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Posted: 11/8/2004 10:19:41 AM EDT

Post all the ways to get this crap off fast and effective.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:20:26 AM EDT

[#1]

Rub?

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:20:36 AM EDT

[#2]

Mineral spirits. Toothbrush. Wallpaper trough from Home Depot. Done.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:21:18 AM EDT

[#3]

Boil.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:21:34 AM EDT

[#4]

Coleman gas. Melts the stuff right off. Very explosive, so be careful.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:21:52 AM EDT

[#5]

Lick it off - it'll give you a shiny coat.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:22:03 AM EDT

[#6]

Tannerite

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:23:45 AM EDT

[#7]

what they said, as for the stock, a wire hanger, halogen lamp and a 5 gallon bucket.

(personally, I sent my SKS with a friend that works for the American Historical Society and he sent it through their acid tank...it came back clean as a baby's bottom)

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:23:52 AM EDT

[#8]

gasoline.

lots and lots of gasoline.

go to a Dry cleaning plant and get a 15 or 20 gallon detergent drum. Cut in half lengthwise.

disassemble rifle. rubber gloves. toothbrush.

gas will eat the cosmoline.

for the wood: gasoline let dry. easy off oven cleaner. let dry.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:24:12 AM EDT

[#9]

Kerosene and automotive-type parts brush.
Hot water rinse.
Blow dry with compressed air.
Oil the metal.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:24:34 AM EDT

[#10]

Brake Cleaner
Mineral Spirits
Kerosene
Gasoline

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:25:17 AM EDT

[#11]

Barrel of diesel fuel, dunk. repeat and drain. Or you could use another solvent (like mineral spirits) and a wallpaper tray, and a half stiff paint brush, wash the metal part, then clean like normal after all the grease is disolved. Then pour the liquid into another container for proper disposal.

The best thing is if you have access to a auto parts cleaning machine. Know anyone who runs a garage?

ETA: DOW beat me to it.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:25:53 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Coleman gas. Melts the stuff right off. Very explosive, so be careful.

+1

Or you can use the cheaper generic brand that walmart sells and save yourself a couple bucks. Lots of ventilation is a must.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:26:03 AM EDT

[#13]

NON Chloinated brake clean.......... Made my fathers SKS I bouhgt him for his birthday look brand new and it got down in all the tight areas... the presure from the can actualy pushed that crap out

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:26:29 AM EDT

[#14]

Oven Cleaner...on the wood portions...

If using this method it is okay to be liberal...with the cleaner.

MT

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:26:46 AM EDT

[#15]

I bought 2 No4MkI's a few years ago. After stripping the rifle as far as possible and cleaning the cosmoline out of the bore and using paper towels to wipe off the heavy grease. I stood the parts on end against the garage door in the direct sunlight. It took a few hours, but it pretty much all came off.
Works better if it's pretty warm out.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:28:49 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
The best thing is if you have access to a auto parts cleaning machine. Know anyone who runs a garage?

that works pretty good. $5 to the garage guy works good, too, for getting him to let you use it.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:31:31 AM EDT

[#17]

Boling hot water is all you need. How big is the part that needs to be cleaned? After the grease is cleaned off all you need to do is wipe it down with some oil.

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:33:05 AM EDT

[#18]

Get all Medieval on it's ass… boil it in oil! (light mineral of course)

Posted: 11/8/2004 10:40:02 AM EDT

[#19]

Posted: 11/8/2004 11:50:45 AM EDT

[#20]

When I helped clean a buddies new SKS, we dicked around with a small bottle of cleaner for awhile. Then we went to walmart, got two gallons of terpentine, suck all the parts in a bucket, and watched TV for an hour. THen we just had to wipe the parts clean.

Posted: 11/8/2004 11:53:01 AM EDT

[#21]

WD40

Brake cleaner

Carb cleaner

For the stock, I ran mine through the dishwasher at the restaurant I manage.

Posted: 11/8/2004 11:54:23 AM EDT

[#22]

lots of gasoline in a large container.

Posted: 11/8/2004 11:56:21 AM EDT

[#23]

There's a parts washer at my place of business. I've got a CMP Garand coming sometime. Will this do the job? (I'll use oven cleaner on the stock - any brand in particular?)

Posted: 11/8/2004 11:57:28 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
There's a parts washer at my place of business. I've got a CMP Garand coming sometime. Will this do the job? (I'll use oven cleaner on the stock - any brand in particular?)

My CMP Garand was almost cosmo free. You probably won't have to do anything quite so drastic.

Posted: 11/8/2004 11:58:40 AM EDT

[#25]

Waterless hand cleaner and toothbrushes and rags.

Posted: 11/8/2004 11:59:13 AM EDT

[#26]

I can't believe you guys that advocate using gasoline for cleaning.

I would never immerse my hands, arms and upper body in a cloud of volatile, explosive fumes. That's asking for a Darwin Award nomination.

Posted: 11/8/2004 12:07:36 PM EDT

[#27]

Gasoline is the best cleaner hands down. Do not use it because it also deadly--many people have been killed by using gas to wash things.

Spirits and brake cleaner, used outside, are pretty good and I have used them both to good effect.

Posted: 11/8/2004 12:08:39 PM EDT

[#28]

manual car wash set it on engine degreaser

Posted: 11/8/2004 12:14:34 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
I can't believe you guys that advocate using gasoline for cleaning.

I would never immerse my hands, arms and upper body in a cloud of volatile, explosive fumes. That's asking for a Darwin Award nomination.

It works, dammit!

Real men know how to be careful.

Posted: 11/8/2004 12:24:31 PM EDT

[#30]

Just put in the parts washer at work! Easy as PIE! Planerench out.

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