On Oct 9, 1:41 pm, (Larry W) wrote:
In article ,
David Starr wrote:



I tried washing soda (they call it Borax around here) and it works
well. Got all the pitch off the sawblades and router bits.

David Starr

I've heard that it works but just FYI, borax and washing soda are NOT the same.
Washing soda is sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) and the laundry additive
commonly called borax (Who remembers Ronald Reagan pitching "20 Mule
Team Borax" on "Death Valley Days"?) is IIRC sodium perborate, NaBO3. I'm
not certain on that borax compund composition.

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There is always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat,
plausible, and wrong." (H L Mencken)

Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org

Never used anything but mineral spirits or turpentine........even
denatured alchohol works fine.