Cleaning Cosmoline

[ldp4570]

Gasoline, after that take whats left an pour onto weeds that are growing in the cracks on your drive way. Repeat as needed.

 

[Chard]

I do not like to use water or petroleum based cleaners on wood. Turpentine is not petroleum based and will remove the cosmoline well. To draw any out of the pores of the wood, I wrap the stock in newspaper, used several dozen rubber bands and lay it on the dashboard of the truck for a few days.

 

[rbror]

I do not like to use water or petroleum based cleaners on wood. Turpentine is not petroleum based and will remove the cosmoline well. To draw any out of the pores of the wood, I wrap the stock in newspaper, used several dozen rubber bands and lay it on the dashboard of the truck for a few days.

But then your car smells like cosmoline

 

[Toney]

But cosmo smells almost as good as hoppes

 

[Sigma898]

Murphy's Wood Oil works nicely too - cheap & nontoxic

 

[Capo]

I threw my pistol in the oven for 90min on warm. Melted right off.

 

[CD68]

On a hot summer day, my attic sweats it out pretty good. I took my last Mosin apart and hung it from the rafters for the day. It came out just needing a little wipe down. It wasn't totally caked in cosmoline though.

 

[gaseous maximus]

I've cleaned a bunch, using parts cleaning solvent.

 

[30BulletHoles]

I use murphy's oil mixed 4:1 with warm water for the wood and WD 40 on the metal and bore. Coat all metal with
Rem oil when I'm done. I wipe as much cosmoline off as I can with a dry rag prior to this. Works on all of the cosmo
soaked milsurps I've bought

 

[aeropb]

I've told y'all this 100000x's.
Boil water on stove.
place stock or? above steam by some sort of prop on both ends.
wipe away cosmoline every 5-10 minutes.
cleans it out goooood.

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Best way I have ever found

P.S.

Be certain to make sure that whoever's old kitchen pot you're using is okay with never using it for cooking again. LOL