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Joe's Place Cleaning Saw Blade
May 28th, 1998 07:30 AM
If you are like I am, your circular saw blade as well as your other saw blades have a build up of wood resins and other gunk. Quickest way to clean them is in a shallow pan...disposable baking pan works good. Spray a thick coat of common oven cleaner on one side and let soak for a couple of hours. Wipe off the excess and flip the blade over and do the other side.

When both sides are done, rinse in cold water, dry and apply a coat of paste wax (just like you did to the table on oyur table saw) and buff. Presto! A clean shiny saw blade... but it may need shrapening!
dwright Cleaning Saw Blade
April 3rd, 1999 05:57 AM
You can also purchase cleaners to remove resins from saw blades, router and shaper bits, etc.. May cost a little more than oven cleaner but is less toxic and takes less time.
hydro Cleaning Saw Blade
September 12th, 1999 08:10 AM
Does household oven cleaner damage the 'teflon' protective coating

found on some blades? I want the gunk and resins off of my Forrest

blades but worry that I'll damage the coating...
Gscogg Cleaning Saw Blade
July 16th, 2001 09:45 PM
Try this. This is what I use and it only take about 10min.

To clean all my blade and bits I use: Sprayway No.836 Saw Cleaner Pitch & Gum Remover. Spray it on, let it work and wipe it off. cost at wood working stores for 6.95 a can spray. It is safe to use on carbide, high speed steel,stainless steel and cast iron surfaces.
To lubricate I use: Sprayway Woodworker's Dry Coating Lubricate No. 801. Cost at wood worker store for 9.95 a can of spray. Use on saw blades, router bits, shapers, planers, drill bits, table tops and gearing.
Hing Allum Cleaning Saw Blade
May 14th, 2002 09:01 PM
I have been using Woodcraft Resin Remover with good success. The instructions require mixing with water and I have no problem since I dry off the blade with a paper towel. I have been using this product about nine months now and since then my cuts have definite improvements.
thebeloved34 Cleaning Saw Blade
June 22nd, 2002 01:07 PM
I teach industrial arts, and the blades in my shop are used a lot with a lot of "mystery materials" that leave nasty deposits. I have had the most success with oven cleaner. I do however make sure that the blade is thoroughly dried because of the water content.
Brown Cleaning Saw Blade
March 26th, 2003 02:26 PM
Other contributors to this forum probably won't agree because of using water but here is what I have found.
The easiest, cheapest and quickest way I have found is to put enough hot water in a shallow pan that will allow full submersion of the blade. Add a tablespoon + of liquid dishwasher soap, let it soak 10-15 minutes scrub the teeth with an old toothbrush. If everything is not removed soak a little longer and scrub again. When clean rinse with clear water, dry thoroughly and paste wax and buff. The key here is to thoroughly dry and don't forget you have the blade soaking.
Hing Allum Cleaning Saw Blade
October 17th, 2003 08:32 PM
I recently cane across a product called Splash Oven, Grill, and Fryer cleaner. I tried this raw on a badly gummed-up blade and it worked wonders. It took a couple of minutes. I used it without thinning and also without removing the blade from the saw. I have a contractor type saw so I just remove the belt from the motor pulley and using a paint brush painted a film on both sides of the blade just covering the area of the gum. After a few minutes... I wipe off with a paper towel and bingo. A clean blade. A gallon of this stuff cost around six bucks and a restuarant wharehouse. I is not reactive as oven cleaner and I did not note any adverse warnings on the use of this product. Perhaps the product was not designed to be used on a saw blade but it sure works and personally I would keep very far from oven cleaner.
dino Cleaning Saw Blade
February 9th, 2004 06:51 AM
RE: Offroad - 07:10pm Nov 7, 1999 PT (#3 of 8)
I have been a shop teacher for 14 years now and have found that oven cleaner works the best to clean the blades... of course you dry the blades well after. but there is no harm in washing them in straight water either. just dry them...
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