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81454 | "Jordan Wolfgang Dr." Wolfgang.Jordan@m... | 2000‑07‑26 | Wood plane cleaning (revisited) |
Gentle Galoots, I want to thank you all for many good and valuable comments on the subject. Guess I switch from my one step method of cleaning/oiling/waxing to a more cautious process of - gentle cleaning - looking at the result and - applying some paste wax if needed This leads to another question. Most people seem to clean their planes with mineral spirits. Because of the smell and the possible health hazards I wanted to avoid this and tried cleaning a plane with just some soapy water, with good results. Would this be also an accepted method or should I stay away with water from a woodie? In order to preserve your valuable comments for posterity or maybe a fellow galoot with the same problem I compiled your messages into a webpage: http://www.holzwerken.de/plancln.phtml. I hope this is complete as I was temporarily switched off digest mode and had to get the missing messages from egroups. Wolfgang -- 'Woodworking with hand tools (in German)': http://www.holzwerken.de |
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81456 | Roeder/Kraft roeder.randall@m... | 2000‑07‑26 | Re: Wood plane cleaning (revisited) |
Just a note before I'm off for a few days, Be extremely careful with soapy water. Extremely careful! Every time you wet the grain of the wood you cause a slight swelling which leads to a reduction in edge definition. Your maker's stamps won't be as sharp and the clean lines of the plane will become less so. Nowdays more woodies are destroyed by cleaning and 'restoring' than by any other single factor. Randy Roeder Repaint houses, not old tools "Jordan Wolfgang Dr." wrote: > Gentle Galoots, > > I want to thank you all for many good and valuable comments on the subject. > Guess I switch from my one step method of cleaning/oiling/waxing to a more > cautious process of > - gentle cleaning > - looking at the result and > - applying some paste wax if needed > > This leads to another question. Most people seem to clean their planes with > mineral spirits. Because of the smell and the possible health hazards I > wanted to avoid this and tried cleaning a plane with just some soapy water, > with good results. Would this be also an accepted method or should I stay > away with water from a woodie? > > In order to preserve your valuable comments for posterity or maybe a fellow > galoot with the same problem I compiled your messages into a webpage: > http://www.holzwerken.de/plancln.phtml. I hope this is complete as I was > temporarily switched off digest mode and had to get the missing messages > from egroups. > > Wolfgang > -- > 'Woodworking with hand tools (in German)': http://www.holzwerken.de > > -- > +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > Private replies: Wolfgang.Jordan@m... > Public replies: OLDTOOLS@l... > To signoff or digest: listserv@l... > Archive: http://mailmunch.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/archives/OLDTOOLS > Quote sparingly. > +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ |
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81473 | "Paul T. Radovanic" paulrad@c... | 2000‑07‑26 | Re: Wood plane cleaning (revisited) |
On 26 Jul 2000, at 7:23, Roeder/Kraft wrote: > Be extremely careful with soapy water. Extremely careful! What he said. Except, it should be noted, that some soils are easier to clean with petroleum products, and some are easier to clean with soap and water. So a little of both is good on most tools. But for woodies, like I said, what he said. Extremely careful. Paul Radovanic |
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81459 | "Nuno Souto" nsouto@n... | 2000‑07‑26 | Re: Wood plane cleaning (revisited) |
----- Original Message ----- From: Jordan Wolfgang Dr. Wolfgang.Jordan@m... > > This leads to another question. Most people seem to clean their planes with > mineral spirits. Because of the smell and the possible health hazards I > wanted to avoid this and tried cleaning a plane with just some soapy water, > with good results. Would this be also an accepted method or should I stay > away with water from a woodie? > I really don't like the idea of water near "woodies". 99 times out of 100 an old woodie will be dry as a bone. Water and old dry wood don't go together without something changing. And the whole purpose is to cause minimal change. My approach is to get dust and grime away with kerosene and a toothbrush or 0000 steel wool, then go straight to the paste wax. No water anywhere. That way nothing is gonna change shape on me. As for using oil, I use the occasional raw linseed inside the wedge cavity after closing off the mouth with gaffer tape. Leave it there until it soaks inside the plane body, then wipe up and use kero/paste wax. Don't like the idea of putting oil on the outside. Rather have it inside the plane body where it will close any old age cracks. Outside, all it does is unnecessarily darken the wood. If I ever had to use oil on the outside, I'd go for Orange oil or similar: dries clear and doesn't turn everything dark. Cheers Nuno Souto nsouto@n... http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den |
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