OLD FASHIONED WHITING...
 

from Brownells + heat. It does work. Not as extreme as soaking completely.

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-to...?sku=083032100

Paul, I tried acetone on the "boathouse gun" and was only partially sucessful. One day while I was working on it, I stopped to do something else and in doing so I set the stock in the bed of my truck. When I came back a few minutes later, the heat had leached enough oil out of the stock that it was totally covered in oil. I wiped it off with an acetone rag and did it again. After about 3 or 4 more passes the oil was completely removed. I continued on with the stock refinishing and I have never seen any evidence of oil coming to the surface. If I can find some before and after pictures of the stock, I may write an article for Parker Pages on this one. You do have to remember that I was working in Tampa, Florida sunlight. Jim Garrett

I remember this topic in at least two other threads. I posted in one and related about a process that David Trevallion showed me years ago, so I went looking for that thread, if you are interested, look at http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9832 for even more on this topic. If you get to my post, the item I couldn't remember the name of was diatomaceous earth.

Paul,I use Easy Off oven cleaner to remover oil from butt stocks.J.J.Roberts