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Some guys use Windex, anti-freeze, alcohol, peroxide and all that sort of stuff that usually works because it is water-based.
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Ohmygosh!!!!!!!
PEROXIDE!!!! 
....that's probably one of the WORST things you can use to clean any metal object! Why? because that bubbling you see is liberated oxygen, and as we all know, oxygen (and oxidizing agents) cause RUST!!!!
I don't know where that one came from, but my advice is to avoid it like the plague as a firearms cleaner.
FWIW, I would be careful with alcohol as well....used to use it in part of our heart/lung machines years ago, until we saw the amount of corrosion it caused (on stainless steel, no less!!!) I'll stick with hot, soapy water, thank you very much!
