wtf cosmoline removal on an sks

Hot water and dish soap. Fill bath tub (covering the parts) .let sit for 5-10 min. Rinse with hot water. Wipe down with paper towel. With the stock , wipe it down than use a hairdryer to bring up the rest . Wipe down .
 
I don't have an old car.
It spent 3 days in the oven wrapped in paper.
One hour in boiling water with degreaser
2 dishwasher cycles.
getting there
 
Another night in the oven and it's still sweating cosmiline in the paper, guess it will spend most of the day in the oven again then.
 
Surrey Boy said:
It's not bad for the gun. Clean it reasonably well, shoot it, and clean it after use. Any cosmoline still in there is protecting your SKS from corrosion.
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+1. Just picked up a Russian 1941 sks from bulls eye. Its clean and just had a bit of excess oil here and there. Wiped it but not removed it to protect it from rust.
 
Detailed dis-assembly, varsol bath, rince with WD-40, wipe.
Don`t let it sit to long in varsol, a couple minutes will do.

Done on a Chinese and Russian model, quick, easy.
 
Ive cleaned a few now and I was able to do the last one in 60 minutes including teardown and build up.

My friend sells commercial steam cleaners and i use one of his small light commercial models. melts the grease right out of the metal and wood and since it heats everything up, it dries almost instantly.

the units arent cheap but they are fanststic and can clean almost anything you can think of.

for those of you intereted...Intersteam Technologies in Hamilton, Ontario
I own the Steamking 1500.
I dont mean to sound like a salesman but they work so well.
 
[rooster] said:
Ive cleaned a few now and I was able to do the last one in 60 minutes including teardown and build up.

My friend sells commercial steam cleaners and i use one of his small light commercial models. melts the grease right out of the metal and wood and since it heats everything up, it dries almost instantly.

the units arent cheap but they are fanststic and can clean almost anything you can think of.

for those of you intereted...Intersteam Technologies in Hamilton, Ontario
I own the Steamking 1500.
I dont mean to sound like a salesman but they work so well.
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For $3000 with HST, I could hire enough Internet support specialists to clean 150 SKS'. Better yet, I can buy 15 SKS' and clean them myself in 6-7hrs :cool:

1) Detail strip
2) Wipe with rags/towels (patch through the bore)
3) let soak in methyl hydrate (less noxious than varsol, cheap, dries quick)
4) Quick brush with a toothbrush, dry patch through the bore
4a) [optional] Blast with carb cleaner
5) Let dry
6) Reassemble
 
TRaTSeRiF said:
For $3000 with HST, I could hire enough Internet support specialists to clean 150 SKS'. Better yet, I can buy 15 SKS' and clean them myself in 6-7hrs :cool:

1) Detail strip
2) Wipe with rags/towels (patch through the bore)
3) let soak in methyl hydrate (less noxious than varsol, cheap, dries quick)
4) Quick brush with a toothbrush, dry patch through the bore
4a) [optional] Blast with carb cleaner
5) Let dry
6) Reassemble
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You do that.
even the $1400 price tag of the smaller model is ridiculous for just cleaning guns. I bought it for the housework (at a reduced price, of course) and decided to try it one day and was extremely impressed.
I got a bunch of sap on my truck from an atv trip up north and wasnt sure how to get it off the paint without using chemicals or wrecking the finish. a few seconds with the steamer and it was gone. thats what finally made my mind up.
anyways, i shoot my sks atleast once a week with corrosive ammo and totally appreciate taking a fraction of time to clean it.

Just my 0.02
 
Mr_jonny said:
Hot water and dish soap. Fill bath tub (covering the parts) .let sit for 5-10 min. Rinse with hot water. Wipe down with paper towel. With the stock , wipe it down than use a hairdryer to bring up the rest . Wipe down .
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That's probably the easiest way to do it. I think someone posted using a rectangular plastic container from Walmart of CanTire and poured hot water in it and simple green.
 
[rooster] said:
You do that.
even the $1400 price tag of the smaller model is ridiculous for just cleaning guns. I bought it for the housework (at a reduced price, of course) and decided to try it one day and was extremely impressed.
I got a bunch of sap on my truck from an atv trip up north and wasnt sure how to get it off the paint without using chemicals or wrecking the finish. a few seconds with the steamer and it was gone. thats what finally made my mind up.
anyways, i shoot my sks atleast once a week with corrosive ammo and totally appreciate taking a fraction of time to clean it.

Just my 0.02
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I agree...that is overkill just to clean guns. There are less expensive means to do this. I have a Shark steam cleaner from Xcess Cargo. It can clean and remove the nastiest caked on crud easily. Canadian Tire currently sells one fore about $140.

If you're on a budget, suggest you drop by Xcess Cargo and get the $20 Hot Shot steam cleaner. Not sure if its portable but if it is you can bring it to the range...field strip and spray blast those corrosive crap out of the barrel.

http://www.shopxscargo.com/product_catalogue/cat_product_details.asp?category_id=1&product_code=18054&sub_category_1_id=1&category=Cleaning%20&%20Vacuums
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