"Oren" wrote in message
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:38:22 -0800 (PST), "Ray Mead Kissimmee.
Florida" wrote:

On Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 12:28:24 PM UTC-5, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 2/20/2019 11:13 AM, wrote:
On 2/20/19 11:55 AM, Ray Mead Kissimmee. Florida wrote:
I have just brought a Ridgid WTS2000L 10 inch brick/tile saw.
It has dried on hard tile dust probably a 1/16 thick.

How do you get this stuff off, I have treid soaking in water and
pressure washing off, nothing seems to shift it.

Is there anyway to remove this crud without damaging the saw.

Please comment
Ray


Here is one guide re using rubbing alcohol

https://www.ehow.com/how_5848025_cle...e-wet-saw.html

White vinegar or muriatic acid - that's the stuff they use to wash
mortar residue from brick and block work .Vinegar is safer but takes
longer . That ehow link is pretty much useless for anything but fresh
residue that hasn't cured yet .

I would have thought Muric acid would eat up the alumium castings

Dilute it and neutralize it quickly. Sulfamic acid crystals are a
milder acid, used in cleaning tile and grout.

But neither do anything to brick and tile dust.

Even Vinegar will pit / damage cast iron when exposed to long.
Try the white Cleaning Vinegar ~6% from Wally World.

Wont touch brick and tile dust.