r/canadaguns Aug 06 '26

Misc Heat gun and a rag?

Sufficient kit for cleaning the cosmo out of a sks?

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u/Acceptable_Visit_115 Aug 06 '26

For all the metal parts that can be field stripped, you can easily wash it off with hot water. I've done a couple and once I used brake cleaner. It works!

Heat gun is helpful to get the cosmoline to ooze out from the wood and wipe them off.

Just remember to clean the firing pin channel inside the bolt!

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u/Rewindonemoretime Aug 07 '26

Brake cleaner is what I did for both of mine. Worked really well, really fast too. I still have half a case of the good pre Jan 2024 stuff.