Wood finish on gun

[propster]

Borrowed an older shotgun that was in pretty good shape to a guy for slug season. Claims he had some sort of scent spray on his hands, which transferred to the wood on the grip and up on the forearm. It's not bad and I'm not upset but just wondering how one might get it off, or if you can recommend who I might bring it to? It's kind of a milky white film, that I can't seem to even scrape off or get started under my fingernail. He said he tried RemOil on the wood to wipe it off. I'd never heard of using oil that was meant for lubricating the metal parts of a gun on wood - do you suppose that could have helped "seal" this film into the wood somehow? Thanks for your advice.

[96trigger]

I use oil to clean all the time, however, this is different, you could try some goo gone in an unseen place and see if it takes the finish off, if it doesn't, you could try and use that.

[DonBo]

I'm betting his "scent" actually attacked the finish on the gun and probably nothing less than stripping the finish will remove it. I've seen it happen to archery tackle with bug spray on your hands. Sounds like the same kind of thing.

[vister]

sounds like he used scent away. ive noticed that overspray on my truck doors and binoculars turns white when it dries. however, i just used rem-oil wiped on my nockers and it was gone. hard to believe that scent sprays would have acetone, or laquer thinning properties?