Removing oil? From stock

[stumpy69]

I am having a go at refinishing my stock now the game season is over. I have stripped off the old finish but there is dark staining where the action joined. What is the best thing to get rid of this? I'll try to post some pictures later.

[Paddy Galore!]

warm air and or an iron, place a cloth over the wood and rub the iron on it, the cloth'll help soak up the oil. a hot air gun is a bit easier as you can see the oil being released from the grain, be careful not to burn the wood.

[Andy135]

Chalk powder rubbed onto the stained area, then apply warmth (leave in direct sunlight for an hour, or in the airing cupboard). The chalk soaks up the oil as its released and can be wiped away. New chalk applied then repeat until no more oil comes out.

 

[welshwarrior]

If seen some use acetone or dry cleaning fluid dipped the gun in a tank of it oil leached out nice and quick

[subsonicnat]

Lighter Fluid:

works a treat:::

you have to wipe it off, obviously, But just keep going, it does a fair job really:

if it brings up the FINISH, which may be hard if glossed, A razor blade, dragged down with the grain gently will remove the hard surface:

But SURFACE ONLY, Do NOT cut the wood at all: As the grain is RAISED:

Edited February 8, 2013 by subsonicnat

[stumpy69]

Thak you for the suggestions. I will see what I can do and will let you know how I get on.

[johnbaz]

Hi Stumpy

 

Oxalic acid crystals are good for removing old oil and stains too, you make a bath of the crystals/warm water and immerse the sock in it for a while, when it's removed, the oils has gone!!

 

Here's some on Ebay

 

I had a really hard job removing the oil from these stocks as there was so much chequering that I couldn't rub it all down for fear of removing the diamonds (someone had already rubbed the tops off )..

 

After the stocks are removed from the bath, any chequering can be gone over with a soft brass wire brush or even an old toothbrush to remove stubborn bits of oil...

 

 

 

Cheers, John

[matone]

Fuller`s earth will draw out oil.To get it out from any depth will take a few sessions,it`s easy to get oil out of the

surface,it will return if you have not got it out properly.

[mick miller]

And if you want to avoid it happening again store your shotgun muzzle down.

[manton]

I do not like using solvents or acids anywhere near a gun as they penetrate the wood and cause corrosion or problems with the finish . Having recently repaired an old hammer gun I used a simple but effective method which I feel is safe . All I did was to rap the stock in several turns of toilet tissue and heated it with a hair dryer, replacing the paper when it became saturated. The amount of gunge which came out had to be seen to be believed. One thing I noticed about this method and it applies to others as well is that the stock behaves like a piece of unseasoned wood and will distort around lock etc if too much heat is used.

[Gordon R]

Bleach will lighten the wood.