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Dfariswheel · June 3, 2013, 07:23 PM

Whatever heat and/or solvent technique you use, the whiting makes work far better when used with it.

Heat and solvents can bring the oils and grease TO the surface of the wood, but unless there's something to absorb it, it just soaks right back in again.

Unfortunately, you can't get Trichloroethane any more, but when mixed with whiting to a pancake batter consistency and applied to the wood, then warmed with a heat gun, the old gunk would boil to the surface and be soaked up by the whiting which would turn orange and brown from the grease.
Using that method you could turn a stock so grease soaked it was black back to the natural color.
Make sure to apply the solvent/whiting mix to the end of the butt and inside on the inletting and barrel channel.

So, I recommend using a solvent mixed with whiting, quickly seal the stock in a black platstic bag (solvent proof), then put it on a hot driveway or roof in th summer sun for a few hours.
Brush off the dirty whiting and repeat 3 to 4 times and you should get almost all of it.

Then oil finish it which whatever process you want.
Remember, petroleum oils and greases never dry. Oils used for wood finished DO, so a small amount of old oil or grease in the wood won't matter. The idea is to get as much out as you can so the wood will return to it's natural color.

June 3, 2013, 07:23 PM	#5
Dfariswheel Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2001 Posts: 7,478	Whatever heat and/or solvent technique you use, the whiting makes work far better when used with it. Heat and solvents can bring the oils and grease TO the surface of the wood, but unless there's something to absorb it, it just soaks right back in again. Unfortunately, you can't get Trichloroethane any more, but when mixed with whiting to a pancake batter consistency and applied to the wood, then warmed with a heat gun, the old gunk would boil to the surface and be soaked up by the whiting which would turn orange and brown from the grease. Using that method you could turn a stock so grease soaked it was black back to the natural color. Make sure to apply the solvent/whiting mix to the end of the butt and inside on the inletting and barrel channel. So, I recommend using a solvent mixed with whiting, quickly seal the stock in a black platstic bag (solvent proof), then put it on a hot driveway or roof in th summer sun for a few hours. Brush off the dirty whiting and repeat 3 to 4 times and you should get almost all of it. Then oil finish it which whatever process you want. Remember, petroleum oils and greases never dry. Oils used for wood finished DO, so a small amount of old oil or grease in the wood won't matter. The idea is to get as much out as you can so the wood will return to it's natural color.