What's up guys I've recently acquired a surly new. 442 from a friend. My friend has accidentally put way to much oil in this thing. I mean it's weeping out of the gun in the safe. I know if I pop the side plate I could get it out but what is the best way to get this out without doing that? I have some gun scrubber but don't know if it will ruin the finish. Any advice would be awesome. Thanks.

Non-chlorinated brake cleaner works great. I wouldn't let it sit on the finish for long periods. Wipe down, lightly lubricate the internals and you should be good to go.

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Alan
SWCA LM 2023, SWHF 220

I personally would take the side plate off and really clean it but I suppose you can do the following. Remove the grips,crane and cylinder. Cock the hammer and spray gun scrubber into the hammer recess, the recess around the trigger and up into the underside of the frame. Use some canned aired to blow the gunk out.
This is not to me the best of solutions but should improve the situation somewhat.
jim

Spray carb/choke cleaner works well, also, you can give it a bath in mineral spirits. That's the most useful solvent in my garage. Let it dry, lube sparingly with light oil, and replace the sideplate.

Whenever I get a "new" used gun I use a spray cleaner like Powder Blast. I liberally spray into all the orifices and let it drip out for a short while. Next I use compressed air to blow out all the remaining cleaner and dirt. Finally I apply a liberal amount of Hoppe's gun oil into the same orifices and once again use compressed air to distribute the oil and remove the excess.

I would never take off the side plate unless there is a mechanical problem.

Too much oil in a revolver isn't much of an issue -- not enough to pop the sideplate or spray something that will dry up every drop of oil, requiring you to re-oil it what you just removed the oil from.

Remove the grips; insert canned air in the direction of the innards and spray. This will force much of the excess oil out. Wipe 'er down. Repeat a few times and put put away.

Ended up pulling the side plate. Glad I did because as soon as the cover came off it dumped lube all over my Tekmat. This thing was swimming in oil. Hosed out the lock work and lightly oiled in all the critical spots and reassembled. The gun works perfectly. Thanks for all the suggestions. I didn't want to pop the cover but when you shake a gun and oil slings out of it it really deters you from shoving it in you're pocket.