Timbuck
Well-known member
while sanding down some nasty spruce pine in my new Jet 16-32 I ended up with my sanding belt absolutely clogged up the crepe rubber cleaning stick was useless and the resin in the pinewood was really gumming up the belt and I thought that it was a throw away job... Just on a whim ! I did a quick experiment with some old Acetone that I had left over from a laquer removiing job I did last year ...I rolled up the belt, placed it into a PVC fruit jar..poured in the acetone just enough to soak the belt and shook it about for about 1 minute...then I removed it from the jar and washed it in the kitchen sink under the hot water tap and to my amazement the resin and sawdust had turned to a sludge that just washed off with the warm water...It's now hanging up to dry... here are some pic's I took at the time.
Clogged up belt
In the Acetone
15 Minutes later
Clogged up belt
In the Acetone
15 Minutes later
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