Carbs go in first with clean solution!
Oven cleaner
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ThackMan
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Easiest way is probably amazon. Or just google it. Simple Green 19128 Crystal Industrial Cleaner/Degreaser, 1 Gallon Bottle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ULLGRU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_bmhuCbEMFSK4C
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I'm not a neat freak (ask my wife), but I can't STAND working on a dirty, greasy saw. I have to get at least the working area clean. Otherwise that gunk gets all over me, my tools, and the rest of the saw.
Clean tools are happy tools.
When I graduated from college and started out on my own, I got an old '64 VW Beetle and, of necessity, had to learn to work on it. A friend gave me John Muir's classic :
The author was kind of a coarse old hippie, but was adamant that a good mechanic NEVER put away dirty tools. I've found that to be very good advice.
One thing I learned from using a crock pot for parts cleaning: if a cleaning solution will oxidize aluminum or magnesium a tiny bit when cold, when left at simmer overnight the process is enhanced exponentially, with disastrous results.
Great book. Sold my microbus 35 years ago, but still have the book!
Time + heat + chemical reaction.
Heat still helps non-oxidizing, water-based solutions. I mostly used it on steel stuff with some special parts cleaning chemical (that did not work very well). Commercial parts cleaning tanks for water-based cleaners usually have some type of heater. Makes the process go faster.
Again, I am not recommending the use of sodium hydroxide cleaners (or other reactive chemicals) for soaking of aluminum or magnesium, hot or cold.
Philbert
I always spray my saws with WD40 let them sit then wipe them down. I use a light mixture of purple power or green power. Degreaser kills the finish big time so don’t use it straight. Awesome is great degreaser but eats the hell out of paint. Even diluted it eats paint pigment.
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Go to dollar store kitchen widget dept.
Buy various brushes, wooden spatulas, chopsticks, plastic spatulas, etc, or anything that will scrape/scrub into nooks and crannies
Buy a spray bottle or steal one from the house.
Spend $15.00
Go somewhere else to buy a jug of wd40 (a jug, not a can).
Spend $15.00
Gently scrape/brush all the crud off saw. Then apply with the spray bottle a liberal amount of wd40 all over everything
Let it soak, maybe overnight.
Later, wipe/brush clean. Then wash with soap and water. Dish soap works good at this point.
For sap, use butter and let it soak for a while too. Work it in with your fingers or something..
Works for me in greasy/oily/dirty/sappy situations
None of this will dullen or damage the finish on anything, like many hard soaps and metal tools will.
Wd40, various cheap plastic and or bristle brushes, various wooden or plastic scraping tools, dish soap, water, elbow grease, and a little time to sit is all you need. An air compressor is handy too.
Purple power and green whatever has been a dismal failure on heavy greasy/oily dirt, in my experience. Solvents, including gasoline and diesel are far more effective.
Buy various brushes, wooden spatulas, chopsticks, plastic spatulas, etc, or anything that will scrape/scrub into nooks and crannies
Buy a spray bottle or steal one from the house.
Spend $15.00
Go somewhere else to buy a jug of wd40 (a jug, not a can).
Spend $15.00
Gently scrape/brush all the crud off saw. Then apply with the spray bottle a liberal amount of wd40 all over everything
Let it soak, maybe overnight.
Later, wipe/brush clean. Then wash with soap and water. Dish soap works good at this point.
For sap, use butter and let it soak for a while too. Work it in with your fingers or something..
Works for me in greasy/oily/dirty/sappy situations
None of this will dullen or damage the finish on anything, like many hard soaps and metal tools will.
Wd40, various cheap plastic and or bristle brushes, various wooden or plastic scraping tools, dish soap, water, elbow grease, and a little time to sit is all you need. An air compressor is handy too.
Purple power and green whatever has been a dismal failure on heavy greasy/oily dirt, in my experience. Solvents, including gasoline and diesel are far more effective.
Rick Stephens
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M-16 brush from Brownells. Necessary item to have a handful of.
Yup, and some pot-scrubber brushes, etc, etc.
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Another thing that cuts a lot of different crud is Gojo Orange, or its active ingredient, jojoba oil. You can take tools that are covered in epoxy and put them in a bucket with some Gojo Orange and water, and the epoxy won't harden. I bet it would loosen up sap...
I buy a lot of garage sale kitchen stuff. And save all the used toothbrushes, when they get replaced!
Scotch-Brite 'No-scratch' pads. When they get demoted from kitchen use, they go down into the t 'clean other stuff' pile.
A little paint thinner on a rag works too.
Philbert
I use gojo a lot. I just rub it in with my fingers. It works great but hard to get into the crevices.
Try butter, not margarine. Butter.
It works especially good for removing sap from your skin.
It works especially good for removing sap from your skin.
Goo gone takes it off your skin also. I should have tried it on the saw.
