SKS and boiling water

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got home from the range today and was flushing the barrel with boiling water and some spilled and ran down the stock from the mag well. Now there is a strip of yellow wood on my nice dark wood coloured SKS.

Any tips or tricks on restoring this area to similar colour as the rest of the stock or at least reducing the severity of the colour difference?
 
No idea on the wood repair, but pop it out of the wood next time, only takes a second longer then you can hit the whole receiver with boiling water.

Wear a glove though, no place to grab it that isn't gonna get hot!!
 
you can try evening the shellac out by rubbing it with alcohol, but that might ruin it more if you are not really careful. i take mine completely apart, stab the bayonet in th ground and run about a gallon of boiling water thru and over it, then clean the other parts while the barrel and receiver are cooling. the wood gets a rubdown with the cleaning rag just before it goes back together.
 
yeah you should take the gun out of the stock for boiling water I take mine and put it in a deep pot(deep enough to cover the gas port) then run my cleaning rod from the breech pumping water through it it could be done the other way around with the breech end in the water too as long as you use a muzzle guide(the sks comes with on in the cleaning kit)
 
Bought one of these at XS Cargo for $20. It makes steam in minutes and can be pointed in any direction, much easier than pouring boiling water!

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I use a dollar store turkey baster and it works great for getting the boiling water down the barrel w/o getting on the wood. If you cover the shellac'd water mark with a tea towel you can reduce the mark by using a warm clothes iron on it, wiping it with alcohol may help also but should be done super sparingly. Just try the iron method and then wipe the stock down with gun oil or even wd40, it may take several oily wipedowns but you won't notice it after a few more trips to the range. That steamer is a great idea also that isn't too pricey but I find my $1.00 chinese baster works fantastic.

Dave
 
The water doesn't have to be boiling. Boiling hot water does tend to dry quickly on steel, but it's not required. Hot tap water is enough.
Steam doesn't do what the water does. Steam will raise stock dents nicely though, so the $20 isn't wasted.
I'm thinking that dark colour is not the actual finish, but years of accumulated grease, dirt and oil on the wood and your boiling water has cleaned it. Getting the same colour back is likely going to require a complete refinish.
 
I've been cleaning my Sks, mosin and many black powder rifles with nothing more then hot tap water for years. I've shot thousands of rounds and cleaned this way and I've yet to get any rust issues.

Never have I needed it to be boiling. Pouring boiling water anywhere close to my hand gives me the no feeling so I've stuck with hot water.
 
I just got back from camping and I used river water shot from a syringe to " corrosive" clean my 1950 Tula SKS. I have done this in prior years, never had any problem.....
 
My stock had a patch of white stain after the boiling water method so I wiped it down with G96 and the stain disappeared and hasn't returned.
 
excellent thanks for the reply guys. I figure never had a good day till one learns something. learned saving the few minutes trying to clean with barrel in the stock isn't worth the time.
 
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