Cosmoline Question

[kcshooter]

For lubrication, liberally spray everything metal down in a coat of clp, let it sit 2 hours, wipe it down, respray, reassemble, then wipe the excess off the outside. There's nothing fancy about lubrication on an sks or ak.

 

[gidaeon]

+1 on boiling parts that fit in pot. Its cheap and instant! No more worries about that firing pin this way. Use tongs to remove parts and oil and reassembly. Then do the wood stock by itself in oven, at a lower heat temp to move the "sweating" and wiping off along. Search for cosmo stuff on surplus rifles, tons of guides out there.

Be cautious if you use a true heat gun, its ummm, possible to overheat the wood pretty easy.

 

[Franco2shoot]

I know this will raise some eyebrows, but it worked really well on the stock. My 91/30 Mosin looked as though it had been kept in a vat of Cosmoline, I tried most of the remedies posted above, but the goo still was in the wood. Finally, in desperation a guy told me that gasoline melts the stuff. I went to the local parts store and purchased a pack of rags, then out in the back yard soaked one with the gas I use for the lawnmower. This really pulled the Cosmoline out of the wood. I went through a dozen foot x foot squares, but the end result was great. You will need to neutralize the gasoline, but any household cleaner will do fine. The proof is when you take a piece of sandpaper to the stock. Unless all the cosmoline is gone the paper will quickly gum up. If its gone all you get is fine wood dust.

KKKKFL

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

I thought you were going to ask, what gift to get Cosmoline for his birthday.