How to remove major pitch accumulation

[woodworkingboy]

Oven cleaner efficiently cleans off burned gunk on tablesaw blades. Very caustic, it does seem a bit drastic on fresh pitch.

 

[Al Smith]

Yes indeedy,easy off does great on pine residue on cabinet blades . Just rinse them in hot water and lay the oak to them .Just like a new one .

 

[mryb]

you could put the BAR in the dishwasher....depending on what size you were using, my 20" would fit just fine (I just measured.)

Thanx Che... I was beginning to think I was old school & I was the only one that had a dishwasher cuz they went out of style...

 

[Koa Man]

I used oven cleaner on saws before. No harm done.

 

[mryb]

Another hand cleaner trick 101 .

This stuff makes very good lubricant for mounting tires also among it's other ten tousand uses besides cleaning hands .

When cutting sheet metal with an air chisel or electric double cuts a little hand cleaner brushed on the cut line makes it go much easier .

Mix hand cleaner in with the bar oil then you won't get pitch build up in the 1st place...

 

[treeclimber]

Brake cleaner works well for pine sap, it breaks it down as well as mineral spirits but that can be tricky with rubber seals and gaskets

 

[Al Smith]

I suppose good old fashion turpintine would remove pitch although I haven't seen any in years . The stuff smells like a bucket of assholes though,phew .

 

[hmm]

opps late on this again,

I like simple green it is safe for skin and rope and clothing. I sprayed it only silky and let it set then use a brush to get the pitch from the saw teeth.

since it is a 4 week old thread, what did you do and how did it work?

thanks

 

[Burnham]

For the powerhead, hand cleaner wiped all over the saw, then left to baste an hour. Then into the laundry sink, spraying hot tap water, judiciously aimed. Then a wipe down with rags...worked well enough for Sqwerl to say it looked too clean for me to have been using it . The bar I laid flat in a shallow tray and poured hand cleaner over it, followed by the same treatment as the body.

 

[mryb]

WWBCPPW? = What Would Burham Clean Pine Pitch With?

 

[Burnham]

WWBCPPW? = What Would Burham Clean Pine Pitch With?

 

[chucky]

I suppose good old fashion turpintine would remove pitch although I haven't seen any in years . The stuff smells like a bucket of assholes though,phew .

My grandmother always kept a corked bottle of it on the back porch for us kid to clean up with after being out in the woods all day building cabins out of - what else - white pine. Worked great.

In one instance I salvaged the jacket of a white linen suit I had twice sent to the dry cleaners with no avail .I wasn't about to give up on it because I ponied up nearly 400 bucks for that thing over twenty years ago .

I'd pay good money to see a pic of Al in that suit.