Oil

I hope this is in the right place.

I have used naptha, paint stripper, acetone, heat gun, easy off oven cleaner, and starting fluid, to remove the oil from my M44 Mosin Nagant stock. The oil is still there. The oven cleaner probably worked better than anything else, but it removes whatever the stock is finished with, also.

Does anyone know of something that will remove "all" of the oil. It is mostly in the trigger area, where a nasty hand wrapped around the stock to pull the trigger. But it is fairly heavy in the general area of the magazine and bolt.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks, Mule.

Make a slurry of mineral spirits and kitty litter. Load it on the stock and put it some place warm. after it is dried, clean it off and repeat.

I read some where about making an oven. It was made from large PVC Pipe, capped on both ends, with light bulbs in it, to create the heat. I have no details, but I have been studying on it, at night, while laying in bed, when I should be sleeping. That's when I do my best architectural and engineering designs.

Mule

Make a slurry of mineral spirits and kitty litter. Load it on the stock and put it some place warm. after it is dried, clean it off and repeat.

I had good luck using this method, and putting it in a black trash bag and leaving it in the back window of my car during the summer.

I had good luck using this method, and putting it in a black trash bag and leaving it in the back window of my car during the summer.

Good success here too except I use a finer absorbent, diatomaceous earth (pool filter aid). Pack the stock and DE into a trash can liner lined cardboard box, soak everything real good with acetone, seal it up and wait. It's easy, I let it go for a week or two before unpacking. Sure beats using the rag which helps to preserve the few brain cells I've left. I'm doing this again right now with a couple of stocks in fact. 140F inside the car in the sun during the day. Vapors are flammable so just don't blow up your car. :D

Try this stuff.
Works great on sucking oil out of balsa wood model airplane structure.
Should work on stocks too.

http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3607491&CAWELAID=345904082

rc

Well, I decided that the oil/grease stain would add character, so, I put two coats of the finish on. Then I noticed that I was using clear lacquer, not polyurethane.
I used more E-Z Off. After this process was over and the stock was clean and dry, low and behold, there is no oil stain and it does not feel waxy. I do not know what happened.

I do appreciate the suggestions. I have made a list of them, for later reference, because I will buy more Mosin Nagants.
Thanks to all,

Mule.

Again, my mistake.
Most of it is gone. What is left is in other locations, and not as visible.
I am going to go ahead and apply the Polyurethane tomorrow, at least, start tomorrow.

Mule

What was the original finish on Mosin Nagants?

When I refinished my M1 Garand, I laboriously cleaned sixty years of grime and oil off with denatured alcohol, and rags. Then about three coats of hand rubbed boiled linseed oil finished it off.

I was just curious as to whether it would be best to make it shiny, or original.

CZguy, I would call it shilack [sp]. I know it seemed to be brittle. Last Saturdy I bought a 1929 Hex 91/30. It was cleaner, but the finish is fragile and shinny. The finish must of been applied with a straw broom on all three of my Mosins. It looks terrible.

I am not trying to restore to original look. I simply want it to look good to me. I will probably never sell it and very very few people will ever see it.

Many folks don't approve of what I am doing. I just hope they don't hold it against me.

Mule

Many folks don't approve of what I am doing. I just hope they don't hold it against me.

I think you're safe around here.

shellac..... spelling only....don't know what the finish is..

Wrap in burlap sack soak in napha for one week prior to 4th-july on fourth strike a match, raise flag and sing "I Surrender Dear"

""Wrap in burlap sack soak in napha for one week prior to 4th-july on fourth strike a match, raise flag and sing "I Surrender Dear""

L O L !

It has just about come to that.

Good old whiting works well and does a similar job to kitty litter (don't use stuff from the litter tray!). I used to put the stock in the top oven when the main (bottom) oven was on - this would be just enough heat to draw the oil out of the stock without causing any damage or a fire risk!