Cleaining Question

[Old Blue]

I took the chain of my saw the other night. It's a Husky 455. When I pulled the cover off I decided to clean it up while it was off.

I was at the shop and used the solvent tank with the brush. I took some care not to splash the solvent any where that it didn't look like it should be, and it worked great. I cleaned the bar while I was at it.

I figure I should re lube all the moving parts before putting another chain back on.

Was this an OK way to clean her up?
Is there anything I need to watch out for?
How does everybody else clean their saws and about how often?

What say you?

Old Blue
With a nice clean saw in....
Kali-bone-ya

 

[H 2 H]

For me just a firewood cutter

After each day of cutting I take the bar off and clean the grooves out; blow off the chain and bar and check bar spocket and grease it

Then clean the area around drive spocket with a 1 1/2" paint brush and blow it off

Check air filter

Put the b/c back on

Fill the bar oil

Check the chain tension (only when the saw has cooled down) and touch up the chain with a file

Blow off the saw and I'm ready for the next day



But I don't use any solvents on it when cleaning - IMO

 

[Guido Salvage]

What "solvent" are you using? How does it react with plastic, paint and pot metal? If your cleaning is done on a regular basis you should only need compressed air, a brush, a rag and perhaps a thin blade to keep things clean. When regular cleanings are not done, then you are faced with dealing with caked on crud.

 

[HeRoze]

if it's clean and it runs, you did fine. As GS said, your solvent should be friendly to your base mat'l. only obvious stuff from there -- basically don't dunk the saw. for cleaning cruddy parts I start a bucket and hot soapy water... keeps the part washer fluid fresh a bit longer. I think the soap is Dawn with OxyClean... nothing fancy. Lots of folks seem to like PurplePower for a spray-on cleaner.