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Has anyone tried to clean it with boiling water fron a kettle? I was thinking of stripping the sks (bolt included) and placing the metal parts in the hot kettle water. Then drying with cloth and further cleaning with my g96 cleaner/lube.

Read online that hot water can be poured down the barrel then cleaned normal fashion aswell to get the cosmo out. I am abit apprehensive with this part though. Stock I wont touch for now.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks,
 
I've done that before, works fine for just regular cleaning with it as well.

I am currently redoing the stock on it right now, finished baking all the cosmoline out of it now, stained it and now just applying like 10 layers of tru-oil.
 
Hot water softens it up, but so does cleaning solvents such as Ed's Red that you make in your garage. If you don't take the rifle completely apart, it will ooze cosmo for years to come when the rifle heats up from shooting.

As for the wood ( or metal parts too), just sit in on newspaper or paper towel on your front porch in the hot sun. The cosmoline will soak into the paper all on its own. You can also set it in a warm oven ( in "off" setting) to do the same thing if the woman is not around.
 
Igormon said:
Has anyone tried to clean it with boiling water fron a kettle? I was thinking of stripping the sks (bolt included) and placing the metal parts in the hot kettle water. Then drying with cloth and further cleaning with my g96 cleaner/lube.

Read online that hot water can be poured down the barrel then cleaned normal fashion aswell to get the cosmo out. I am abit apprehensive with this part though. Stock I wont touch for now.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks,
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Hot water is youre rifles best friend... including stock to get the cosmo out.:D
 
Hmmm, Looks like tomorrow ill start boiling them pieces up and giving that barrel a nice searing hot water bath.

Having said that, when it comes to the trigger assembly I cant exactly wipe out the inner workings of it so will it dry or will spraying a liberal amount of the gun oil take care of the water? Don't want any rust build up.

I was thinking of using a hair dryer to try to dry out the trigger assembly and other places I cant really get to then spraying some of the G96 inside.

Also my dishwasher is garbage so there's no need to worry I wouldn't try it anyway's hahaah.
 
just pour hot water on all the metal parts and spray SPRAY 9 from CT on it and it will go away in just seconds and after dry with hairdryer and oil and reassemble thats it man
 
mhowarth said:
using the search button works best to clean sks's
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I searched the internet and these forums which is mainly where I got the boiling water idea I just had some specifics I couldn't find an answer to.

But I do know this question gets asked a lot so I apologize for opening another one of these threads.

Thanks for the input though, as repetitive as some of it may be from earlier posts.
 
Get a big disposable turkey tray, fill it with gun parts, dishwashing soap and water and put it on the bbq till it boils all the crap out!! :D

Remove the parts from the boiling water (while it is still boiling) and they will dry almost instantly
 
i like mozzer's method. i just use a gallon of paint thinner in a five gallon bucket. scrub with a stiff brush. blow off with compressed air. works for me.
 
I use a varsol bath, soak the metal parts for an hour, scrub them then blow them off with compressed air. Like new.
The woodwork I wipe down with varsol and rags (don't soak it) and wipe very dry. Once it has dried out completely, apply oil of your choice and it's as good as issued.
 
For the metal parts, I use aerosol brake cleaner and then apply a light coat of CLP. For the stock, I use Simple Green, shop towels, a lot of elbow grease and a few beers.:D
 
BE VERY CAREFUL

Some Russian refurbs are spraypainted and the paint can come off :(

I put mine in the ultrasonic for 10mins and half the paint was gone :( "lucky I had black spray paint in the shop lol"
 
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