Best way to clean cosmo off?

[Big Bad]

A roll of blue paper shop towels and brake cleaner (optional). Gasoline not recommended, esp indoors.

 

[turbo_bird]

I've used the varsol tank at work and brake cleaner at home. Both of them work pretty good.
Kristian

 

[seamus]

Varsol as well can be nasty stuff, I'd use gloves and not indoors unless I can help it..

I concur. My first SKS I decided to use mineral spirits followed by hot water, and although I let the parts soak outside the basement door, when I brought them in to rinse them off under the hot tap the steam and vapor seemed to have made me quite whoozy. Next time I have to clean cosmo I'll probably use just hot water and hot water alone. The SKS I got from Marstar didn't seem to have much on it anyhow. It also had a spring loaded firing pin which I found interesting as well.

 

[Csik boatguy]

Well I just throw him in the tub and use baby shampoo on him. Haha that's my dog

 

[Plasticman]

i really like simple green because it doesn't eat the skin off your hands. its pretty strong if not diluted.
I used g96 for my first rifle but that stuff is pretty brutal. even outside i felt i had to wear safety goggles and rubber gloves. it ate through my first pair of thin latex gloves.

 

[fiddler]

Just don't use solvents on the wood. You need slow mild heat to soak it out into rags or papertowels.

 

[Pure Energy]

Brake clean.

 

[rdeforest]

I used dawn dish soap and boiling water. works great. smells great after too

 

[wmd]

Dishwasher

 

[N1SH1E]

Boiling water and dish soap will get most of it brake or carb clean for the really stubborn stuff (metal parts)
Hair drier (you gotta go real easy on it) and paper towel (wood bits)

 

[zuke]

Heat gun then gasoline.