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   sschefer | Jul 19, 2002 07:04pm | #1

   A bottle of concentrate is always on the shelf in my shop. Now if you want to get rid of the real nasty stuff try "Goof Off". But beware, this stuff is really nasty itself so use in a well ventilated area and soak your rags in water before you discard them or wash them in the "Shop Washer", (read as coin laundry at the strip mall in the next town over.) It will get whatever the Simple Green doesn't.

   Steve - in Northern California

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   legacy39 | Jul 19, 2002 10:31pm | #2

    Plain old ordinary oven cleaner off the grocery shelf is as good as it can get for cleaning pitch and whatever from fouled blades.  Spray it on let it set for however long you desire and wipe with a rag or paper. Sometimes for extremely heavy accumulations an additional one or couple sprayings is required.

   Compared with eight bucks a bottle, oven spray is cheap and a can seems to last forever...........

   This suggestion was discovered by someone shortly after oven clearners came on the market.....seems like a hundred years ago now.

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   woodwormal | Jul 21, 2002 09:28pm | #3

   if you like oven cleaner you will love what i use and there is no scrubbing involved.---3table spoons on T S P AND PUT IT IN HOT WATER AND SOAK YOUR BLADES FOR A HOUR AND IT WILL ALL BE OFF ----CHEAP TO!!!!!!

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   legacy39 | Jul 24, 2002 05:26am | #4

   Excellant - Next time I need to clean a blade I will try your method. Sounds even easier than oven cleaner.

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   asay44 | Jul 24, 2002 06:59am | #5

   What is T S P ?

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   forestgirl | Jul 24, 2002 07:53am | #6

   TriSodiumPhosphateforestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   TomErikG | Jul 24, 2002 12:56pm | #7

   Hello I'm from Norway and wonder what is Simple Green? Is it this green natural soap?

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   thmsjohnston | Jul 25, 2002 12:08am | #8

   Hi,

   Simple Green is a bio degradable cleaning solution. The scent is a rather strong pine/citric smell. Its not only great for blade pitch but it cleans grease from my car and bike engine wonderfully. It doesn't stink, isn't caustic  and you can pour it down the drain without fear for destroying the local eco system. Thats why I use it over the more, shall we say violent methods offered up.

   Earl

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   wrick2003 | Dec 04, 2002 05:12am | #17

   it smells like jager meister. ummmm good!

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   royschack | Dec 02, 2002 01:34pm | #9

   dear tom erik,

   i've been interested in using soap for finishing my furniture for some time. i'm just taking a chance, but seeing as though you are from norway, i thought there might be a possibility that you had some information? i know in danmark that furniture is often finished this way. looking forward to your response

   thanks and regards,     roy     australia

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   JeffKurtz | Dec 02, 2002 03:38pm | #10

   Ever since I saw this question posed a week or two age, I've been wondering "how in the world could one use soap for a finish?" If I'm on the right track, I'd assume the soap would have to be "real", i.e. bade from animal tallow which would give it a sheen.

   I'd also suppose that the soap should/could be melted before application using a double boiler or microwave.  Hope Tom Erik knows for sure as this sounds interesting.

   Jeff

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   royschack | Dec 03, 2002 02:11pm | #15

   jeff, still no luck on the finish, but i'll make some more enquiries. soon as i get something worth passing on, i'll let you know.

   cheers,    s.

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   JeffKurtz | Dec 03, 2002 04:46pm | #16

   I did a check on the web.  Found several references to Scandanavian furniture with a soap finish, but no info on how to do it.

   Jeff

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   royschack | Dec 04, 2002 02:51pm | #18

   Thanks Jeff, ..... it's gotta be there somewhere.  I'm not having much luck but I'll keep trying.    Splinter

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   Upraiser | Dec 02, 2002 05:49pm | #11

   Getting pitch off saw blades has been well covered, now how about sanding belts.  I have had success with paint thinner, and Oxi Clean, will try TSP next. 

   I soak them in a plastic container with the top on, brush them with a brass BBQ brush and have had about 75-80% success. 

   Just wondering if anyone has a better method.  I can gunk up a belt 1000 times faster than a saw blade.

   Curt

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   thmsjohnston | Dec 02, 2002 10:08pm | #12

   Hey there,

   You've seen the big eraser blocks they sell in the catologues right? I've also read that an old tennis shoe will clean off some of the garbage from a belt.

   Earl J

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   Upraiser | Dec 03, 2002 04:02am | #13

   Hi Earl

   I use the big earaser and have even used some of the old gum souled tennis shoes, but it really only takes off the dust and easy stuff. 

   I am talking about the real crud, pitch, and the like, that one can find from time to time.

   I know, I know, you are not susposed to run wood with resins through your drum sanders, or use belt sanders on them, but I did, have and will.

   The sanding cloth folks tell me solvents will work and they will, but not completly.  My wife uses the Oxy clean as an additive for dirty clothes, so I soaked a sanding drum roll in it and it cleaned up what the solvents left, but it also appears to be taking some of the glue with it.

   Thanks for you suggestions, not to many make use of old tennis shoes.

   Curt

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   Mikedej | Dec 03, 2002 06:00am | #14

   earl,

        I've used simple green on the belts also it will take most of the resin off and oven cleaner will take the rest if need be.  After spraying with simple green I brush it around, let it sit a minute or two brush again and rinse with a hose.  Then I let them dry a day or two.

   MikeD