Blade lubricant safety

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Well, yr bouyancy jacket you inflate with yr mouth on the surface in an emergency  ( no cylinder air left) basically its a bladder with sea water n spit you inhaling  ?  K

I never had to inflate mine . Ever ! .

[agrimog]

IPA= isopropanol,  same stuf as the cheap screenwashes have in it, and what they've been pushing as hand sanitizer, it acts as an anti freeze in the winter and along with the cheap soap breaks down the "stickiness" of most of the saps and resins, I mill a lot of fresh cut sitka, and although my hands are covered in that black sticky sh*t, there never seems to be any stuck on the blade, its just a case of getting the right flow rate

[trigger_andy]

52 minutes ago, agrimog said:

IPA= isopropanol,  same stuf as the cheap screenwashes have in it, and what they've been pushing as hand sanitizer, it acts as an anti freeze in the winter and along with the cheap soap breaks down the "stickiness" of most of the saps and resins, I mill a lot of fresh cut sitka, and although my hands are covered in that black sticky sh*t, there never seems to be any stuck on the blade, its just a case of getting the right flow rate

we use it off-shore for cleaning electrical connections before the termination is ran into the Well. I mill a bunch of Stika and just use washing up-liquid. Sparkly clean blade every time. Way cheaper too. 

[agrimog]

Its just I mix up big quantities of "lube" at a time because my mill is seldom close to a water source, so I use the same summer/winter mix, thats the only reason theres always IPA in it, now all Ive got to find is a cheap way of having compressed air on the mill to blow down after a days milling....lol

and Im not buying a leaf blower just for that !!!!

 

[trigger_andy]

12 minutes ago, agrimog said:

Im not buying a leaf blower just for that !!!!

Now thats a great idea! I have a Stihl Backpack one that would be perfect for that. Normally on a drive home the Mill self cleans though.