getting rid of cosmoline

bucfan · 10-14-2006, 06:09 PM

just got first mauser..am cleaning it up..but stock still has cosmoline..what is the best way to get rid of it?

MountaineerWVa · 10-14-2006, 09:13 PM

If it was me I'd try pine sol..Or maybe some kind of hardwood floor cleaner .

Zen900 · 10-14-2006, 09:41 PM

I've read where guys put the stock in the oven to sweat out the cosmo but I never dared. Cosmo gets down into the wood pores because they dip the whole rifle in hot liquid cosmo and it turns into a gel when it cools. I never did get the cosmo out my Mauser. I was content just getting it out the bolt. Let us know if you succeed.

Pred · 10-14-2006, 09:46 PM

Ok, time for a new rule. No one is allowed to ask any more questions about a new gun they got, or a gun they built, or are building, or any other crap, unless you post pics......

Full MeTal Jack · 10-14-2006, 09:58 PM

bacfan, I've found Berryman's B-12 Carborator cleaner and brake cleaner to be very effective.
DO NOT USE GUMOUT!!! it leaves a residual that doesnt evaporate.
Depends on your stock. If stock is POS, I've gone as far as using oven cleaner spray. Nasty stuff. Wear a resporator and gloves. Carefull it kills the grass too. Oven clean and hard plastic bristle brush.
Rinse
Dry
Iron out dents with iron and damp terry cloth towel. (use your wife's newest towel for best results)
Sand LIGTHLY with 100 grit and sand lightly (rough-up surface) again with progressivley finer sand paper until 400. no steel wool. untill maybe later when applying third coat of oil.
The idea is not to take off wood
Ready for stain or Danish oil if you want darker stock
Boiled linseed oil (blo). let dry. drying takes a while
or Tung oil.
Tru oil works very good too.
After several coats of oil you might be able to wet sand with 600 grit. Don't sand off previous coat. Goal is to fill the grain. Do that a few times and get a beautiful smooth stock.
By the way, what type of mauser is it????
Turk, doent matter what ya do to it. It's still a turk.
German laminated Stock? Dont touch it!

Some stocks are jsut saturated with oil. Homer Formby's Furniture Refinisher works well. You may have to keep working with stock for a long time. I've got a Yugo 48. Every time I pull it out. I wipe it with coleman white gas or paint tinnner. It's sooo saturated.

let us know please

bucfan · 10-16-2006, 03:47 PM

full metal jacket..
an m48a..actually it is my first milsurp

ruger22com · 10-16-2006, 10:29 PM

IF you can get a big enough tub...fill with water and build a fire until til it boils...dump the whole gun in it and stir....

if no tub..brake clean works pretty good but is hard to get in the nocks and cranies.

Me? I have a power steam cleaner....takes a while, but gets all that crud out from the internals.

bucfan · 10-17-2006, 07:11 PM

hello again..
my next problem turned out to be removing the butt plate..tried almost everything i could think of..but alas it would not budge..so i put the screws back in and began without removal..

Full MeTal Jack · 10-17-2006, 08:43 PM

Hmmmm? Interesting?
I tried a portable handheld steam cleaning device once. worked good on small areas.
Butt plate should come off. Try several screw drivers at one time to pry off. Good luck.
Let us know how it shoots. My 48 unissued ani't worth a darn for accuracy! Might have issues with receiver beding or barrel channel. But all that is on way back burner.

BPWinks · 10-23-2006, 08:54 PM

Go here and build one of these

I stand mine on end, cut a piece out of the lid to accommodate long stocks and bake the crap out of my rifles

Flip the rifles to get all the cosmo off and you are good to go.

Watch the temps though-it will get over 185 in the oven and you dont want it to get much over 165. 165 is the optimum temp for cosmo removal.

Bring lots of shop rags to wipe the cosmo off and be careful cause the stocks get warm. I use a digital thermometer to turn the bulb off and on when the temps get too high. It takes about an hour to get a Mosin cosmo free

Stay safe
Collecting and Shooting the Military Surplus Rifle (2006) - Surplusrifle.com

DWARREN123 · 10-24-2006, 08:19 AM

Use brake cleaner or hot water on the butt plate/cup to help remove it. Be careful prying because you can chip the stock.

Beer Forever · 10-24-2006, 01:12 PM

I got this great stuff made to get cosmoline off of wood called oops, you can get it at any hardware store, it is about 5 bucks. Comes in spray or brush on. As for metal, I use carosine or mineral spirits.

JBS · 10-25-2006, 12:06 PM

Lacquer Thinner...excellent for normal gun cleaning, too. Gets all the crud etc out in seconds.

bucfan · 10-25-2006, 08:46 PM

i tried most everything short of prying..said forget it..put the screws back in and sanded

Coldwood · 11-08-2006, 10:58 AM

Turpentine or paint thinner.

10-14-2006, 06:09 PM	#1
bucfan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: largo fl Posts: 7 Trader Rating: (0)	getting rid of cosmoline just got first mauser..am cleaning it up..but stock still has cosmoline..what is the best way to get rid of it?

10-14-2006, 09:58 PM	#5
Full MeTal Jack Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 1,416 Trader Rating: (0)	bacfan, I've found Berryman's B-12 Carborator cleaner and brake cleaner to be very effective. DO NOT USE GUMOUT!!! it leaves a residual that doesnt evaporate. Depends on your stock. If stock is POS, I've gone as far as using oven cleaner spray. Nasty stuff. Wear a resporator and gloves. Carefull it kills the grass too. Oven clean and hard plastic bristle brush. Rinse Dry Iron out dents with iron and damp terry cloth towel. (use your wife's newest towel for best results) Sand LIGTHLY with 100 grit and sand lightly (rough-up surface) again with progressivley finer sand paper until 400. no steel wool. untill maybe later when applying third coat of oil. The idea is not to take off wood Ready for stain or Danish oil if you want darker stock Boiled linseed oil (blo). let dry. drying takes a while or Tung oil. Tru oil works very good too. After several coats of oil you might be able to wet sand with 600 grit. Don't sand off previous coat. Goal is to fill the grain. Do that a few times and get a beautiful smooth stock. By the way, what type of mauser is it???? Turk, doent matter what ya do to it. It's still a turk. German laminated Stock? Dont touch it! Some stocks are jsut saturated with oil. Homer Formby's Furniture Refinisher works well. You may have to keep working with stock for a long time. I've got a Yugo 48. Every time I pull it out. I wipe it with coleman white gas or paint tinnner. It's sooo saturated. let us know please __________________ [IMG]http://img287.echo.cx/img287/63/9130110x100a4vb.jpg Last edited by Full MeTal Jack; 10-14-2006 at 10:08 PM.

10-16-2006, 10:29 PM	#7
ruger22com Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mobile Alabama Posts: 723 Trader Rating: (0)	IF you can get a big enough tub...fill with water and build a fire until til it boils...dump the whole gun in it and stir.... if no tub..brake clean works pretty good but is hard to get in the nocks and cranies. Me? I have a power steam cleaner....takes a while, but gets all that crud out from the internals. __________________ www.CheapGunParts.com http://ruger22.com/art/banners/tiny.gif Home of the "YELLOW JACKET" Bolt Buffer and Takedown Bolts! Free Shipping & Lifetime Warranty!

10-17-2006, 08:43 PM	#9
Full MeTal Jack Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 1,416 Trader Rating: (0)	Hmmmm? Interesting? I tried a portable handheld steam cleaning device once. worked good on small areas. Butt plate should come off. Try several screw drivers at one time to pry off. Good luck. Let us know how it shoots. My 48 unissued ani't worth a darn for accuracy! Might have issues with receiver beding or barrel channel. But all that is on way back burner. __________________ [IMG]http://img287.echo.cx/img287/63/9130110x100a4vb.jpg

10-23-2006, 08:54 PM	#10
BPWinks Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mesa Arizona Posts: 19 Trader Rating: (0)	Go here and build one of these I stand mine on end, cut a piece out of the lid to accommodate long stocks and bake the crap out of my rifles Flip the rifles to get all the cosmo off and you are good to go. Watch the temps though-it will get over 185 in the oven and you dont want it to get much over 165. 165 is the optimum temp for cosmo removal. Bring lots of shop rags to wipe the cosmo off and be careful cause the stocks get warm. I use a digital thermometer to turn the bulb off and on when the temps get too high. It takes about an hour to get a Mosin cosmo free Stay safe Collecting and Shooting the Military Surplus Rifle (2006) - Surplusrifle.com __________________ You can run but you will just die tired!

10-14-2006, 09:13 PM	#2
MountaineerWVa Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Jackson County, W.Va. Posts: 88 Trader Rating: (0)	If it was me I'd try pine sol..Or maybe some kind of hardwood floor cleaner .

10-14-2006, 09:41 PM	#3
Zen900 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 685 Trader Rating: (0)	I've read where guys put the stock in the oven to sweat out the cosmo but I never dared. Cosmo gets down into the wood pores because they dip the whole rifle in hot liquid cosmo and it turns into a gel when it cools. I never did get the cosmo out my Mauser. I was content just getting it out the bolt. Let us know if you succeed.

10-14-2006, 09:46 PM	#4
Pred Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,873 Trader Rating: (0)	Ok, time for a new rule. No one is allowed to ask any more questions about a new gun they got, or a gun they built, or are building, or any other crap, unless you post pics......

10-16-2006, 03:47 PM	#6
bucfan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: largo fl Posts: 7 Trader Rating: (0)	full metal jacket.. an m48a..actually it is my first milsurp

10-17-2006, 07:11 PM	#8
bucfan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: largo fl Posts: 7 Trader Rating: (0)	hello again.. my next problem turned out to be removing the butt plate..tried almost everything i could think of..but alas it would not budge..so i put the screws back in and began without removal..

10-24-2006, 08:19 AM	#11
DWARREN123 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: BETWEEN TN & KY Posts: 748 Trader Rating: (0)	Use brake cleaner or hot water on the butt plate/cup to help remove it. Be careful prying because you can chip the stock.

10-24-2006, 01:12 PM	#12
Beer Forever Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 2,696 Trader Rating: (0)	I got this great stuff made to get cosmoline off of wood called oops, you can get it at any hardware store, it is about 5 bucks. Comes in spray or brush on. As for metal, I use carosine or mineral spirits.

10-25-2006, 12:06 PM	#13
JBS Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 757 Trader Rating: (0)	Lacquer Thinner...excellent for normal gun cleaning, too. Gets all the crud etc out in seconds.

10-25-2006, 08:46 PM	#14
bucfan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: largo fl Posts: 7 Trader Rating: (0)	i tried most everything short of prying..said forget it..put the screws back in and sanded

11-08-2006, 10:58 AM	#15
Coldwood Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Saranac, NY Posts: 26 Trader Rating: (0)	Turpentine or paint thinner.