How do you clean your chainsaw?

[thejdman04]

I just used compressed air

 

[flatpikr]

Yep, I use an air compressor and towel. I use acetone or terpentine to get rid of the pitch and sap on the handles. For small areas I use an old toothbrush.

Yep-- me too -- except I use a little kerosene and compressed air. Gets off the oily crud and the pitch. I just bought a small squirt jug of Awsome to experiment with. I use a parts cleaner brush (like you'd find in a solvent tank) and a tooth brush.

 

[Saw Bones]

I'm sure it has already been discussed on this forum many times, but being new here I was wondering what's the best way to clean a saw?

I take the covers off, rinse with garden hose, spray every thing down with WD 40, Wipe it dry and let it sit in the sun for a while. Clean the bar grove out , Re assemble and run it till it gets warm. Let it sit till it cools off, Sharpen the chain and put it away till I am ready to go to work again. I usually do all of that once a week, and clean it daily by just rinsing the sawdust out from around the sprocket and chain brake. I clean the bar groove at the end of the day, or during a break if I have been working hard. Since I am not a pro, I don't usually work too hard.

:greenchainsaw:

 

[Raymond]

Some time this early summer I'm going to buy and mount one of those air compressor tanks to the underside of the frame of my main gear truck.
The ones the guys use for adjusting air in the tires for rock climbing trucks and jeeps.
With a air nozzle at the back of the bed. Would be great for cleaning and gas and oiling saws? :computer:

 

[edisto]

My compressor is on the fritz, so I've been using a stiff parts brush, a screwdriver to get the chunks out, and a lot of careful work with a rag.

I have taken to sharpening before I clean the saw, so that I'm not running filings in the bar.

Without the compressor, it takes some time, and I must look like I'm enjoying it because my wife got jealous of the saw.

How do I tell her I was planning on a weekend getaway with the saw?

 

[Raymond]

My compressor is on the fritz, so I've been using a stiff parts brush, a screwdriver to get the chunks out, and a lot of careful work with a rag.

I have taken to sharpening before I clean the saw, so that I'm not running filings in the bar.

Without the compressor, it takes some time, and I must look like I'm enjoying it because my wife got jealous of the saw.

How do I tell her I was planning on a weekend getaway with the saw?

Itn't that the truth??
For me to clean and sharpen saws in the comfort of my boxers in my shop, is like pulling teeth here.

So half the time I'm doing it on the back of the truck in the cold, making the day just that much longer.

So why is it maintaining our work gear like jacking with a bass boat or golf cart?

 

[IchWarriorMkII]

I blow them down with air, but I've been known to pressure wash them down.

 

[husky455rancher]

Are you two serious!?!? Who does this? Tell me your both joking. I want to see a saw in a dishwasher picture! :jawdrop:

like i said i wont do it, i dont have the sac. theres no amount of reasoning that would make this acceptable to my wife. other people do it here but not i.