I cleaned up an oily Garand stock by putting it in my wife's automatic dishwasher with some dish washing soap. It cleaned it up real nice. It left the dishwasher a mess. After that I used Formula 409 and real hot bath water in the bath tub. (wear thick rubber gloves) I let them dry for a full day and then refinished it with stain and Formby's tung oil varnish. The black plastic bag in the sun works OK. I wrapped the stocks with paper towels to soak up any oil.
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I've low boiled/simmered oil soaked milsurps in a strong mix of washing soda and plain water. Water turns close to black. No damage to stocks what so ever.
