Cosmoline...

[Rumur]

It MIGHT be my friend, but it needs to be ***** slapped into next week.

That is all.

 

[SMS]

Mineral spirits makes cosmoline your *****....LOL.

 

[Perplexed]

A heat gun and something to catch the hot, melted goo also works very nicely. Just go easy on the wood or plastic bits on the firearm!

 

[Fyrtwuck]

After you get cleaned up, you'll have to show us what all the fuss is about.

 

[SMS]

Yes!

 

[AKguy1985]

Hot water and gunk engine brite degreaser.

 

[John6185]

I took the easy way out, I put the M1 stock in the dishwasher and viola! Clean as a whistle and a LOT of dents were no longer existent. It looks great even after several months. Then use BLO on it to make it look original.

 

[gfercaks33]

You don't want to stick stocks in the dishwasher. It can warp the wood.

 

[John6185]

I took off all the metal including both upper wood and no warpage at all. I guess it depends on the type and grain of wood?