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  1. 30th March 2011, 07:53 PM #1
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    Default Cleaning up my powermatic thicknesser.

    I feel like I committed a bit of a sin.. I bought a new powermatic thicknesser some time ago and ran a few meters through it just to see.

    It then was stored as I had the moey to get it at the time but not the space. I put silverlgide on it.

    Well, now I want to use it I see it has rust all over the table. What a shame. Its only surface rust, no damage to the tables - same with the rollers.

    Something made me take mineral turpentine to it and remove the rust. Thats all done but now I am not sure why I used it. What should I use to remove it before putting the silverglide back on?


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  3. 30th March 2011, 10:20 PM #2
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    WD-40 or similar, Spray on wipe off.

    I don't use silverglide for protection any more. It doesn't last long at all. I use Beckets Wax for metal surfaces. If you used something like that in the first place your thicknesser would not have rusted.
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    I use Ubeaut's Traditional Wax on all my machines, beaut () stuff
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    I may not have described it correctly before but Beckets Wax is designed and sold specifically for use as protective coating for metal machinery. Easy to apply as well
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  7. 31st March 2011, 02:30 PM #6
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    Thanks guys, I got it cleaned up reasonably well. A lot of elbow grease required. Amazing how long it takes with clean rags to wipe off all residue from the cleaning.

    Not the best picture but I am happy, a little bit of pride lost when you treat your machines like this but it still cuts beautifully.

    I wonder how much those spiral blades are going to cost me when I need to replace them


    I couldn't find my silverglide anyway so I used the traditional wax as I have had a container sitting around for a while.

    Now, on to the jointer..
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