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October 17th, 2013 at 5:53 pm
I’ll try this next time I need to de-cosmo a stock. I generally use Easy-Off on the stock, wrap it inside a black garbage bag, and leave it out to bake for a few days. This looks safer and far less smelly as long as one uses fresh litter.
October 18th, 2013 at 6:09 am
1 teaspoon of TSP in the dishwasher. Works a treat. Do not use a drying cycle if so equipped.
October 18th, 2013 at 10:24 am
And how do you then get the cosmoline out of the dishwasher?
Or is that something I should not ask?
October 18th, 2013 at 9:31 pm
I used diatomaceous earth (used in some pool filters) instead of kitty litter. It has a much finer grain and is at least as absorbent. That and the hot Florida sun got the cosmolene out of my DCM stocks pretty well.
Russ
October 18th, 2013 at 9:50 pm
I didn’t have any cosmolene in the dishwasher. Started with a couple of stocks that were nearly black with grease, oil, dirt, etc. and they came out looking new/unfinished (raw wood).
Left them hanging in the shop a couple of days to thoroughly dry, then began the raw linseed oil process. Very, very satisfied with the results.
October 18th, 2013 at 9:55 pm
I was initially leery of this process, with the same concern about the dishwasher – but the stocks were really grease soaked. I’ve done the oven cleaner thing before – it damages the wood fibers and isn’t nearly as efficient. The dishwasher (mine has a stainless tub) was perfectly clean after.