Water based avoids environmental and health safety issues; Non-Caustic helps eliminate caustic burns and fumes; Non-petroleum helps eliminates fire hazard and disposal problems; Designed to quickly and easily strip old grease, oil and carbon from barrels, breaches, trigger assemblies and porting; Can be used on all weapons and equipment systems including: handguns, shotguns, rifles, pistols, ARs, 240/249 SAWs, rocket launchers and mortars