geck removal

[calvin humburg]

Has anybody tried gum solve (spary carb cleaner) or could it do something to the patina or tiny traces of case color. CLP is slow.

[Chuck Bishop]

OK, maybe I'm dumb, but what is geck?

[calvin humburg]

Crud, oil and dirt mixture of a hundred years. That geck in my screw slots and behind the bolsters were they meet the frame. I am going to put you to work on 22266 soon. ch oh your not dumb I reserve the right. :)

[Dean Romig]

I wouldn't use any kind of solvent on a nice gun until I had removed the wood. That stuff will make pretty short work of any original finish remaining on the wood.

[John Campbell]

Dean is right. Get the wood off, then spray your heart out. I use carb cleaner all the time. If you want a step up, use auto choke cleaner.

Best, Kensal

[Richard Flanders]

Roger on getting the wood off first. Then I use lacquer thinner. For the screw slots use round tooth picks, LOTS OF THEM. When they break, get another. If it takes 10 to clean a single slot, use 10. They also work very well on the rib/bbl junction. Just plow the old oil sludge out with a broken one. They're the best and will never mar the finish like a sharp dental pick will.... trust me on that one... When I really need something clean, such as before I put loctite on a scope mount screw, I use a starter fluid soaked Qtip to clean the screw and the hole of oil.