Cleaning wood grips

[JohnR]

What's the best way to clean wood grips? I have acquired a pistol that arrived filthy, with hand oil stains on the wood grips.

Naturally, the seller claimed it was clean, but I could see in the pics it wasn't, so no biggie.

[Bawanna]

I'd use a tooth brush, maybe your wife's when she's not looking. I think it's some sort of oil finish on Kahr grips but not certain. You can use like linseed oil or something like Ballistol to scrub with the brush to loosen things up. This is usually enough to get them looking new again.
If not you can send me the grips and I'll recut the checkering. Would have to be really bad to need that but the offer is there if you feel the need.
Is that a T. I can't figure out how to enlarge the picture but I see more of a T than I do a K.

[JohnR]

Yup, it’s a T. I’ve used vinegar and baking soda on similar stains, but I have no idea what that does to the finish. Worst case, I can oil it again.

[yqtszhj]

Vinegar and baking soda may be ok. Be warned that vinegar on its own turns some wood black (like some oak.) don’t ask me how I know but I’ll tell you anyway. The wife left the end of some cloth soaking in a bowl of vinegar overnight and the vinegar wicked through the whole cloth and left the biggest ugliness black stain on an oak kitchen island I built and I was none too happy.

But I kept my mouth shut anyway.

[bugs]

dawn dish washing soap (the one used to clean oil spill fouled little ducks) and HOT water/toothbrush works well also.