ripping chain storage

[AaronB]

I have a question about storing ripping chains for long periods (or maybe even short periods), can/should you coat them in bar oil? Or is just storing them dry just as well. Heard that putting oil in a container then setting the chain in it for storage keeps the links all nice and lubed, good concept or just myth?

Just seeing what you guys do after they have been cleaned and sharpened.
Thanks

 

[mtngun]

Just seeing what you guys do after they have been cleaned and sharpened.

I never clean them, unless I need to take a close-up pic to post here.

Sharpened chains go back in the original box. No oil needed unless you live in a humid climate.

 

[devonhubb]

PB Blaster

Someone here turned me onto PB Blaster. Works great. It cleans and lubricates. It doesn't evaporate like most solvents.

I bought a gallon can of it and poured about 1/4 of it into a clean metal paint can. I drop my chains in it when they are dull and leave them in it overnight, sharpen them in the morning. The come out clean and lubricated.

 

[brokenbudget]

i pull them off the saw and throw them in a zip-lok and then a box. they're already covered in oil.

 

[gemniii]

I've been dipping them in an oil bath then hanging them in a pipe.

 

[AaronB]

I only clean mine once a year but I wasn't sure what to do with them after that. That's when I heard about storing them in oil so that they would stay lubricated really well. I cleaned them with some pitch/resin remover I had had for a long time I bought from Woodcraft. I was using it on my table saw blades but it worked great on the chains.

 

[BobL]

Heard that putting oil in a container then setting the chain in it for storage keeps the links all nice and lubed, good concept or just myth?

Myth

I like to sharpen mine clean, last thing in the cleaning cycle is to spray them with WD40, then sharpen, then store till used. No bar oil needed.

 

[Hillbilly3995]

Someone here turned me onto PB Blaster. Works great. It cleans and lubricates. It doesn't evaporate like most solvents.

I bought a gallon can of it and poured about 1/4 of it into a clean metal paint can. I drop my chains in it when they are dull and leave them in it overnight, sharpen them in the morning. The come out clean and lubricated.

devonhubb, I hope it was me, was it from the "cleaning long milling chains" thread?

Heya Bob, glad yer hand is coming around...

When I clean my long chains I just roll em into a ball put them in a cut off quart plastic bottle and cover with PB blaster penetrant. cleans lubes and 0 effort.

Another little trick from the hangar; try soaking tools or other rusty items in antifreeze, the results may surprise you.

Good luck all!

It's some pretty good stuff eh? - Hillbilly

 

[billstuewe]

My wife loves Nestle's Quik Chocholate and goes thru a bunch of the yellow containers--Click for picture-- http://scienceblogs.com/neurotopia/NestleQuickInstantChocolateDrinkMix.gif

These things are perfect storage for my chains. After sawing I blow any dust off and sharpen, then hold the chain up with one hand and take the bottom with the other and double it, then double again and continue until it is a ball that will fit into the nestquik container. I write the chain size on the top with a permanent marker. I can get two 36" chains in one container and , if I tamp a little, one 52", If it is reaqlly grubby I spra a little PB Blaster onto the chain ball and close the lid.