How to clean sand out of AR

[wctriumph]

So my buddy didnt believe me that if I covered my AR in sand that it would still fire. $20 later and I was right he was wrong. But now i have a problem. How do I get all this sand out! All the sand is stuck to the oil. I soaked it in the bathtub with some dawn dish soap, completely field stripped. Charging it feel less gritty now but id like to get all the sand out... Suggestions?

Really??

[mcantar18c]

Never tried with an AR, but I used brake cleaner with great success cleaning shit out of my 240L. Worked really well.

[9mmJ]

I've cleaned tools and AR's in the dishwasher before. Lots of oil after the cleaning.

[james_bond_007]

...don't forget to disassemble and clean the magazine, as well.

[BPTactical]

If my "buddy" challenged me to that I would tell him to fuck himself. He can go buy his own damn AR and find out.
It's one thing to get some sand in it from the range, a class or fighting the Zombie Apocalypse but to purposely put sand in a weapon is daft.

[hurley842002]

If my "buddy" challenged me to that I would tell him to fuck himself. He can go buy his own damn AR and find out.
It's one thing to get some sand in it from the range, a class or fighting the Zombie Apocalypse but to purposely put sand in a weapon is daft.

My thoughts exactly

[cfortune]

Did the microwave thing work?

[sniper7]

Dishwasher

[TheBelly]

Non-chlorinated brake cleaner. All over. Every part EXCEPToptics.

let dry.

compressed air to blow out the rest.

re-lube.

[sniper7]

Did the microwave thing work?

I tired that and it works awesome, sand pops out of all the crevices.