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
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.
Even Vinegar will pit / damage cast iron when exposed to long. Try the white Cleaning Vinegar ~6% from Wally World.
It will. Phosphoric acid is relatively safe on aluminum and aggressive to lime based materials. I've also heard of using a concentrated suger solution or blackstrap molasses
Neither will dissolve tile or brick dust. That’s why they don’t damage the brick or tiles when cleaning the mortar residue off.
Brick and tile dust doesn’t cure.
But neither do anything to brick and tile dust.
Wont touch brick and tile dust.
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