Cleaning pitch and sawdust from table saw?

White lithium grease is a good lubricant for table saw gears….it sprays on wet and dries like a wax and doesn’t attractive dust.

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This is why yellow pine will never touch my TS. Try white pine, its much neater….for just about anything you make.

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Here's a good article from PlansNow that provides the info you’re looking for. :)

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The aerosol “bug and tar remover from the auto parts store works better than anything I’ve tried.

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Easy Off Oven Cleaner is excellent at removing pitch and resin. Inexpensive too.

I use it on my saw blades. My only cautions to you would be to check out if it removes any of the paint and keep it away from the motor. No telling what the stuff would do to your motor. Good luck!

Cheers!

-- Dave; Lansing, Kansas

hoosierdude ….... that link doesn’t appear to work.

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Great thread! I figured there had to be some alternatives to the commercial pitch cleaners out there…will be trying the oven cleaner trick on some of my older saw blades that I use for pine work.

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