I found this tip in Woodworker's Journal eZine Issue 356 that showed up in my inbox this morning, http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/Ezine/Public/TricksoftheTrade.aspx.
Fundamentally it's just soaking your gummed up blade in a 50/50 mix of water and laundry detergent for at least 30 minutes to loosen up the deposits and then brushing it with a nylon brush to remove the gunk.
So I was in the shop today doing some turning to play around with hand cutting box threads and decided to soak one of my gummed up table saw blades in 50/50 water and Tide liquid laundry detergent. Since I was busy at the lathe the blade soaked for a couple of hours. A little light brushing with a stiff bristle nylon brush and it was clean as a whistle. Rinsed it off, dried it and sprayed it down with some CRC 3-36 to prevent rust and it was back in business.
Worked like a champ and the cost was minimal.
Fundamentally it's just soaking your gummed up blade in a 50/50 mix of water and laundry detergent for at least 30 minutes to loosen up the deposits and then brushing it with a nylon brush to remove the gunk.
So I was in the shop today doing some turning to play around with hand cutting box threads and decided to soak one of my gummed up table saw blades in 50/50 water and Tide liquid laundry detergent. Since I was busy at the lathe the blade soaked for a couple of hours. A little light brushing with a stiff bristle nylon brush and it was clean as a whistle. Rinsed it off, dried it and sprayed it down with some CRC 3-36 to prevent rust and it was back in business.
Worked like a champ and the cost was minimal.