BIG BEAM
ArboristSite Operative
I know you're supposed to clean your chain before grinding but what do you guys use?I tried WD40 but didn't do so well.What say you?
DON
DON
How do you clean your chains?
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Burvol
Bullbuck
Dude, it's so simple. Run your saw through some bark a few times (conifer), then pull it off. Clean chain.
wmswilson1
ArboristSite Member
I know this sounds stupid but whats worked great for me is cleaning them with soft scrub stove cleaner.
logging22
Cuttin to live, livin to cut
Parts washer with mineral spirits. Then air. Works pretty good.
Les
Les
Henry G.
ArboristSite Guru
Euc oil and some other sap only seems to come off with oven cleaner or OxyClean. Soak and brush, soak and brush, clean as new. Blow gun off, wd-40 to displace any water, air gun again, ready to sharpen.
bruce6670
ArboristSite Operative
I never clean chains.
Never heard of cleaning chains. Am I supposed to clean them before I file, too?
StihlyinEly
Addicted to ArboristSite
Over all the years I've cut down trees for tree services and felled and bucked firewood I've never once cleaned a chain before taking it in for sharpening or touching it up myself with a file.
What have I been missing all these years?
What have I been missing all these years?
MR4WD
ArboristSite Guru
Run it through some wood.
Henry G.
ArboristSite Guru
Theres no euc back east I guess, youre chain will look like its covered with cooked on sloppy joe mix after cutting euc
Hummmm? never haved cleaned a chain in that matter !! only cleaned a chain with a blast of air from the compresser while blowing out the cobb webs and air filter.....
Like said before run it in clean wood.
smokechase II
Addicted to ArboristSite
Really weally clean
You can run your chain through some water.
This is rare but does have its place.
If you do this prepare for a rooster tail that will challenge any super soaker. A cautious person would hold the saw at an angle.
This is used in a place like South Carolina low country when what you are cutting has all kinds of sand, (from ant farms under the bark), in a world so miserable you don't care about your appearance or have any self esteem. The humdity, stench of rotting life, 3 types of pit vipers, bugs, vines and fire ants make for a nice day.
Water takes the sand right off. Not that you care at that point.
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I've heard of some pitch that can be incredibly hard to clean.
But mostly just cut some wood or bark.
You can run your chain through some water.
This is rare but does have its place.
If you do this prepare for a rooster tail that will challenge any super soaker. A cautious person would hold the saw at an angle.
This is used in a place like South Carolina low country when what you are cutting has all kinds of sand, (from ant farms under the bark), in a world so miserable you don't care about your appearance or have any self esteem. The humdity, stench of rotting life, 3 types of pit vipers, bugs, vines and fire ants make for a nice day.
Water takes the sand right off. Not that you care at that point.
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I've heard of some pitch that can be incredibly hard to clean.
But mostly just cut some wood or bark.
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BIG BEAM
ArboristSite Operative
I was kinda hoping for something to soak it in over night?
DON
DON
BIG BEAM
ArboristSite Operative
I assume if you're gonna use a CBN wheel in your grinder you'll want to keep the chain clean so the wheel doesn't get clogged.You don't dress these wheels down to clean stone,you just keep grinding.Won't the crap on a chain bake on the wheel if the chain has sap and or oil on it?
DON
DON
splitpost
Nothing but 32:1
:jawdrop:what are you cutting that requires you soke it overnight just to sharpen it LOL LOL LOL
BIG BEAM
ArboristSite Operative
It looks like sap and oil.If you file by hand you can see it in the file.Ash, beach.sugar maple and some cherry.
On the top of the tooth it's black and it won't even come off with your finger nail!
DON
On the top of the tooth it's black and it won't even come off with your finger nail!
DON
splitpost
Nothing but 32:1
chain getting real hot,sounds like your chain needs more oil or something?
lambs
Stihl crazy after all these years
I use compressed air
Every time I come in, I remove clutch cover, chain, and bar and blow everything off with compressed air. Then I wipe the power head down, remove the air filter cover, and gently blow off the air filter on both sides and reassemble.
Touch up the chains on the NT grinder, and I'm good to go next time.
Every time I come in, I remove clutch cover, chain, and bar and blow everything off with compressed air. Then I wipe the power head down, remove the air filter cover, and gently blow off the air filter on both sides and reassemble.
Touch up the chains on the NT grinder, and I'm good to go next time.
