Australian Politics Forum - Cleaning chain saws

bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Cleaning chain saws Mar 26^th, 2015 at 12:17pm If you don't have an air compressor, which I don't, how do YOU go about cleaning out the gunk? I've always just used various brushes and kero . . .but is there a better way?
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 77082 Gender:	Re: Cleaning chain saws Reply #1 - Mar 26^th, 2015 at 3:04pm bogarde73 wrote on Mar 26^th, 2015 at 12:17pm: If you don't have an air compressor, which I don't, how do YOU go about cleaning out the gunk? I've always just used various brushes and kero . . .but is there a better way? take it to the repairman, otherwise you're stuck with kero and a brush
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: Cleaning chain saws Reply #2 - Mar 26^th, 2015 at 10:28pm Not sure about using it on chainsaws, but boiling hot water can clear away a lot of greasy stuff.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 77082 Gender:	Re: Cleaning chain saws Reply #3 - Mar 26^th, 2015 at 11:15pm miketrees wrote on Mar 26^th, 2015 at 10:28pm: Not sure about using it on chainsaws, but boiling hot water can clear away a lot of greasy stuff. can cause rust too
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: Cleaning chain saws Reply #4 - Mar 27^th, 2015 at 9:37am Brilliant for battery terminals and leads
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Re: Cleaning chain saws
Reply #5 - Mar 27^th, 2015 at 10:38am

John Smith wrote on Mar 26^th, 2015 at 3:04pm:

bogarde73 wrote on Mar 26^th, 2015 at 12:17pm:

If you don't have an air compressor, which I don't, how do YOU go about cleaning out the gunk?
I've always just used various brushes and kero . . .but is there a better way?

take it to the repairman, otherwise you're stuck with kero and a brush

Cheaper to buy an air compressor in no time at all.
I was hoping someone would have some brilliant idea that had never occurred to me.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Cleaning chain saws Reply #6 - Mar 31^st, 2015 at 10:31am Well I was right about you tool shed people all along. You have got no ideas.
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: Cleaning chain saws Reply #7 - Mar 31^st, 2015 at 10:19pm Well my boiling water idea actually works well, I see no point in finding anything else you wont do.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Cleaning chain saws Reply #8 - Apr 1^st, 2015 at 9:36am So are you saying you get a bucket of boiling water and splash on the exposed sprocket area of your chainsaw? I can see it would clear the gunk but what might it get into? Warning Warning Will Robinson!
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 52770 Gender:	Re: Cleaning chain saws Reply #9 - Feb 20^th, 2023 at 1:31am FFS - use friggin degreaser spray!@!
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