Silky sharpening.

[Peasgood]

I sharpen mine with a diamond feather edge file. Probably takes me about 10-15 minutes and I’d say it was as sharp as new.  

Id have to be earning over £80 an hour before it was better to buy new. There’s a lot of days that I’d be happy to see £80 for the day never mind an hour!

[Mark Bolam]

Never tried sharpening, but does anyone have any magic tips for de-gunking the blade? Especially conny resin.

I’ve tried petrol, WD40, wire brush, wire wool, brillo pads etc. but have never been that happy with the result.

[Dan]

3 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Never tried sharpening, but does anyone have any magic tips for de-gunking the blade? Especially conny resin.

I’ve tried petrol, WD40, wire brush, wire wool, brillo pads etc. but have never been that happy with the result.

Spit works well for some reason 

[jmac]

7 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Never tried sharpening, but does anyone have any magic tips for de-gunking the blade? Especially conny resin.

I’ve tried petrol, WD40, wire brush, wire wool, brillo pads etc. but have never been that happy with the result.

I dont have any tips obviously! Going by the state of my silky in the picture ??

[jmac]

Carb cleaner might work??

[peatff]

Get some cheap cellulose thinners to rub it with, shifts most things and smells great.

[Stere]

Silky file

WWW.SILKY-EUROPE.COM

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Some info not tried doing it yet.

Edited December 20, 2019 by Stere

[timbernut]

Never tried sharpening, but does anyone have any magic tips for de-gunking the blade? Especially conny resin.
I’ve tried petrol, WD40, wire brush, wire wool, brillo pads etc. but have never been that happy with the result.

Mark, the Oregon MX40 fluid for deep cleaning saws works really well, you can buy it as concentrate or in, pre mixed 1 litre squirty bottles. Works on pretty much anything metal or plastic except the plastic on some lawnmower decks that go pale like they’ve bin in sun too long.

[CutterSy]

Mark, the Oregon MX40 fluid for deep cleaning saws works really well, you can buy it as concentrate or in, pre mixed 1 litre squirty bottles. Works on pretty much anything metal or plastic except the plastic on some lawnmower decks that go pale like they’ve bin in sun too long.

I find Muck-Off works surprisingly well