Zeke Menuar
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I have spent the last five days removing the oil and grease that was embedded in the stock of my M44. It looks like all of the yuk is out of the stock. However there are one or two dark longitudinal stripes that run from the buttstock diagonally to the bayonet slot. The lines are in the grain itself. I cannot tell if the lines are part of the wood grain or dirt embedded in the wood grain. I believe the wood is an Eastern European Birch. Cleaners, strippers and boiling soapy water brought the stripes to the surface but haven't removed them.
Anyone ever ran into this problem before?
Thanks
ZM
I have spent the last five days removing the oil and grease that was embedded in the stock of my M44. It looks like all of the yuk is out of the stock. However there are one or two dark longitudinal stripes that run from the buttstock diagonally to the bayonet slot. The lines are in the grain itself. I cannot tell if the lines are part of the wood grain or dirt embedded in the wood grain. I believe the wood is an Eastern European Birch. Cleaners, strippers and boiling soapy water brought the stripes to the surface but haven't removed them.
Anyone ever ran into this problem before?
Thanks
ZM