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That is correct. At least the bags I used did not dissolve - I think they were ziplock brand did not dissolve. They are tougher than most bags - afterall they have to stand up to a hot oven so they are different than other plastic bags.
Brent

Thank You JLN for posting deals of the Easy Off method here. I have Never had any wood eaten away from any stock I've used with this method so I'm missing this point??
Jim

Jim,

I have only used this method twice. On the A5 stock I let the easy off soak for 10 minutes. It was my first attempt and I was not entirely sure how it would work.

After letting it soak for a good 10 minutes in the easy off, I washed it down with hot soapy water and a good brush scrubbing.

When it dried the wood seemed coarse or rough on the surface. More so than I would have expected by just removing the finish. My conclusion was that I had left the easy-off on too long and that along with breaking down the finish it had also attacked the surface of the stock.

That was how I took it. Maybe there are other reasons. I've only done this twice, so I don't have a lot of experience with it. If you have done this process multiple times and don't find that easy-off left on the stock damages it, then there is probably more truth to it than in my experience.

I have used oven cleaner, but prefer the acetone. I doesn't always happen, but I have seen stocks that have taken on a greenish tint after the oven cleaner treatment. Also, lye and aluminum react, creating hydrogen.

Come on guys stop messing about.You live in the USA and along with China haven't signed up to the Montreal Treaty.
You've already admitted that your Easy Off and Acetone give off fumes, so why not have at it with Triclorethylene? That will work for sure.Soak your stock in Tryk that is being warmed up, it gives off tremendous fumes that eat oil & grease.
Tri is banned here in the UK but working for the Miitary I am allowed dipensation? How unfair is that?
The wood 'eating' that Easy off is reputed to have done may be nothing more than the water raising the grain on a crappy piece of Military Birch or Beech?
I have used Mr. Muscle oven cleaner with excellent results.

The oven bags and the garbage bags are probably different bags, wouldn't you say? Can you get the oven bags big enough to put a stock in? If I were soaking a stock, I wouldn't want it touching anything like plastic. Or am I wrong in assuming all this? I think the Wonko method used a turkey pan with aluminum foil covering the top to hold in the fumes.

The plastic oven bag won't hurt anything. I used it on a Scott without any problems. Had it soaking for about a week or more.

Brent

Any possibility your Browning A-5 Five might be a "salt wood" series Browning-? If so, could that have caused the reaction?? Has anyone used the Zip-Strip or Formby's varnish remover on a gun stock project?? RWTF

Yes, I use Zip-Strip to remove the old finish. But, I use the acetone soak to remove the oil from the stock. Obviously some stocks don't need a acetone soak, some stocks are so oil it is the only way.

Is trisodium phosphate (TSP)as effective, but less harmful than lye?