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mrerick · 07-22-2014, 08:04 PM

And, another technique for drawing oil and cosmoline out of wood stocks and grips...

I live in the humid SouthEast where the sun shines and the water hovers.

I take wood stocks and grips, wrap them tightly in newspaper (so that it's against the surfaces of the wood), put the wrapped stocks inside black plastic garbage bags and then put them on the dash and rear deck of a closed car out in the sun. Temperatures get quite hot in there, and the black bag absorbs more. Assuming that this doesn't get to an ignition temperature (never had that happen), the cosmoline and oils migrate to the surface of the wood and get absorbed into the newsprint.

Marc

07-22-2014, 08:04 PM	#16
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	And, another technique for drawing oil and cosmoline out of wood stocks and grips... I live in the humid SouthEast where the sun shines and the water hovers. I take wood stocks and grips, wrap them tightly in newspaper (so that it's against the surfaces of the wood), put the wrapped stocks inside black plastic garbage bags and then put them on the dash and rear deck of a closed car out in the sun. Temperatures get quite hot in there, and the black bag absorbs more. Assuming that this doesn't get to an ignition temperature (never had that happen), the cosmoline and oils migrate to the surface of the wood and get absorbed into the newsprint. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.