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Poco Loco

On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:13:41 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:07:14 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

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.

Gasoline would work and it is a lot cheaper. Toss in a bottle or 2 of
isopropyl alcohol and you have Gun Scrubber like the guy was talking
about in the video.

Well, I've already got the gas. Maybe I've even got the alcohol. We'll
see. Hate to miss out on a trip to Wal Mart.

But, now I've got a root canal scheduled for tomorrow, so may miss out
anyway. I'm thinking that since this gun will be a gift, maybe I
should let the cleaning thereof be part of same.