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tide72 wrote:I built a PVC pipe closed at both ends filled with mineral spirits...oak the barrel in it overnight...
Mineral spirits works wonders....but it doesnt need to soak for that long...or really at all depending on how dry the cosmoline is.
I have a pvc pipe as well [I want to say 4"], but only one end is closed. Stick the barrel in there [minus the trigger assembly] for about 10 minutes, then give it a good scrubbing with an old toothbrush. Have a small container with all your other parts in, and enough mineral spirits to cover them. Soak about the same amount of time, then toothbrush. Then oil of course
I use transmission fluid.
Lucky for us the Mosin is not caked in Cosmoline, Cosmoline is our stuff, US weapons are caked in it and getting it off is a day long exercise. Cosmoline is the product of a first world economy, the commies used good old cheap axle grease to preserve metal . Grease is much easier to deal with, in most cases it just wipes right off.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Junk Yard Dog wrote:Lucky for us the Mosin is not caked in Cosmoline, Cosmoline is our stuff, US weapons are caked in it and getting it off is a day long exercise. Cosmoline is the product of a first world economy, the commies used good old cheap axle grease to preserve metal . Grease is much easier to deal with, in most cases it just wipes right off.
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Ive always heard it referred to as cosmoline.
Junk Yard Dog wrote:Lucky for us the Mosin is not caked in Cosmoline, Cosmoline is our stuff, US weapons are caked in it and getting it off is a day long exercise. Cosmoline is the product of a first world economy, the commies used good old cheap axle grease to preserve metal . Grease is much easier to deal with, in most cases it just wipes right off.
Once again, I learn something new every day from this place
Ive always heard it referred to as cosmoline.
Cosmoline has become a generic term for just about any substances put on any firearm to preserve them now. It's like using Kleenex instead of facial tissue.
The current "carburetor cleaner" is a water based stuff similar to Mean Green, only more concentrated. It's pretty corrosive, and it ain't cheap. OTOH, mineral spirits/turpentine/paint thinner(not lacquer thinner) is pretty cheap, and does a better job on that grease anyway.
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mosinjunkie wrote:The current "carburetor cleaner" is a water based stuff similar to Mean Green, only more concentrated. It's pretty corrosive, and it ain't cheap. OTOH, mineral spirits/turpentine/paint thinner(not lacquer thinner) is pretty cheap, and does a better job on that grease anyway.
Oh don't get me started on that stuff. I started working on cars in the mid 70s when they made real chemicals that got the job done. Remember Berkebile 2+2 and varsol? Oh and Brake cleaner that not only cleaned brakes as well as brake pads but dried oil. It was basically dry cleaning fluid. It also wouldn't melt plastic or destroy paint.
