Advice for cleaning some items

I have got some 6b5 titanium plates and some airsoft guns that I need to clean (very thouroghly) and I would just like some advice on which cleaning agents to use in order to avoid damaging them.

I need to try and remove every last molecule of contaminant so "just use soapy water" is absolutely out of the question.

It depends what dirt is attached to the surface. You can use medicinal alcohol (i.e. isopropyl) to remove evergreen sap from car
paint without damage. It removes thermal paste and glue from IC housings (plastic, ceramic and metal). It will not remove paint
like commercial paint strippers and will not etch the surface. Stay away from non-specialized commercial cleaners.

I have no experience with stainless steel cleaning agents, they may work but do more searches on the internet for specific
experiences.

I need to remove any trace of organic matter and any form of dirt and grime

The-thing-next-door wrote:I need to remove any trace of organic matter and any form of dirt and grime

Then isopropyl alcohol is what you want. It is a solvent for organics but not strong enough to dissolve paint and
is not an acid that will etch metal.

Well it is not really that great a solvent, when I spill some on my hands they are not exactly stripped to the bone.

I really want to make sure that the items are completely clean, so I am looking for the most powerful agents that would not damage the metal or the plastic.

The next up aggressive but designed not to damage is probably household bleach.

The-thing-next-door wrote:Well it is not really that great a solvent, when I spill some on my hands they are not exactly stripped to the bone.

I really want to make sure that the items are completely clean, so I am looking for the most powerful agents that would not damage the metal or the plastic.

Don't ask for advice if you are going to just fob it off with some moronic snark.

You have clearly never used 99% isopropyl alcohol. And you don't bother to give any details as to the actual dirt you want to
remove.

Sod off.

The-thing-next-door wrote:Well it is not really that great a solvent, when I spill some on my hands they are not exactly stripped to the bone.

I really want to make sure that the items are completely clean, so I am looking for the most powerful agents that would not damage the metal or the plastic.

I spilled isopropyl on my hands and nothing happened

Besides gloves are a thing

kvs wrote:

The-thing-next-door wrote:Well it is not really that great a solvent, when I spill some on my hands they are not exactly stripped to the bone.

I really want to make sure that the items are completely clean, so I am looking for the most powerful agents that would not damage the metal or the plastic.

Don't ask for advice if you are going to just fob it off with some moronic snark.

You have clearly never used 99% isopropyl alcohol.   And you don't bother to give any details as to the actual dirt you want to
remove.

Sod off.

Well I am sorry if I offended you, I guess I am still as socially incompetent as ever.

What I was trying to say is that I want to know what the most powerful cleaning agents that will not damage my items are.

How about posting some images.

magnumcromagnon wrote:How about posting some images.

The contamination is not very visible so I am not to sure how helpful that would be.

I suppose I should clarify that I want to remove all trace of organic matter and dirt from the items and not just have them looking clean.

Most murderers seem to use bleach to hide DNA evidence of their crimes...

Well I need to have my paintball gun cleaned by next summer (European time).

I need to make absolutely sure that all matter other than the item itself is removed. I suppose I should give you all the reason I have for needing these things to be cleaned. Well essentially what happened was that a bunch of filthy vandals got ahold of some of my paintball and airsoft guns aswell as my set of 6B5 plates and befilthed the lot of them, I do not know exactly which organic substances were used hence the need to remove all free particles in order for me to once again be comfortable with handling the items in question.