cleaning stations
09-21-2003, 02:22 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Bellevue, Iowa
Posts: 341
cleaning stations
i was wondering if anybody has made a certain spot in their garage just for cleaning/working your guns? my mom is kinda made because she fears that I will get the pool table dirty. If you do have something, what is the top made of so if I spill some oil or something it wont ruin the wood and stuff, would felt stuff work or would that soak up the oil, just give me some ideas. who_else
09-22-2003, 11:14 AM
#4
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
RE: cleaning stations
The pool table might not be the best spot to clean firearms. I can understand your Mother' s concern. What I used to do to keep the little woman happy at home was go to the recreation room and spread out some newspaper on the floor then throw a chunk of old carpet over that (so the gun would not get scratched). I could then give the rifle a nice hot water bath there without fear of spilling on anything, and clean it all up. Even the over spray was not a bother. When done, you take the carpet out to the garage (or someplace out of the way), throw the paper in the wood stove, and no one is giving you the " stink up the house speech" .
09-23-2003, 09:51 AM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 6,921
RE: cleaning stations
I clean mine on the pool table too, mine is a perfect height and gives me ample room. However I make sure the cover is on it first and have made a table that sit right on top of the pool table edges. I used counter top blanks ( can find at any lumber store, however plywood/K3/MDF board-with a latex sealer will work as well), then hinged them together with a piano hinge. I made 2 gun holders so I can clean, mount scopes & equipped it with spots to place tools, screws, etc. Didn' t cost much and I can put it away in seconds. The bonus is I get more use out of my pool table, even if it ain' t playing POOL[
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09-23-2003, 03:40 PM
#6
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Bellevue, Iowa
Posts: 341
RE: cleaning stations
we have a this pool table that we havent played in years and now it is just full of my blackpowder stuff and if my mom will let me i think that i will make something like u mentioned and see if that will work, thanks, who_else
