cosmoline diy?
- Thread starter whitey07
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- West Quebec
I was agreeing with your post not you .. but okay lol
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- West Quebec
That makes sense as the Euro countrys want to make it as cheap as possible..
During the American Civil War the triple mix of 1/3 Linseed oil, 1/3 Turpentine, 1/3 Bees wax was used as "cosmoline" for weapons storage. During this same pre-petroleum age the triple mix was also applied to firearms as protection from the elements while in used. And the lady of the house used the triple mix as furniture polish and her husband applied it to his metal tools and farm implements.
Jellied petroleum (Vaseline) was used to protect the bare steel used when building the Brooklyn Bridge finished in 1883. Jellied petroleum was also used by the British military as protection from the elements on military equipment. The Enfield rifles fore stock was packed with jellied petroleum as protection against the elements and corrosion.
A conservator at a Museum will remove any oil from the firearms on display and apply a neutral PH wax to protect the firearms from air and moisture.
Air and moisture is the enemy of metal and the two together cause corrosion.
As a side note, the definition of a party pooper is someone who puts sand in the Vaseline.
Jellied petroleum (Vaseline) was used to protect the bare steel used when building the Brooklyn Bridge finished in 1883. Jellied petroleum was also used by the British military as protection from the elements on military equipment. The Enfield rifles fore stock was packed with jellied petroleum as protection against the elements and corrosion.
A conservator at a Museum will remove any oil from the firearms on display and apply a neutral PH wax to protect the firearms from air and moisture.
Air and moisture is the enemy of metal and the two together cause corrosion.
As a side note, the definition of a party pooper is someone who puts sand in the Vaseline.
- Location
- West Quebec
During the American Civil War the triple mix of 1/3 Linseed oil, 1/3 Turpentine, 1/3 Bees wax was used as "cosmoline" for weapons storage. During this same pre-petroleum age the triple mix was also applied to firearms as protection from the elements while in used. And the lady of the house used the triple mix as furniture polish and her husband applied it to his metal tools and farm implements.
Jellied petroleum (Vaseline) was used to protect the bare steel used when building the Brooklyn Bridge finished in 1883. Jellied petroleum was also used by the British military as protection from the elements on military equipment. The Enfield rifles fore stock was packed with jellied petroleum as protection against the elements and corrosion.
A conservator at a Museum will remove any oil from the firearms on display and apply a neutral PH wax to protect the firearms from air and moisture.
Air and moisture is the enemy of metal and the two together cause corrosion.
As a side note, the definition of a party pooper is someone who puts sand in the Vaseline.
That wax is Renaisance today ?
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- pallisers triangle
not, that's napalm... lol
- Location
- West Quebec
Oh right..jeeze I have to get that right lol.. great Avatar
I thought napalm had some sort of soap in it..... It could be b.s. ... but I read it somewhere... Anyways, after cleaning multiple russian rifles, I would almost think that there is some sort of wax substance in cosmoline. Hmm..... Experiment time!
I faintly recall reading (probably in the '60s) about making home-made napalm from gasoline and Ivory SOAP flakes. This was probably in the context of Cuban counter-revolutionaries, because I associate the memory with that of them loading dewat/dummy 106mm recoiless rounds for their small-boat attacks, with the primer tube full of black powder and capped by a primed 7.62x54R case - don't recall what they used for propellant... maybe surplus 5010?.
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