Hi everyone, been cleaning up a forend with what I presume is a horn insert at the tip. Had to use a gentle varnish stripper to remove some horrible thick varnish that looked like it had been painted on with a dogs tail, I was careful to avoid getting any on the horn or whatever it is but when it was time to clean the 110+ yrs worth of oil, grease, and farmers finger dirt from the checkering I got busy with a fine brass brush and surgical spirit, with the tip at the top I could avoid getting any spirit on it but wondered, other than maybe loosening the glue it's fixed with, could spirit or meths harm the material ?
It's something that's never crossed my mind until now.
Thanks in advance for any answers.
Nick
