I have several air nailers and staplers that don't get much use. As a
result they get "gunked" up from non-use.
What's a good solvent for cleaning them?

Max

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:40:08 GMT, "Max"
wrote:

What's a good solvent for cleaning them?

Kerosene or mineral spirits work well if you disassemble to tool. I
don't think I'd run it through an assembled tool.

Good air tool oil shouldn't gunk up. Are you using 3in1 by any
chance?

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Max
Sometimes the source of the "gunk" is not the oil, but the
compressor tank. Do you regularly purge the air from the tank and remove the
water & stuff. This lovely fluid mix can start to rot out a tank and is sent
via the air hose to the tool. You can buy filters and such to clean it up
prior to going to the tool. Most folks have smaller compressors that do not
have filters. All the more of a reason to get the "fluid" out of the tank.
Where does the fluid come from. Simply moisture in the air. Some
commercial compressors have a "dyer" to extract some of the airborne
moisture out. They basically are nothing more than fancy heaters. They do
prolong the life of the tank and any airlines used to send the compressed
air around the system.
One last final thought. Does your air supply have a "automatic" oiler?
some of these oilers can be set to inject too much oil. That can also "gunk"
up the tools. Good luck

Paul

"Max" wrote in message
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I have several air nailers and staplers that don't get much use. As a
result they get "gunked" up from non-use.
What's a good solvent for cleaning them?

Max

On Aug 25, 11:40 pm, "Max" wrote:
I have several air nailers and staplers that don't get much use. As a
result they get "gunked" up from non-use.
What's a good solvent for cleaning them?

Max

wd 40 works good here, so does k1

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:40:08 GMT, "Max"
wrote:

What's a good solvent for cleaning them?

Kerosene or mineral spirits work well if you disassemble to tool. I
don't think I'd run it through an assembled tool.

Good air tool oil shouldn't gunk up. Are you using 3in1 by any
chance?

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** http://www.bburke.com/woodworking.html **
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Bostitch air tool oil.

Max

"goaway" wrote
Max
Sometimes the source of the "gunk" is not the oil, but the
compressor tank. Do you regularly purge the air from the tank and remove
the water & stuff. This lovely fluid mix can start to rot out a tank and
is sent via the air hose to the tool. You can buy filters and such to
clean it up prior to going to the tool. Most folks have smaller
compressors that do not have filters. All the more of a reason to get the
"fluid" out of the tank.
Where does the fluid come from. Simply moisture in the air. Some
commercial compressors have a "dyer" to extract some of the airborne
moisture out. They basically are nothing more than fancy heaters. They do
prolong the life of the tank and any airlines used to send the compressed
air around the system.
One last final thought. Does your air supply have a "automatic" oiler?
some of these oilers can be set to inject too much oil. That can also
"gunk" up the tools. Good luck

Paul

I use inline oilers. They're probably allowing too much oil to get to the
tool.
I have an inline filter between the compressor and my distribution system.

Max