Thread: Gave the Lithgow No1 Mk3 a good clean today...

Nice one.
My permit for the small parts for my No1 MKIII* has arrived, but now the US seller is sold out of some parts.
I'll wait until after New Years to order.
Still also waiting on my repro stock set.

Originally Posted by Kiwi Sapper

Very nice end result..........Now find and enlist in a N.Z.Home Guard unit.

Attachment 125042

Huh...trying to be sassy with ya helmet,aye? Here's a swift kick to ya goolie's mate!

Originally Posted by Gordo

no it has isocyonates in it which are worse. It attacks your central nervous system and the body can't metabolise it so it stays here.

Hope you guys are joking when you say it degreases your hands. You DO NOT want to handle that shit, it will fuck you up big time. I use it at work a lot and I treat it like radioactive waste when handling it.

@Gordo what's your source of this information? In my 20 years as an industrial chemist in paints plastics and adhesives acetone was considered as one of the least hazardous common solvents
The only connection to isocyanates was as a carrier solvent for specific foam making applications.
The mixture had to be used rapidly as any trace of water reacts with the isocyanate (usually TDI, or HMDI) to produce carbon dioxide and biuret.

Acetone is voc exempt in paints meaning that it is not included in the hydrocarbon total for emissions
Interestingly diabetics produce it in their bodies and a telltale diagnostic for someone who is low on insulin is the smell of paint thinners on their breath.
Sorry for the lecture but I have a passionate dislike of false facts brought on by the current climate.

That's a dramatic difference.

Originally Posted by Cordite

I like his bino carrier... Must be standard issue 12x70s for guards stationed on the tops.

Ummmmmmmmm you are being facetious about his MK VII gas mask satchel...............are you not?

Originally Posted by omark

Nice to see you using raw rather than boiled. Keep rubbing a few drops in for the next couple of weeks to rehydrate.
Nice rifle

Hey @omark.
Can you expand on that please, the bit about raw rather than boiled,
thanks.

Originally Posted by Mauser308

What bits are you looking for?

@Mauser308 I just sourced them from a bloke in Huntly, so am pretty set.
It was pretty much the missing pieces from a bubbafied SMLE.
I just need replacement top wood now.

Originally Posted by Gordo

no it has isocyonates in it which are worse. It attacks your central nervous system and the body can't metabolise it so it stays here.

Hope you guys are joking when you say it degreases your hands. You DO NOT want to handle that shit, it will fuck you up big time. I use it at work a lot and I treat it like radioactive waste when handling it.

How come it's common for it to be used as a nail polish remover? Pretty concerning if it's as bad as you say.

Originally Posted by omark

Nice to see you using raw rather than boiled. Keep rubbing a few drops in for the next couple of weeks to rehydrate.
Nice rifle

The old adage for oiling a wooden rifle stock...
Once a day for a week,
Once a week for a month,
Once a month for a year,
Once a year forever.

Raw linseed is the correct stuff to use for timber. Originally stocks were soaked in a bath of warm linseed and then drip dried. Raw linseed is natural flax seed oil and dries naturally over a long period of time. It is slow drying and for this reason requires lots of very thin coats hand rubbed. The first few need to be thinned 50/50 with mineral turps to encourage impregnating into the timber.
Sometimes it can take up to 20 coats with hand rubbing to get the right lustre finish. NEVER wooly it as a thick coat as it will go like gum and never dry. A couple of drops on your hand is all that’s required

Wood needs hydrating and must be fed so you should do all stocks every month or so.

Boiled linseed is completely different....its not boiled at all but rather is refined and has dryers added so its faster acting however the results are not the same. Some of it has other “stuff” also added.

Hand rubbing of raw linseed over many days and nights brings out the best results and remember to use only a couple of drops as it goes a long way.

You can also draw out the black/grease with calcium carbonate (chalk dust) and acetone which you mix into a plaster of praise coating and then apply quickly to the wood. It dries rapidly and draws out the crap. You then brush it off when dry. It’s dries in a couple of minutes and works well

Thanks all, very informative.
I will pull out the No4 and do that next weekend.

Here are a few more pics of the No1.

Originally Posted by Gordo

no it has isocyonates in it which are worse. It attacks your central nervous system and the body can't metabolise it so it stays here.

Hope you guys are joking when you say it degreases your hands. You DO NOT want to handle that shit, it will fuck you up big time. I use it at work a lot and I treat it like radioactive waste when handling it.

I handle most shit like that with nitrile gloves if I can. Isn't acetone the primary ingredient in women's nail polish remover?

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

@Gordo what's your source of this information? In my 20 years as an industrial chemist in paints plastics and adhesives acetone was considered as one of the least hazardous common solvents
The only connection to isocyanates was as a carrier solvent for specific foam making applications.
The mixture had to be used rapidly as any trace of water reacts with the isocyanate (usually TDI, or HMDI) to produce carbon dioxide and biuret.

Acetone is voc exempt in paints meaning that it is not included in the hydrocarbon total for emissions
Interestingly diabetics produce it in their bodies and a telltale diagnostic for someone who is low on insulin is the smell of paint thinners on their breath.
Sorry for the lecture but I have a passionate dislike of false facts brought on by the current climate.

The warning labels on the bottles I use. It's a known thing in the industry I work in to keep it off your skin and don't breathe the fumes. you just need to look at what it does to epoxies and paints to realise handling it isn't going to be good for you. You just need to look at the average boat painter to know it's not good for you.

I have used Oven cleaner to clean up old gunsWorks really well on crusty bores too.