How do you clean warangka interior?

[A. G. Maisey]

I think that was mostly about the outside of a wrongko, wasn't it?

To do the inside I use .22 & .17 rifle cleaning rods with bronze brush, followed by bristle brush.

If the build up of filthy wood is too bad I use a segrek, which is like a sort of reverse saw.

I'll post a pic of one later.

You can get into the top of the wrongko with scrapers or chisels to do a clean up.

To get rid of the dust inside, a thin piece of copper pipe long enough to reach the bottom of the gandar will allow you to blow it out.

[Neo]

Thanks, Guys ... Looking forward to that photo.
By the way, is it a bad idea to quickly rinse the interior with 95% alcohol? I'm thinking that since alcohol is evaporative, most of the stuff will vaporize anyway, leaving the interior clean.

[A. G. Maisey]

Why bother?

I don't see that it would do any good.

[A. G. Maisey]

Here's pics of the tools to work inside a wrongko.

The segrek cuts on the draw stroke, I forged this one out of a car coil spring.

The knife is designed to get inside the top of the wrongko, I forged this from an old chisel.

The copper tube is pinched together at the end to increase [pressure of air blown through it

[Neo]

Impressive tools!!! I get the rough idea. For a brief couple of seconds I forgot we were discussing about keris, these images remind me of torture devices in some movies

Anyway, you blow air into the wrongko using the copper tube? So basically the idea is to remove the dirty portions of the wood by chipping it off minimally, then blow air to clean the bits away?

[A. G. Maisey]

Yes, that's about it.

However, to just clean the inside I use rifle cleaning rods and brushes, as I have already advised.

The segrek is used to make a gandar, you only need to use it on a finished gandar if the inside is contaminated in some way and you need to cut away more wood.

[Anthony G.]

Originally Posted by Neo

Thanks, Guys ... Looking forward to that photo.
By the way, is it a bad idea to quickly rinse the interior with 95% alcohol? I'm thinking that since alcohol is evaporative, most of the stuff will vaporize anyway, leaving the interior clean.

Wood absorbs liquid.

[cannext]

Regarding the use of the blowpipe / straw to remove the dust from the inside : close your eyes when blowing or wear safety glasses , the dust will get in your eyes otherwise . Don't ask , been there and it is very irritating .
Regards F.

[Anthony G.]

http://www.yamaha.com.sg/eshop/en/ya...BrushSaxophone

I use this type to clean the inner of dirty warangka.

[Sajen]

[QUOTE=A. G. Maisey]I think that was mostly about the outside of a wrongko, wasn't it?


Yes, it was. Sorry, I don't read the titel and text carefully and to fast!

[Neo]

Pak Sajen: No problemo That's still a nice reference because I'll need to work with the exterior sooner or later ...

Mr. Maisey: Thanks. I haven't seen any store selling gun maintenance equipments, but for now I think some nipple-cleaning brush (for baby milk bottles, I definitely need to clarify ) welded to some small brass rod will probably do the job.

[Rick]

Neo, I'm not so sure a plastic bristle brush will do much good .
Metal bristles would remove the bad wood; plastic ?

[A. G. Maisey]

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]

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]

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