fuckin cosmoline

[The Pat-Man]

Best way to get it off? I'm using brake cleaner combined with my oven and im still getting some left in there.

[944]

Use gas or kerosene on metal, and wrap the stock in news paper and leave it in a car on a hot day with the windows up.

[RadicalApex]

I take the whole gun apart and run boiling water over the affected areas. The cosmolene melts and drips right off. Putting small parts in a pan on low heat with some alcohol or oil tends to work too. I always clean them after I soak them with soapy water then some Hoppes and oil. I find if you try to work or buff it out and it's not hot, the cosmoline tends to sink in deeper and become harder to remove.

Edit: An oldschool Russian trick to try is vodka and kerosene but I think my method works a little better.

[Ph0x]

Tetrachloroethylene will take it right off the metal.

Along with any other oil.

http://www.amazon.com/Fti-Inc-Action.../dp/B0001MQSM6

For the stock what I do is rub the surface cosmo off with PCE.

Stick it in the oven on LOW to help bleed the cosmo out. Getting it out of wood isn't easy.

Expect it to bleed cosmo everytime the barrel gets hot, esp if it has a barrel shroud.

(You know that shoulder thingy that goes up)

My No.4 MK 2 would hiss and bubble if you put too many rounds too quick through it.

[mizled]

Try 'Simple Green', let it soak in for about ten minutes, then scrub with a nylon brush (toothbrush or toilet bowl brush - depending on the size of what you're cleaning).
Rinse, then repeat.