Got my magazines today for the M1 Carbine and the carbine will be here tomorrow. The mags are coated with this thick brown gooey stuff. Is this cosmoline or just a thick oil??? Smells kind of musty. What is the best way to clean these up?? Will have my Inland Carbine tomorrow according to the tracking number.
Got my Mags today and should have my carbine tomorrow.
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Posted Jul. 01 2009 - 07:55 PM
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Posted Jul. 01 2009 - 08:11 PM
Buy yourself a gallon bucket of carb/parts cleaner. (depends on how many you have). Wipe off as much as you can with some paper towels and then soak them. You can also use a spray can of brake cleaner.
Per wikipedia:
This link is to the wikipedia page and also links to a PDF for removing cosmoline. I just use the brake parts cleaner in a spray can and spray the heck out of it. However, with magazines, it may be a bit more difficult to get in the crevices, so a steamer or soak may work better.
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Cosmoline is the trade name for a generic class of rust preventatives, conforming to MIL-C-11796C Class 3, that are a brown colored wax-like mass; have a slight fluorescence; and have a petroleum-like odor and taste.
This link is to the wikipedia page and also links to a PDF for removing cosmoline. I just use the brake parts cleaner in a spray can and spray the heck out of it. However, with magazines, it may be a bit more difficult to get in the crevices, so a steamer or soak may work better.
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Posted Jul. 01 2009 - 08:58 PM
Thanks psywarrior. I thought it may be cosmoline. Have some brake cleaner in the garage but will get some carb cleaner and the bucket thing. Probably will have to see If I can take them apart and give them a good cleaning.
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Posted Jul. 08 2009 - 02:55 AM
Hmm. According to the quoted block of text in Psy's post - someone's been eating Cosmoline AND pertrolium, since they verify that cosmoline has a petrolium like taste... 
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Posted Jul. 08 2009 - 03:15 AM
Hmm. According to the quoted block of text in Psy's post - someone's been eating Cosmoline AND pertrolium, since they verify that cosmoline has a petrolium like taste...
Better them than me..
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Posted Jul. 08 2009 - 10:14 AM
Got my magazines today for the M1 Carbine and the carbine will be here tomorrow. The mags are coated with this thick brown gooey stuff. Is this cosmoline or just a thick oil??? Smells kind of musty. What is the best way to clean these up?? Will have my Inland Carbine tomorrow according to the tracking number.
The brown gooey stuff is most likely cosmoline. Two ways that I use to remove cosmoline.
One, is to place the items outside in direct sunlight in the heat of the day. Place old towel under them to protect the items and to catch the melted cosmoline. Afterwards rinse the item in kerosene.
Two, soak the items in kerosene.
NEVER, use gasoline to rinse or soak cosmoline cover parts.
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