Oil Soaked Stock

[Chuckindenver]

all of these stocks were hot tank cleaned, and were all grease ball soaked wood.. the close Carbine stock had to be done 2 times to remove all the grease.
note: all the stamps and markings came back up better then they were before they were tanked,
the heat raises the wood and helps the markings stand out better.

[PATRICK]

this will sound strange ... but here goes because it works
strip the wood from the gun
wrap in a clean rag
place it in the dish washer when the wifes gone out
put in the detergant and wash for the longest cycle inthe machine
tahe out when finished and with the wood still warm wrap in new clean cloth
and put into the top shelf of a warm airing press
go inside put the tv on and watch tv till her indoors comes back
swear blind you dont know what the woody smell is in the dish wash room

[AKA Hugh Uno]

and I have used Oven Cleaner on HUNDREDS of stocks also. Caustic Lye is what was USED to refinish/strip wood for a few hundred years, I think having a can of OCleaner on the shelf beats having to keep a "tank" of chemicals in my garage. there are usualy several ways to efficiently skin a cat, and with common sense, oven cleaner works extremely well. In fact, oven cleaner methods was taught to me by a German guild trained gunsmith.

[kragluver]

Something that worked for me was to strip the wood, then brush on Clorox liquid bleach, let sit and then rag off. I first read about this in an old gunsmithing book. It works.

[Benchloader]

Thanks all...you sure have give me some good ideas to consider. I just have to acquire the patience to choose one that will work for me. Thanks again!

[Doug Rammel]

I agree with Chuck on never using a caustic solution on a stock. The stock is organic. Oven cleaner breaks down organic fibers. The oven cleaner can also says wear gloves when using it. Well if the oven cleaner won't hurt a stock then it shouldn't hurt your hands either. After all your hands are organic also.

Patrick What brand of dish washer do you have? Must be a big mother to get an 03 stock in it.

I have also seen descriptions of heating the stock in an oven. Most be a big oven also.

I scrub the stock with Murphy's oil, then I use heat supplied by mother nature (the sun). I wrap the stock in layers of paper towels (cheaper than kitty litter) and put it in black plastics garbage bags and let it cook.

Works for me

[Snafu]

What I noticed about the heat gun was you reach a point were the oil puddles up and then there is a release of steam. then that area no longer weeps

[AKA Hugh Uno]

QUOTE=Doug Rammel;66296]I agree with Chuck on never using a caustic solution on a stock. The stock is organic. Oven cleaner breaks down organic fibers. The oven cleaner can also says wear gloves when using it. Well if the oven cleaner won't hurt a stock then it shouldn't hurt your hands either. After all your hands are organic also.

[/QUOTE]

actually, unless you leave it on your hands for more than a few minutes, there is not affect. like I said, I KNOW what works best for me. advising people to "never" do this or that tend to fall into the gun-show waiting line level of "expertise." and I can keep posting befores and afters for a LONG time.

[High Plaines Doug r]

It may amuse the readers of this thread to hear that the active ingredients in both Brownell's 909 cleaner and OvenOff heavy duty cleaner/degreaser (not the wimpy home grade "odorless" type) is identical: "sodium metasilicate" Ph 12.25 a caustic "base".
I've used Oven-Off on a few stocks with "good" results, but the Greek return 03-A3 I got from CMP took 3 Oven-Off baths and a month in my car window in August and it STILL leaks on a hot day.
YMMV

[Benchloader]

Okay..what a day. Wrapped the stock in paper towels, inside a large black trash bag. Left out side all day while at work.

For the first time in weeks it was cloudy All Day!!

It sweated some, but not much. Will continue to set it out and see what happens.