What takes pine tree sap off a chainsaw??

[teacherman]

Here's why we should clean our saws..
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Does anyone think this is saveable?

 

[pioneerguy600]

Here's why we should clean our saws..
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Does anyone think this is saveable?

Somebody been cutting palm trees?

 

[teacherman]

Not saveable, right?

 

[cruiser77]

I rubbed my saw with kerosene this morning, and it cleaned up a little bit. I clean my motorcycle chains with kerosene so nothing new to me. Figured there must be something better because it didn't do much for the caked on sap. Tried some 91% isopropyl alcohol and cotton balls from the grocery store and it worked 100 times better! Sap was gone in seconds. Thanks for the alcohol tip guys!

 

[andy]

Veggie oil is cheapest and works great.
It melts the sap and all blends together.
I use it to clean sap off my cars then wash all the mess with dish or car wash soap.
No damage to clear coat... super cheap.

 

[MJM268]

I use standard hand sanitizer to remove sap on saws and hands

 

[farmguywithasaw]

Not saveable, right?

You could try some jb weld when it hardens you can sand and shape it. Worth a shot anyway

 

[capetrees]

or, depending where you're located, Marine Tex. Similar to JB Weld

and WD-40 gets the sap off

 

[newforest]

I just leave the rosin, mostly from Balsam Fir, on the saw. I cut many other species at the same time so the total buildup is not all that much. A solid week in only one Pine/Fir species would be different.

The upside of ignoring it is that I could pick out my saw from any quantity of same model saws sitting near it, just about instantly.

 

[Huskybill]

I can’t remember, brain fade but we mixed kerosene in the bar oil too.

 

[dmb2613]

Use the same mix that you run in the saw. Case closed horse is dead

 

[Okie294life]

I would stay away from acetone or carb cleaner, whatever you do! It will take the paint off a bar...don’t ask me how I know.

 

[Ted Jenkins]

Vegetable oil and if it is real build up put some on a rag and leave it for several days. Thanks

 

[capetrees]

I can’t remember, brain fade but we mixed kerosene in the bar oil too.

I mix some gas in there in the winter if it's real cold to make it pour a bit easier

 

[Jeeptrekker]

Rubbing alcohol and automotive buffing wax are what I use to remove all sap from vehicles. Works on glass, plastic , mag wheels. No residue and safe on the paint. Imagine it would work the same on a saw.

 

[dando127]

Baby oil is good to get it off your hands.....otherwise......my rule is "like dissolves like" from chemistry class. Oil products dissolve oil products

 

[Mad Professor]

Diesel or kerosene works best but stinks. Follow up with dish detergent/water. VERY CHEAP too.

We used diesel on the rollers when cutting WP on the edger. When mill was down, we sprayed the rollers. Pitch would make the flitches feed sideways. Bad boards.

 

[Okie294life]

Here's why we should clean our saws..
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Does anyone think this is saveable?

What causes this? I’m just curious, never heard of sap or tar rotting a saw, in my territory never really heard of anyone cleaning a saw either, other than the bar or air filter.

 

[cheeves]

Baby oil is good to get it off your hands.....otherwise......my rule is "like dissolves like" from chemistry class. Oil products dissolve oil products

Loggin' White Pines in 70's always used Gas! Clothes threw away every Friday! lol

 

[barie]

Just let it burn

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