wire brush for blade cleaning

[Chris Johnson]

Hello All,

Just how stiff of a wire brush can you use to clean the teeth of a saw blade without damaging it.

Thanks
Chris

[Bruce Volden]

Chris

I would recommend a BRASS wire brush (not steel) along with a thinner if you have a real pithed up blade.

Bruce

[Joe Chritz]

I'll do on a limb and say that nothing you will do by hand, short of a file on the brazing will hurt it at all.

You certainly can't hurt the carbide without some help from caustics or diamond.

I usually use whatever cheap brush I have handy.

Joe

[Joe Spear]

Both brass and stiff nylon bristles work fine.

[Guy Germaine]

I use a small brass brush that I use to clean my golf clubs.

[Jack Briggs]

+1 on the brass wire brush. But I think that even a stainless steel brush would be okay.

[Matt Meiser]

I use brass too. You can get them at Harbor Freight.

[Bruce Wrenn]

HF often sells a set of three brushes for less than a dollar. There is a nylon, brass, and stainless steel brush in the set. I use the nylon, and brass ones on my blades.

[Jack Gingerich]

I've never used anything stiffer than a toothbrush and a solution (Woodcraft) of pitch/resin remover.

Jack

[Tom Walz]

A soft brush should do it. A Cheap scrub brush.

The idea is to soften the material first. In commercial operations they soak the tools in cleaner until all the crud just rinses off.

Tom