Posted by Forrestal from 63.165.15.130 on July 12, 2001 at 19:14:13:
In Reply to: Cosmoline? posted by Master-X on July 12, 2001 at 18:45:30:
That's the same gunk they spray on car engines. It's a greasy preservative. What am I supposed to do? Use Zymol to clean the freakin' bag?
Actually, my car's engine doesn't smell like Army surplus. It smells more like squirrel farts.
Maybe someone kept a skunk in that bag. I should try tomato juice.
: I have a surplus army rifle that stinks, and ooses oil from the stock when it gets hot- a gun dealer told me this is "cosmoline"- I think it's a wood preservative. A bag kept in the same wherehose would probably soak up the odor.