Question for Mark C. re Dishwasher
Mark - you posted this earlier on a stock refinishing thread:
"If you happen to have an automatic dishwasher you can skip the bath tub and just put the wood in the top rack, add a small amount of detergent, set the machine on it's normal cycle (turn off the electric dryer feature if you have it) and run it as normal. I send a large number of beat up M1 Garand stocks through my dishwasher (more stocks washed than actual dishes), they come out looking much improved and you save a lot of time and effort over scrubbing them in the tub."
Have you ever lost any cartouches, stampings, etc., by using this method? Thanks.
"If you happen to have an automatic dishwasher you can skip the bath tub and just put the wood in the top rack, add a small amount of detergent, set the machine on it's normal cycle (turn off the electric dryer feature if you have it) and run it as normal. I send a large number of beat up M1 Garand stocks through my dishwasher (more stocks washed than actual dishes), they come out looking much improved and you save a lot of time and effort over scrubbing them in the tub."
Have you ever lost any cartouches, stampings, etc., by using this method? Thanks.
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Hey Mark you either must not be married or have a more understanding wife then most of us [^] You need to change your user name to NOTHENPENPECKED [}:)][;)] 0 -
I'm gonna try the dishwasher for cleaning old, greasy action parts and whatever else will fit in there...........while she's at Bingo.
Hope the hell there is no stains left!0 -
Wow, I forgot about that thread. I am too busy being attacked by a couple of guys with an axe to grind over in GD than to pay much attention to goings on here!
I NEVER put any stock into the dishwasher which has any sort of collector value and that means even a faint cartouche. Old dirty stocks (you know, the kind with all of the black sticky oil-like substance on them) respond very nicely to a trip through the dishwasher and come out pretty clean. One thing; if the stock has any sort of crack it will definitely be enlarged by the hot water so keep that in mind. Otherwise the hot water can actually help lift out minor dents and fade away quite a few scratches. I leave my stocks to air dry out on my deck or down in my garage and I suggest making sure that they are completely bone dry before doing anything else to them.0
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