Thanks for the replies! As things turned out, I got her too clean! Hoppes contains oil, I wanted her free of all foreign matter, so I used laquer thinner instead, making sure to stay away from the white lettering (as that is laquer, I understand). In the end she squeaked like a child's playground set upon cycling the action. "Not good," I thought, as squeaking means friction, friction means wear, wear means "meine pistole ist kaput!" My original thought was that oil would attract dust and other nasty crud. I scrapped that idea, gave her a good coat of ultra-thin "Kroil" and put her in a pistol case for safe (and clean) keeping. I should be receiving my "shooter" pretty soon, so better to keep her safe and sound for future generations. She's waited 89 years, but she's finally been decommissioned, discharged, retired, and put to pasture. It's better that way, so case closed on the wax issue. Again, thank you, --Tom.
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