I've tried the water based and that stuff is terrible in that particular application. Back in the day, one of my jobs as a kid was to clean the heavy wax off the British imports after they came off the ships. We used salvasol for that and for cleaning parts, worked great. Wish I had a jug of it now.

Probably can't get that any longer and I don't want to know what my hands absorbed when I was 16 and is quickly killing me with a mysterious disease either. Currently, I use diesel fuel to clean parts and for light stuff I use carb or brake cleaner.

For the really important stuff, I rely upon Gunslick or Hoppes

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