Cleaning chainsaw chains

[Plasnart]

Nice one. Helps light your fires too I bet

That actually reads differently to how it was meant to sound.

Nice one Arfa. Good tip. Must be a bit more oil around than normal but sounds like a pretty good idea to me. 👍

[MB]

Thanks Arfa, will definitely be trying that ASAP Legend


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[AB]

Liking this bloke, thanks for your input Arfa!


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[MB]

Agreed @AB & @arfaBrayne Legends
Somewhat completely off topic a whisker past midnight
If for some reason folks are not trying to smash out firewood 🪵 cross cuts and are say milling like Alaskan’s for long slabs.
Too much heavy OEM saw oil will soak deep into every cut, highly recommend a second set of hands squirting say 25/75% ratio detergent/water on your bars nose tips
Your slabs will need a heap less planing/sanding for greater returns


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[mudski]

If it works go for it I say.
But once out the water throw it in a zip lock bag with some bar oil and bath it with lube for a week.
The draino will be stripping all oil out of the pins and I feel like it'll wear out quickly..

I usually store the sharp chains this way to so they are lubed ready to go in the field.

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Not sure if there is any detrimental issues to the chain using drain cleaner, I will look into this though to see if there actually is though. I do see this method used a lot on the Woodcutters, chainsaw users etc forums and Face Aches pages, so theres either a lot of dumb people out there, including myself (highly possible), or it just works. Without and damage. Once out they get a good soaking and rinse in WD40 or similar, then a 24hour soak in a tub of bar oil, then as mentioned, put in zip lock bags ready to go.

I will give Arfa's method a go next as I have plenty of used sump oil here. I'm keen to see the results...