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I use a plastic scraper, no chemicals at all. Plastic won’t hurt the rubber either. At least this works on my Shopsmith 10" bandsaw.

that will work I use air hose to blow off to

I use a stiff bristled brush to clean my tires off.

Thanks guys. I cut some pine awhile back and there is really some tough residue on the tires.

If you have pine sap use some mineral spirits to wipe it down

that’s works good to jim pine the worst on tires

Thanks Jim and Jim, mineral sprits did the trick.

Just a heads up, people use ammonia cleaner on printer rollers because alcohol washes the talc or talc like material out of rubber. As such, it would be one of the things to avoid.

I saw an article where a guy used an old metal ruler to scrape the tires clean.

Jack, I’ve broken my share of blades but since I starting following Alex Snodgrass and his video, I’ve not broken another blade.

https://youtu.be/wGbZqWac0jU

Just watched the video, very informative and now ,hopefully, I can set my band saw up better. Excellent, thank you, Blackie.

Thank you Blackie, that really helps.