Woah...

Ferroflame · 04-02-2008, 01:00 AM

So I'm downloading this game demo, right..?

So, as I sit and wait for hours on end, I look for a way to use my time wisely.

I think to myself "Huh. Maybe I'll take my SKS apart and see if it needs to be cleaned..."

So I get it, I pull the cover thing off, get the spring out, and to my surprise, there's, for lack of any word I can think of at the moment, some gooy brown funk on the bolt and bolt carrier...

1. What is this stuff? Cosmoline that missed when I first got it?

2. How do I clean it up good? T_T

jmp8927 · 04-02-2008, 06:37 AM

The beginnings of surface rust perhaps? Take some really fine steel wool and rub it off, then put some gun oil on top of that. If you don't specifically have gun oil, sewing machine oil works as well.

ArkansasHunter · 04-02-2008, 06:40 AM

It probably is cosmoline...Go buy a can of carburator cleaner and blast it away...A.H

Cyrano · 04-03-2008, 07:28 AM

I agree with A.H., but not about the cleaner. I'd use mineral spirits and either a brass or a nylon bristle brush. But that's becauuse I'm leery of getting carb cleaner on the stock, not because carb cleaner is bad.

Bravo · 04-03-2008, 11:36 AM

You might want to take it down to it's smallest parts (it's really a simple gun), and scrub every single part with a good corrosive agent. Then follow up by oiling every moving part (even if you think it's not making contact...if it moves, it's making contact).

That's what I do when I'm bored anyway

marion57 · 04-04-2008, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyrano

I agree with A.H., but not about the cleaner. I'd use mineral spirits and either a brass or a nylon bristle brush. But that's becauuse I'm leery of getting carb cleaner on the stock, not because carb cleaner is bad.

I love carb cleaner but must agree you dont want to get it on your finished stock!

however it works great if you take the rifle out of its stock as I do to clean it

GlockMeister · 04-04-2008, 12:30 AM

Take it off the stock completely as Marion suggests and clean the you know what out of it. But trust me, you just might find a little more cosmo after it sits again. Just the way that stuff is sometimes. Seeps out from places you thought you got it all out of. lol

SwedeSteve · 04-04-2008, 01:09 PM

I like cosmoline. It smell, feels and tastes good!

texnmidwest · 04-04-2008, 02:09 PM

It grows hair on your chest as well!

thumperpaul · 04-05-2008, 01:39 AM

To be honest, I really DO like the smell of cosmoline...I have a '43 Enfield #4 Mk1* that I restored, and the smell of boiled linseed oil combined with the traces of cosmoline (impregnated into the buttstock) is a pleasant aroma to me. Sounds wierd, but there it is....

marion57 · 04-05-2008, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by GlockMeister

Take it off the stock completely as Marion suggests and clean the you know what out of it. But trust me, you just might find a little more cosmo after it sits again. Just the way that stuff is sometimes. Seeps out from places you thought you got it all out of. lol

+1 glock I had one that I had when I was in the navy come to the armory and I cleaned that sucker for over a yr and was still getting cosmoline out of it and it was a stored M1..We recieved a batch of 45' that We like to never got the cosmoline off them

Pathfinder57 · 04-05-2008, 06:44 AM

I stay away from Carb cleaner. Try brake parts cleaner.

marion57 · 04-05-2008, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Pathfinder57

I stay away from Carb cleaner. Try brake parts cleaner.

May I ask why ?
acetone, toluene, and methanol. you read the contents they both have depending on manufacure the same basic contents,neither of which should touch the stock

texnmidwest · 04-05-2008, 07:43 AM

Aren't they both made with the same solvent?

toolman · 04-05-2008, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marion57

May I ask why ?
acetone, toluene, and methanol. you read the contents they both have depending on manufacure the same basic contents,neither of which should touch the stock

I'm not pathfinder57, but brake cleaner is formulated to evaporate much faster than carb cleaner which is designed to soak into, and dissolve heavy deposits. I like 'em both depending on the application at hand.

texnmidwest · 04-05-2008, 08:00 AM

OK, So if that be the case, is Gun Scrubber (GS) closer to carb cleaner (cc) or closer to Break Cleaner (bc) ?

I keep seeing GS and CC at the soda shop drinking out of the same soda but there are reports of GS and BC up on lookout mountain! What gives?

marion57 · 04-05-2008, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by texnmidwest

OK, So if that be the case, is Gun Scrubber (GS) closer to carb cleaner (cc) or closer to Break Cleaner (bc) ?

I keep seeing GS and CC at the soda shop drinking out of the same soda but there are reports of GS and BC up on lookout mountain! What gives?

there mating TEX shhhhhhhhhhh

Quote:

Originally Posted by toolman

I'm not pathfinder57, but brake cleaner is formulated to evaporate much faster than carb cleaner which is designed to soak into, and dissolve heavy deposits. I like 'em both depending on the application at hand.

Good info toolman ..That I didnt know

thats why it worked so good on my type 53 LOL

marcusdunn8192 · 04-12-2008, 08:49 PM

cosmoline comes off good with Dawn dishwashing soap an hot water , just make sure you dry it good

04-02-2008, 01:00 AM	#1
Ferroflame Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 265 Trader Rating: (0)	Woah... So I'm downloading this game demo, right..? So, as I sit and wait for hours on end, I look for a way to use my time wisely. I think to myself "Huh. Maybe I'll take my SKS apart and see if it needs to be cleaned..." So I get it, I pull the cover thing off, get the spring out, and to my surprise, there's, for lack of any word I can think of at the moment, some gooy brown funk on the bolt and bolt carrier... 1. What is this stuff? Cosmoline that missed when I first got it? 2. How do I clean it up good? T_T

04-02-2008, 06:37 AM	#2
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,103 Trader Rating: (0)	The beginnings of surface rust perhaps? Take some really fine steel wool and rub it off, then put some gun oil on top of that. If you don't specifically have gun oil, sewing machine oil works as well. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

04-04-2008, 12:30 AM	#7
GlockMeister Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 4,934 Trader Rating: (0)	Take it off the stock completely as Marion suggests and clean the you know what out of it. But trust me, you just might find a little more cosmo after it sits again. Just the way that stuff is sometimes. Seeps out from places you thought you got it all out of. lol __________________ I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6!

04-04-2008, 01:09 PM	#8
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,100 Trader Rating: (0)	I like cosmoline. It smell, feels and tastes good! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

04-04-2008, 02:09 PM	#9
texnmidwest Senior Bear Fluffer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,021 Trader Rating: (0)	It grows hair on your chest as well! __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

04-02-2008, 06:40 AM	#3
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,504 Trader Rating: (0)	It probably is cosmoline...Go buy a can of carburator cleaner and blast it away...A.H

04-03-2008, 07:28 AM	#4
Cyrano Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York Posts: 1,955 Trader Rating: (0)	I agree with A.H., but not about the cleaner. I'd use mineral spirits and either a brass or a nylon bristle brush. But that's becauuse I'm leery of getting carb cleaner on the stock, not because carb cleaner is bad.

04-03-2008, 11:36 AM	#5
Bravo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 1,775 Trader Rating: (0)	You might want to take it down to it's smallest parts (it's really a simple gun), and scrub every single part with a good corrosive agent. Then follow up by oiling every moving part (even if you think it's not making contact...if it moves, it's making contact). That's what I do when I'm bored anyway

04-05-2008, 01:39 AM	#10
thumperpaul Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: vancouver bc canada Posts: 132 Trader Rating: (0)	To be honest, I really DO like the smell of cosmoline...I have a '43 Enfield #4 Mk1* that I restored, and the smell of boiled linseed oil combined with the traces of cosmoline (impregnated into the buttstock) is a pleasant aroma to me. Sounds wierd, but there it is....

04-05-2008, 06:44 AM	#12
Pathfinder57 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 35 Trader Rating: (0)	I stay away from Carb cleaner. Try brake parts cleaner.

04-05-2008, 07:43 AM	#14
texnmidwest Senior Bear Fluffer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,021 Trader Rating: (0)	Aren't they both made with the same solvent? __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

04-05-2008, 08:00 AM	#16
texnmidwest Senior Bear Fluffer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,021 Trader Rating: (0)	OK, So if that be the case, is Gun Scrubber (GS) closer to carb cleaner (cc) or closer to Break Cleaner (bc) ? I keep seeing GS and CC at the soda shop drinking out of the same soda but there are reports of GS and BC up on lookout mountain! What gives? __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

04-12-2008, 08:49 PM	#18
marcusdunn8192 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 15 Trader Rating: (0)	cosmoline comes off good with Dawn dishwashing soap an hot water , just make sure you dry it good