I received a mid-1950's Garandicon from the CMPicon which had the dark colored handgaurd and lighter colored stock. The thing was soaked in so much cosmolineicon that just shouldering it would leave a person covered in slime. I am making my first attempt at refinishing a gun stock so please bare with me.

I detail stripped the gun and wrapped the stock in paper towels and garbage bags and left the gun in a hot car a couple weeks. That removed some of the grease, but there was still a lot left. I bought a heat gun and used it along with papertowels to remove the rest as best I could. It took about six hours or so, but I finally got a decent amount of it out.

I was told by a friend to use mineral spirits to clean the stock once most of the cosmoline was out. I just dipped rags in mineral spirits and wiped down the stock (and used a nylon brush) and am letting it dry. It now feels slimy again. Did I do something wrong or will the mineral spirits evaporate and leave it feeling dry?

Should I try something else?

I plan to rub the gun down with BLOicon once I get it clean to my liking.
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