Dumb question - goop on new router bit

[Victor Robinson]

So what exactly is this solidified goop on my new Whiteside router bit, and what is the preferred method of removing it?

[Greg Portland]

It's a thick protective layer to keep the bit sharp during transport (banging around inside the box, etc.). It should be easy to cut it and then peel off. If you are picky then cut on the face of the carbide (metal knife blade will not scratch it).

[mike holden]

Victor,
Dont know what it is, but I just use my fingernail to remove it.
It is the modern equivalent of cosmoline.
Mike

dont know what cosmoline is? ask your parents/grandparents - anyone who lived through WWII.

[Rich Neighbarger]

I just chuck it up and turn it on. It comes off instantly.

[Russ Buddle]

Thumbnail works fine here too.:)

[glenn bradley]

+1 on thumbnail. Get it started somewhere NOT near a sharp edge and peel 'er off.

[Jerome Stanek]

thumb nail here but one time sliced my thumb pretty bad after I got it off.

[Ed Labadie]

Its called "Seal & peel". It's widely used in the industrial world for protecting cutting tools.
It comes in block form, you use an old crock pot to heat it up and liquify it.....then simply dip the cutting tool in it to coat it.

They've even got a website! (Don't get your hopes up)
http://sealpeel.com/about.html

FWIW...it stinks like 'ell when it's "cooking"

Ed

[Greg Hines, MD]

10-20K RPMs usually works for me.

Doc

[Bryan Morgan]

Its called "Seal & peel". It's widely used in the industrial world for protecting cutting tools.
It comes in block form, you use an old crock pot to heat it up and liquify it.....then simply dip the cutting tool in it to coat it.

They've even got a website! (Don't get your hopes up)
http://sealpeel.com/about.html

FWIW...it stinks like 'ell when it's "cooking"

Ed


What the heck kind of engine are those valves out of?!?!

I too just "peel" the stuff off. If it gives me any trouble just grab and xacto and have at it...

[Chip Lindley]

....It is the modern equivalent of cosmoline....dont know what cosmoline is? ask your parents/grandparents - anyone who lived through WWII.

Cosmoline is alive and well. Finish-ground cast iron surfaces it coated with the sticky grease to retard rust before it is crated for shipment from China. (other countries too!) Just ask any Grizzly owner who bought NEW!!

[Victor Robinson]

Ok, thanks everyone. Seemed easy to peel off but I didn't realize how easy it would actually come off. Thought I might have to dissolve it off in some solvent or something, which is why I asked.