windex or not to windex... that is the question?

[spearedum]

I cleaned my stock with de-greaser(F 409), but just wiped it off without rinsing off with a lot of H2O. It left some of the grime on the neck of the darkish yellow stock, but I don't think it's Burch or teak... maybe ash. My Loewe's M91 Engineers Carbine is defiantly walnut, but my other M91 DWM EC is true-oiled or varnished(?)... dark and shiny like a commercial rifle. I think that stock was sanded; the serial # is faint and illegible, so I don't know if the stock is walnut or matches the receiver.

Do I need to use windex to counteract the de-greaser?

thanx Dante'

[wh12725]

I don't know for sure one NEEDS to, but I do. I either use Windex or a warm solution of Murphy's Oil Soap. It just seems to make sense to me that something should lift that rather caustic degreaser out of the wood. I just give it a quick rinse and dry with paper towels or a clean rag....so as not to soak the wood. I have on rare occasions used a product called Purple Power. It is an automotive degreaser carried by Wal-Mart. It cuts everything, cosmo, wood stain, everything. Obviously I only use this on 'reclamation' projects that I'm fond of doing during the cold of winter.

[sunray]

"...Burch or teak...maybe ash..." It won't be teak or ash. Most likely birch or a laminated stock.

"...to counteract the de-greaser..." Windex has ammonia in it. Use mineral spirits to de-grease both wood and metal. It's cheap and evaporates so you don't need anything to take it off.

[spearedum]

That worked, somewhat..., but left a gray residue.... washed it off quickly with HOT water, dried, and tried the F409.

I had a stock with mucho cosmo, and I used straght PP, so I countereracted with Windex; It came out OK.

I have used M'Spirits with 0000 steekwool, and that's works the best on most stocks.

Thanx Dante'

[RGRWJB]

I have a sizable collection and found the liquid orange cleaner workes just right. It doesnt harm the original finish and but removes grease and dirt.