Gunstock saturated with gun oil (ideas on how to remove please)

[BLIP]

All those methods sound pretty good. It really depends on the extent you don't want to have a acetone logged stock... warm it up with a hair dryer first. Wrap it in the rag and wrap the rag in plastic around it... a plastic that will not react with the acetone it's nice if the rag is warm too. And then you just keep repeating the process. It is patience you start to do stuff too fast and you're going to screw up some grain or something

 

[madcow]

Learned this from an old vet that used to restore CMP rifles packed in cosmoline, make sure you warn the missus first. Run the stock through your dishwasher using the pots and pans cycle. The hot water and steam should get the oil out, the steam will raise any dent and dings too.

I did this to an SKS, cleaned the wood of all gunk and also all the steel parts I put in the silverware basket.

 

[shotgunman]

Learned this from an old vet that used to restore CMP rifles packed in cosmoline, make sure you warn the missus first. Run the stock through your dishwasher using the pots and pans cycle. The hot water and steam should get the oil out, the steam will raise any dent and dings too.

I did this to an SKS, cleaned the wood of all gunk and also all the steel parts I put in the silverware basket.

I may just have to give that a try!

 

[tommyt654]

You'll warp the stock,Get a drycleaning fluid that you can spray on like K2R from a hardware store and spray dry,wipe,do again several times It does work well.I have used it many,many times,drys white but will remove oil stains better than anything I have ever used before,just my 2 cents

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[letusbuyyourcar]

I have also wiped it down with Acetone then heated it on low temp with heat gun to draw the oil to the surface then wipe it down again. You can keep doing that until it almost all will come out. It is quicker that way.

Yeah Mr. Guns and Gear on YouTube used a heat gun to get the decades old cosmoline out of a Type 53 stock.

 

[Hayata]

@PopsBwell

Unfortunately he's not on like he used to be...

 

[rockyfatcat]

its going to take an acetone or mek or another chemical soaking to loosen enough of the oil from the surface. some of the WWII preservatives were legendary for resisting removal. Gasoline and hot diesel fuel were some of the goto methods, given the lack of hardware store options.

I would find a way to soak it for a few days

 

[Gun Guru]

A buddy of mine used to put Easy Off Oven Cleaner on it and lay it out in the sun. He said it sucked all the oill out.

 

[1006]

How much is a new stock?

 

[24on48hunting]

Browning stocks = mucho $$.
How’d the stock turn out?