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Pics of what happens when you clean a Monin Nagant stock with Easy Off over cleaner.
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<blockquote data-quote="morcey2" data-source="post: 1134511" data-attributes="member: 71004"><p>There's definitely solid theory behind it. Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) in most oven cleaner breaks down the lignins (that's a weird word) in wood. Lignins are the "glue" that holds wood fibers together. The same goes for chlorine bleach. NaOH is also used in wood cleaning (usually decks), but is usually used on old, deteriorating wood to remove already damaged wood. One characteristic that can keep it from damaging a stock is that it reacts with oils in the wood (cosmoline, et. al.) and creates a form of a soap. Just like old timey lye soap making, but more cosmoline-y. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Maybe I should try that and sell it to milsurp collectors to go along with the Hoppes #9 cologne. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>If you like the looks of the cosmoline on there, you'll love a pine tar finish. It really brings out the variations in the wood. I've got 2 mosins with pine tar finishes and I'll post pics of them as soon as I figure out where they are. One is an M91/30 with a Finnish Baltic Birch pot-belly stock. The other is an M38 with a Russian Birch stock. Anything that has tiger striping or other grain size variations really look good with pine tar. </p><p></p><p>Matt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="morcey2, post: 1134511, member: 71004"] There's definitely solid theory behind it. Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) in most oven cleaner breaks down the lignins (that's a weird word) in wood. Lignins are the "glue" that holds wood fibers together. The same goes for chlorine bleach. NaOH is also used in wood cleaning (usually decks), but is usually used on old, deteriorating wood to remove already damaged wood. One characteristic that can keep it from damaging a stock is that it reacts with oils in the wood (cosmoline, et. al.) and creates a form of a soap. Just like old timey lye soap making, but more cosmoline-y. :) Maybe I should try that and sell it to milsurp collectors to go along with the Hoppes #9 cologne. :D If you like the looks of the cosmoline on there, you'll love a pine tar finish. It really brings out the variations in the wood. I've got 2 mosins with pine tar finishes and I'll post pics of them as soon as I figure out where they are. One is an M91/30 with a Finnish Baltic Birch pot-belly stock. The other is an M38 with a Russian Birch stock. Anything that has tiger striping or other grain size variations really look good with pine tar. Matt [/QUOTE]
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