Step 1. Spray entire rifle, your whole body, your synthetic fabric clothing, and the driveway sealer with brake cleaner
Step 2. Have briliant idea, and take portable blowtorch to the metal, to melt cosmoline off
Step 4. Watch friends laugh at brilliant plan; while they clear the blast radius, and ready the fire extinguisher
Step 5. Get the camera, this oughta be fun
Step 6. Fail to resist the overwhelming urge to make a texas flame thrower with blowtorch and brake cleaner
Step 7. Arrange for replacement of that patio furniture... those potted plants were dead anyway
Step 8. Arrange for replacement of fire extinguisher, driveway sealer, and synthetic fabric clothing