Boiled Linseed Oil......

Hunter07 · 07-04-2021, 12:38 AM

I've been seeing this stuff is the best thing for cleaning wooden rifle, shotgun, and handgun stocks/grips.

I recently received a Marlin Model 36 from my brother that lives in Oklahoma. The stock & forearm are 'filthy', compared to the other firearms I have, with wooden furniture.

Will BLO clean it up well?

I look forward to reading your input/thoughts/experience. Thank you!

Sanders · 07-04-2021, 12:51 AM

I'm not a woodworker, but I thought BLO was more of a finish than a cleaner. Seems the guys over on the CMP forums like to use denatured alcohol for cleaning the old Garand stocks.

Hunter07 · 07-04-2021, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanders

I'm not a woodworker, but I thought BLO was more of a finish than a cleaner. Seems the guys over on the CMP forums like to use denatured alcohol for cleaning the old Garand stocks.

I've read that too but...... I really don't know WTF to use. That's why I'm asking.

As much as I'd like to take some fine sandpaper to the stock & forearm to strip it down, I don't want to f*** it up.

There's tricks and things one can do, to make the original beauty of a wooden stock and forearm stand out (and I guess that's kinda what I'm looking for). But I really don't want to screw this rifle up.

JD Miller · 07-04-2021, 08:49 AM

BLO isnt for cleaning.

you'll will just be sealing in the crud more

I use BLO for hickory axe/etc handles and some Revolver grips, some rifle stocks as a finish, alot of times with stain colors mixed in

Hunter07 · 07-04-2021, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JD Miller

BLO isnt for cleaning.

you'll will just be sealing in the crud more

I use BLO for hickory axe/etc handles and some Revolver grips, some rifle stocks as a finish, alot of times with stain colors mixed in

Thank you.

Stoned_Oli · 07-04-2021, 11:42 AM

Try some Ballistol.

baboon · 07-04-2021, 02:09 PM

https://mirachem.com/info/?page_id=49&Prod=12

This stuff will clean everything. I have a friend who cleans house & turned her on to it. It blew her away on cleaning years of kitchen grease build up!

FloridaAKM · 12-22-2021, 08:38 AM

I used & still do, BLO for resealing the wood on Yugo firearms kits after sanding down the crud & grease on them. It takes several coats to effectly seal the wood back, but it looks better cleans & sealed than not. If you use too much, it remains sticky & attracts more crud.

It is not a cleaner by any means.

Bluntforce · 12-22-2021, 11:23 AM

A lot of guys use Simple Green diluted in water and wash it like dishes. No soaking but no shyness in scrubbing.

Rexydg · 12-22-2021, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanders

I'm not a woodworker, but I thought BLO was more of a finish than a cleaner. Seems the guys over on the CMP forums like to use denatured alcohol for cleaning the old Garand stocks.

Yes the linseed oil is a stock finish not a cleaner it's also a pain in the ass as you have to apply several coats and allow them to age and dry over a period of time.

ColonelKorn · 12-22-2021, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Stoned_Oli

Try some Ballistol.

Yes

dinkydow · 12-28-2021, 05:54 PM

I used to drop them into boiling water & liquid dish soap. Skim off the floating grease with a big spoon...and after the gravey stopped flowing pluck them out rinse them off. Put them in the sun to dry off. In one day I did up about 60 M1 Garand stocks...then the front and rear handguards, minus all the metal parts. The hot water raised the dents and after a week or so, they were ready to sand, dye and apply the (reduced with denatured alcohol) BLO.

Same for the hundreds of Enfield #1 and #4 stocks. Over an eight or ten year period I retailed more rebuilt, Enfield and M1 Garands, and M1 Carbines, than any other retailer in Ohio. Guys snapped mine up over the greasy...surplus and un-inspected rifles of the competition.

Each and every rifle also had the correct sling and was refinished.

Ahhhh....the good old days....

RetVet · 12-28-2021, 06:38 PM

Tung oil is probably better for the wood stocks then BLO. BLO will darken the wood more than tung oil will.

Sanders · 12-29-2021, 10:35 AM

Been debating whether or not to refinish the stock on my CMP Garand. Turns out, someone put an IHC stock on my Springfield. I guess the IHC collectors pay $$$ for the stocks, but it also gives my rifle some character.

GARANDNUT · 01-03-2022, 04:43 PM

Odorless mineral spirits is a safe stock cleaner that does not damage the patina or finish of the wood. I apply pure carnauba wax after cleaning.

You can steam out dents by applying a damp washrag to the stock and holding a iron on it until it begins to steam.

07-04-2021, 12:51 AM	#2
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,530	I'm not a woodworker, but I thought BLO was more of a finish than a cleaner. Seems the guys over on the CMP forums like to use denatured alcohol for cleaning the old Garand stocks. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

07-04-2021, 11:42 AM	#6
Stoned_Oli King of S'marm Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Mid-Missouri Posts: 4,492	Try some Ballistol. __________________ “But rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.” ~ Thomas Jefferson to Issac Tiffany, 1816

12-22-2021, 11:23 AM	#9
Bluntforce slug Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Allturd State Posts: 21,888	A lot of guys use Simple Green diluted in water and wash it like dishes. No soaking but no shyness in scrubbing. __________________

12-28-2021, 05:54 PM	#12
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,493	I used to drop them into boiling water & liquid dish soap. Skim off the floating grease with a big spoon...and after the gravey stopped flowing pluck them out rinse them off. Put them in the sun to dry off. In one day I did up about 60 M1 Garand stocks...then the front and rear handguards, minus all the metal parts. The hot water raised the dents and after a week or so, they were ready to sand, dye and apply the (reduced with denatured alcohol) BLO. Same for the hundreds of Enfield #1 and #4 stocks. Over an eight or ten year period I retailed more rebuilt, Enfield and M1 Garands, and M1 Carbines, than any other retailer in Ohio. Guys snapped mine up over the greasy...surplus and un-inspected rifles of the competition. Each and every rifle also had the correct sling and was refinished. Ahhhh....the good old days.... __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

12-28-2021, 06:38 PM	#13
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,679	Tung oil is probably better for the wood stocks then BLO. BLO will darken the wood more than tung oil will. __________________ ^^^ For entertainment purposes. Use only as directed. ^^^ III

07-04-2021, 12:38 AM	#1
Hunter07 I'm a grumpy SOB Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Frostbite Falls, MN Posts: 10,527	Boiled Linseed Oil...... I've been seeing this stuff is the best thing for cleaning wooden rifle, shotgun, and handgun stocks/grips. I recently received a Marlin Model 36 from my brother that lives in Oklahoma. The stock & forearm are 'filthy', compared to the other firearms I have, with wooden furniture. Will BLO clean it up well? I look forward to reading your input/thoughts/experience. Thank you!

07-04-2021, 08:49 AM	#4
JD Miller Fake Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: PNW Posts: 39,219	BLO isnt for cleaning. you'll will just be sealing in the crud more I use BLO for hickory axe/etc handles and some Revolver grips, some rifle stocks as a finish, alot of times with stain colors mixed in __________________ .......

07-04-2021, 02:09 PM	#7
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,326	https://mirachem.com/info/?page_id=49&Prod=12 This stuff will clean everything. I have a friend who cleans house & turned her on to it. It blew her away on cleaning years of kitchen grease build up!

12-22-2021, 08:38 AM	#8
FloridaAKM Military Truck Collector Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: North Florida Posts: 671	I used & still do, BLO for resealing the wood on Yugo firearms kits after sanding down the crud & grease on them. It takes several coats to effectly seal the wood back, but it looks better cleans & sealed than not. If you use too much, it remains sticky & attracts more crud. It is not a cleaner by any means.

12-29-2021, 10:35 AM	#14
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,530	Been debating whether or not to refinish the stock on my CMP Garand. Turns out, someone put an IHC stock on my Springfield. I guess the IHC collectors pay $$$ for the stocks, but it also gives my rifle some character.

01-03-2022, 04:43 PM	#15
GARANDNUT Pontificator Maximus Join Date: May 2006 Location: between the hills Posts: 8,739	Odorless mineral spirits is a safe stock cleaner that does not damage the patina or finish of the wood. I apply pure carnauba wax after cleaning. You can steam out dents by applying a damp washrag to the stock and holding a iron on it until it begins to steam.