What is that Russian grease?

[Pblatzz]

What is that Russian grease? You know the reddish goop in the oil/solvent steel bottles with the SKS's & Mosins. Cosmo, I don't think so, thickened oil perhaps (which is 75% of all greases).

Any thoughts?

 

[desporterizer]

All i ever found was lovely amber cosmo.

 

[MapleSugar]

Probably radioactive sludge from the Chernobyl reactor.

Seriously, I think it is just a heavy oil for preservation.

It seems too thick to be useful as an all-season lubricant when you consider how cold their Winters are.

 

[chofo]

Cosmoline is not a lubricant and was never intended to fulfill that role. The cosmo was supposed to be cleaned off completely and the weapon lightly oiled with the small-arms lubricant of the day. CLP was what we used on our C7's way back when (and no cosmo to clean off either, they came wrapped in that cool paper...)

I agree that the mystery goop inside the Soviet cleaning kit tins must be identified... could be some kind of Commie plot.

 

[9Guns]

it's probably turpentine or varsol mixed with something maybe oil or varnish even wouldn't surprise me. Thickened oil could be it too almost like a substitute grease.

 

[RMXC51]

There's nothing in any of my cleaning bottles. Could it be residue from a light oil that evaporated over time?

 

[Pblatzz]

I had an oil bottle break open, Then the reddish goop was inside, it was on the oil side of the bottle. That's the H not the W side.

Pete

 

[TERMINATOR101CA]

Maple syrup for Soviet pancakes....

 

[purple]

Maple syrup for Soviet pancakes....

I once had a pi$$pot-full of the oilers that sold very well at shows. I used to tell folks that they were actually intended for a pre-attack shot of vodka, but could be mis-used as an oil ctnr as well.

 

[savage express]

PCB's

 

[sarge]

PCB's

No no no...you use PCB's to clean off the radioactive goop!

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Probably radioactive sludge from the Chernobyl reactor.

Seriously, I think it is just a heavy oil for preservation.

It seems too thick to be useful as an all-season lubricant when you consider how cold their Winters are.

my russian rifles glow in the dark, could it be????

 

[MapleSugar]

my russian rifles glow in the dark, could it be????

Do you happen to have access to a Geiger counter?

 

[gewehr76]

What is that Russian grease? You know the reddish goop in the oil/solvent steel bottles with the SKS's & Mosins. Cosmo, I don't think so, thickened oil perhaps (which is 75% of all greases).

Any thoughts?

Its called ''Solidiol" from russification of englis term solid oil. Its common russian grease thats used everywhere and on everything that required any kind of lubrication.

 

[Doc M]

I believe it's evaporated Kool-Aid, known to affect us SKS or CZ devotees.

-M

 

[brewmech]

Base oil from a Lada.

 

[smellie]

Thank you, gewehr76!

Nice to know, even if some of the others are a lot of fun.

Now I know why my SKS glows in the dark.
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