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Posted: 12/16/2016 9:41:20 PM EDT
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I know what you mean. I've owned four SKS's in my five decades of shooting. That shit will not completely come out. I just recently bought my 4th Norinco SKS and that crap is nasty. Took it apart and cleaned for hours. I wiped the wood stock with Old English oil and wiped it down with multiple rags. It still stinks. Every time I handle it, I have to wash my hands. That shit may serve its purpose as an anti rust/corrosion but it sucks to clean it off.
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Posted: 12/16/2016 9:48:47 PM EDT
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Dunk in a 55gal can of gas.
come back in a week to 10 days. Slosh daily. I'm kidding but honestly it's really the only way. |
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Posted: 12/16/2016 10:03:02 PM EDT
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Boil the small parts, pull them out and air dry, the water will evaporate almost immediately at that temp.
As for the wood, I built a big fire in the fireplace, put a cosmolined M-48 next to the fire and an aluminum foil heat reflector behind that. Turn it side to side on occasion to expose the opposite side directly to the fire. The Cosmoline will weep out constantly. Pull aside and wipe off, restoking the fire at the same time. Put the rifle back in front of the fire and repeat until it stops bleeding cosmoline. You can put the barrel & large parts there as well, preferably vertical. Finish up the residual with regular cleaning stuff. Time & heat beat solvents any day with that stuff. |
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Posted: 1/20/2017 12:57:38 AM EDT
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There's always the dishwasher...
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Posted: 1/20/2017 1:08:43 AM EDT
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Simple Green
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Posted: 1/27/2017 9:18:17 PM EDT
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I know some people frown in it but I always us Easy Off oven cleaner
Spray it on let sit for about 20 minutes, wipe the Easy Off off with a wet sponge and let dry for a few days Always works for me. |
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Posted: 1/27/2017 11:31:35 PM EDT
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Have used the Easy Off on an old M1 Garand Stock.
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Posted: 1/29/2017 5:28:10 PM EDT
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Boiling water works.
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Posted: 2/7/2017 11:45:45 PM EDT
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Use hot water and dish soap for the stock.
Always worked for me. Good luck |
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Posted: 2/27/2017 9:40:43 AM EDT
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Done this many times with 100% success. Heat gun on low setting while heating small 3x3 areas at a time. As the cosmo comes out wipe with paper towels and move onto another section while the first cools down, then go back over as many times as it takes to get 99% of it out. Then repeat until entire stock is done. Usually takes me 4-5hrs to do just the stock.
You are not going to get it all out, the wood will retain a small amount but this will not affect your final finish if you clean it with mineral spirits first. Don't get the heat gun closer than 3-4" from the stock and make sure to keep it moving, don't hold it in one place or you can burn the wood. |
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Posted: 3/5/2017 3:01:42 PM EDT
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Thanks everyone ! I friggin' love my Yugo. My boy is now coveting.
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Posted: 3/12/2017 8:58:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
There's always the dishwasher... Works very well...just don't let the warden catch ya 
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Posted: 8/4/2017 7:40:57 AM EDT
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Dunk in a 55gal can of gas. come back in a week to 10 days. Slosh daily. I'm kidding but honestly it's really the only way. 
What would you do with 55 gal. of cosmo contaminated gasoline anyway? I sure as Hell wouldn't run that through my car engine 
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Posted: 8/4/2017 7:47:41 AM EDT
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I soaked all the small parts (trigger group, mag assembly, BCG, etc. in kerosene (about a quart, not 55 gal
) and wrapped the stock and barreled action (separately) in old towels and left them on the dash of my car in the Summer sun. It got to over 120f inside the car. After a couple weeks of this practice, what was left wasn't causing any problems with function.
Still, on a warm day, after a couple hundred rounds, I can still smell a little cosmo weeping out or burning off. |
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