Cleaning Crud off Finnish M39

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axman	Cleaning Crud off Finnish M39	Lead	[-]
Posts: 11 (05/28/09 04:45 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I just got a beautiful M39 with a "sticky" stock. Unfortunately, pieces of old newspaper and other crud are glued to it. What is the best way to get rid of the crud without destroying the finish. Thanks, Axel
WVchuck		#1	[-]
Posts: 12050 (05/28/09 08:35 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Mineral Spirits would be my first choice. rub it on with a rag soaked in mineral spirits.
Renfield54		#2	[-]
Posts: 430 (05/29/09 12:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tear it down & give all the metal parts a good wiping & soaking too.........mineral spirits will take off all the gunk on everything, and don't forget.........pictures of that M39 when it's all back together!! "Dusty old helmet.....Rusty old gun......They sit in the corner and wait" ~Audie Murphy--1925-1971~
axman		#3	[-]
Posts: 12 (05/29/09 04:12 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thank you , trying. What the h*** is this stuff sticking to the gun. Feels like tar or resin to me. Mineralspirit has a tough time with it. Yes, will send picture after its finished. Cheers, Axel
WVchuck		#4	[-]
Posts: 12051 (05/30/09 03:37 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I've encountered that stuff in the barrel channel and specks of it on the exterior. The specks came off with a fingernail using a scratching motion. I left the crud alone that was in the barrel channel/trigger/receiver areas. It wouldn't budge.
Sgt LaBelle		#5	[-]
Posts: 39 (05/30/09 08:20 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	axman wrote: Thank you , trying. What the h*** is this stuff sticking to the gun. Feels like tar or resin to me. Mineralspirit has a tough time with it. Yes, will send picture after its finished. Cheers, Axel Sounds like Pin Tar to me. Finnish finish
Cabinetman		#6	[-]
Posts: 5332 (05/30/09 10:50 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It might be a Finned stock. However, sticky is sticky and that can't be helped. What I'd recommend is a scrub down with some acetone or lacquer thinner. Whatever is sticky on the surface will come away readily with the solvents. MS has a hard time with that kind of material sometime. Those solvents won't harm anything, either. Just wash it down with a nice terrycloth rag scrubbing all the sticky stuff off and see what's there. Let us know! Rome A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
axman		#7	[-]
Posts: 24 (07/02/09 07:45 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Here is a picture of the results. Thank's everybody for your help and Parallax for this fantastic forum. For a newbie collector like myself you guys are second to none!
Renfield54		#8	[-]
Posts: 446 (07/07/09 06:44 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Now THAT is a real BEAUTY!! Ya done good!! Steve "Dusty old helmet.....Rusty old gun......They sit in the corner and wait" ~Audie Murphy--1925-1971~