Chain Degreaser

[pafire]

Just wondering what you guys use to degrease a chain before it gets sharpened.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Degrease?

I just sharpen.

 

[Crofter]

If you mean filing on the saw, nothing; if you are taking the chain off to grind, it is a good idea to degrease so you dont clog and glaze the grinding wheel. Also the abrasive is easier to blow out of the chain so you dont wear out your bar and chain after you put it back on. Some use a water based soap or lye type degreaser but you really have to dry thoroughly and reoil if you aren't using it immediately. Personally I use a bit of straight gas and throw it in the used oil afterward. This undoubtedly creates all kinds of fire hazards and environmental insults and I will deny having told you.

Frank

 

[HUSKYMAN]

gas, carb cleaner, brake cleaner, etc. Just about anything flammable will work.
You are not removing grease, you are removing oil, which is very easy to do. Re-oil immediately as said above, or you will have one rustbucket of a chain

 

[Tony Snyder]

Before filing, nothing. Before grinding I used to wash them all and brush them in the wash tank with stoderd (spell?) solvent (Stanisol) and then blow them dry.

Now, if they are realy oily, I wash them in hot water and Pine-sol, brush them a little while they are in the soapy water, then blow them dry. If I do this, I then spray them with whatever kind of spray lube I have around after they are ground.

 

[jokers]

Diesel fuel. It`s a good solvent and not as dangerous as gasoline. Also doesn`t evaporate as quickly as gas.

Russ

 

[jsikkema1]

can also try

I use e-z off oven cleaner- the foaming kind maximum strength stuff, it will disolve the pitch that accumulates on the chain. Wire brush a few strokes and rinse off with water. Need to dip in some light oil afterwards (like wd40 or equivalent) and hang to drip dry.

Also good to use on your circular saw blades table saw blades, etc...