and one can see the copper turn green
if one lets the stuff soak in the bore a few minutes.

   My favorite treatment for wet plugs is genuine CRC
"Brakleen" (R) - the red label can, not the green, non-
clorinated one.  Why that brand?  Because besides having
an excellent solvent, it also has enough propellant pressure
to displace debris.  And, no, I have no financial interest
in the copy ... other than owning about a dozen cans of
the stuff.

Regards,                    
Dale R.                              (___
COZY MkIV-R13B #1254          |----==(___)==----|    
Ch's 4, 5, 16 & 23 in progress      o/ | \o
(it's 110 in the shop, time to come in the house and get
underfoot of my spouse for a few hours.)


> From: "Echo Lake Fishing Resort (Georges Boucher)" <echolakeresort@telus.net>
> Date: 2005/06/16 Thu PM 04:05:11 EDT
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: engine not starting - spark plugs
>
> Bill
>
> Gun wash is low grade lacquer thinner, any lacquer thinner or brake cleaning
> spray will do the trick, the plugs don't have to soak for an hour, a minute
> will do. Make sure all the black is dissolved completely, blow it completely
> dry.
>
> Georges
>