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TRI955
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Wood.....
but then they need to be soaked in oil for at least a month.....
but then they need to be soaked in oil for at least a month.....
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Caz
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Ya beat me to it : )
Nothing. Never felt the need, or had the patience, to clean chains before sharpening them. Maybe my grinder wheels don't last quite as long as they might with sparkly clean chains, but seriously, who cares? Grinder wheels are cheap.
jeeptj19992001
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a grinder
I don't know about chains but rubbing alcohol works good for me on bars, clutch covers and other parts of a saw with oak stains on them. 
brncreeper
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Usually it's not a problem with dirty chains unless I do a flush cut that gets in the dirt.
The dirt can be pretty hard to get off a chain, so I take a coffee can with Simple Green and soak the chain. After a few days take the chain out, hit it with compressed air (the dirt comes right off) and throw it in another coffee can of clean oil.
Oven cleaner is nasty stuff. I do use it to degrease flywheel tapers, works great. Sparks plugs can get a second life also with oven cleaner.
The dirt can be pretty hard to get off a chain, so I take a coffee can with Simple Green and soak the chain. After a few days take the chain out, hit it with compressed air (the dirt comes right off) and throw it in another coffee can of clean oil.
Oven cleaner is nasty stuff. I do use it to degrease flywheel tapers, works great. Sparks plugs can get a second life also with oven cleaner.
chowdozer
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I have found that wood chips and pitch on the chain don't considerably slow down an abrasive wheel made for grinding steel. 
TRI955
I'm the man in the box
Keep an old chain just for cutting railroad ties and stumps....
deer slayer
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2nd the simple green!!! powerful stuff. If that's not readily available the dollar stores in this area have a product called awesome. I use that mostly, it works and its cheap!!
Stihlman441
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Soapy water dont knock untill you try it.
stihl only
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Have a customer with an old 025 that is a chemical engineer. His saw looks brand spankin new, and he said he uses windex on the bar and chain to remove the pitch??
Thought it was strange, but his saw is in showroom condition!
Thought it was strange, but his saw is in showroom condition!
trek5900
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Ultrasonic cleaner. I use one for my bicycle chain. Does a great job. You can pick up a new ultrasonic cleaner on EBay at a reasonable price.
TRI955
I'm the man in the box
I guess your bicycle is a Trek 5900? I have a 5200.....I think it is still hanging from the garage rafters......
trek5900
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I have two Giants - both carbon fiber. I usually get in 2500 miles a year mostly spring, summer and early fall.
Wood cutting is my other passion. At one time I had wanted a Trek 5900 however I like the fit of Giants compact frame much better. They are stiff, light and very fast.
rngrchad
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If there's crud that will fill the file's teeth(I only handfile)...I'll nock it off with a wire-brush.
Me too, the one on my bench grinder! Yea it dull's it, but I'm sharpining it anyway right?
