[Ike27]

Was cleaning my newly acquired Ross M10 and ran across something odd. "clear" cosmoline. It’s almost like silicone but is definitely cosmoline.

Did the Canadians use a different type of cosmoline?

 

[03man]

Called 'Vaseline' or 'white petroleum jelly' in the US.

 

[Ike27]

I thought so too but since it was exposed to air overnight it has "yellowed".

Very odd but grateful that it hasn’t tarred up.

 

[wheaty]

Believe it or not, this seemed to be the product of long time storage in Canada many years ago. A few item that I have acquired over the last 10 years were packed with white grease and it is not military. It was a commercially available storage grease sold in Canada. I suspect it was quite prevalent in the late 70's early 80's as several items I acquired that were in long term storage from this period were all packed with white grease.....hope this helps....