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Poco Loco

On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:13:29 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:39:00 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Anyone have any suggestions on the removal of cosmoline from my newly
acquired Mosin-Nagant?

You can cut it with paint or lacquer thinner but most of the removal
is mechanical.
If you use a solvent, you need to get a protecting coat of oil back on
it right away.
We had to bring a couple of 1911s back from this mummification on the
ship. We detail stripped them, wiped off all we could and dunked the
metal parts in a bucket of thinner over night. They came out like
new.
One of the GM3s stripped the grease off a set of the walnut stocks and
refinished them with linseed oil. They came out pretty nice.

A four foot chunk of pvc capped at one end and filled with mineral
spirits might do the job.

Now I just can't wait to get to Wal Mart to buy a gallon of mineral
spirits.