cleaning carbide tools

MB wrote:
> TSP in hot water melts way any gunk on saw blades. It's very alkaline,
> so wear safety glasses.
>
TSP?

On 6/15/2009 10:46 PM davy spake thus:

> MB wrote:
>
>> TSP in hot water melts way any gunk on saw blades. It's very alkaline,
>> so wear safety glasses.
>>
> TSP?

AKA trisodium phosphate, very common cleaning compound.


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Thank you all,
davy

davy wrote:
> I have a 1/4" carbide sanding drum and an orb for my dremel tool.
> It has gunked up and for the life of me I can't get it clean. I have
> soaked in turpentine for days but no magic softening powers.
> Any ideas?
> Cheers,
> Davy

Borrow your wife's can of Easy Off oven cleaner (aka lye).

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"davy" wrote:

> TSP?

Tri Sodium Phosphate.

Available in any supermarket or DIY.

Lew

On Jun 15, 9:37=A0pm, davy <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a 1/4" carbide sanding drum

Metal, with carbide whiskers? Burn it clean
with a torch.

> and an orb for my dremel tool.

Dental pick.

> It has gunked up and for the life of me I can't get it clean. I have
> soaked in =A0turpentine for days but no magic softening powers.
> Any ideas?
> Cheers,
> Davy

TSP in hot water melts way any gunk on saw blades. It's very alkaline,
so wear safety glasses.

see

http://www.carbideprocessors.com/saw_blade_cleaning.htm

TSP and oven cleaner work fine

I run parts like this through the dishwasher but I'm a bachelor.
Maybe not a good idea for a married man.

Tom




On Jun 16, 5:18=A0am, "dadiOH" <[email protected]> wrote:
> davy wrote:
> > I have a 1/4" carbide sanding drum and an orb for my dremel tool.
> > It has gunked up and for the life of me I can't get it clean. I have
> > soaked in =A0turpentine for days but no magic softening powers.
> > Any ideas?
> > Cheers,








> > Davy
>
> Borrow your wife's can of Easy Off oven cleaner (aka lye).
>
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davy wrote:

> I have a 1/4" carbide sanding drum and an orb for my dremel tool.
> It has gunked up and for the life of me I can't get it clean. I have
> soaked in turpentine for days but no magic softening powers.
> Any ideas?
> Cheers,
> Davy
soak it in undiluted clorox, it will dissolve the wood in an hour or so.

basilisk