Cleaning (up) Festool tools

[lindsayp]

Hi,

I decided to clean up my various Festools'.  I am sure those who use sanders etc. for paint will be familiar
with the way that the black plastic marks up easily and almost seems to absorb paint dust or plaster dust.

I tried a standard cleaner and meths and was suprised to see a lot of "green" dye coming out of the plastic. In fact some of my
tools took on a green tinge where I had to rub hard.

Has anyone found a product that restores the Festool plastic to its nice black colour?

Thanks, Phillip
New Zealand

btw - this is great forum - I have "lurked" here for quite some time.

 

[peter halle]

Phillip,

Welcome to the forum.  I admit that I have never tried to clean my tools so I don't have an answer, but I am sure that someone has.  I know that that in a previous post Per Swenson mentioned baby wipes.  I think that he probably was kidding, but with Per his knowledge comes out in a distinct way.

Peter

 

[rnt80]

Armor All wipes.

 

[chrisrosenb]

Has anyone found a product that restores the Festool plastic to its nice black colour?

That is a nice BLUE color!!! [laughing] [laughing]
We learned that at end user training.

Welcome to the FOG.

Chris

 

[Michael Kellough]

Scratch the surface and you know it's blue.

Wouldn't Armour-All wipes make the tool slippery?

 

[AlexThePalex]

I recently bought an old abused DS400 sander for little and completely refurbished it. Took it apart and cleaned it completely inside and outside.

It was covered with paint everywhere which I took of using paint thinner. That means the strong stuff, not white spirit. Worked great.

Sold it again with a nice 60 euro profit. 

 

[justinmcf]

g'day philip and welcome to the forum.

i have cleaned my festool sanders with turpentine and methalated spirits
i did'nt have any dark blue dye come off any sanders.

i have never tried amour all wipes or the baby wipes.
they could be great, i will try them next.

regards, justin.

 

[richard.selwyn]

I use (armorall?) dash board wipes designed for cleaning car dash boards for machine bodies and fabric softener cloths designed for a tumble dryer for the rails and bases - I thought I got both ideas here.  When things like the drills are very scratched you probably need something more agressive - I just live with the scratches tho

 

[ossietim]

I found this older thread and thought that some may try a cleaning solution that i found for ABS plastic.
it works on computer part and a fridge liner as seen in the pics

 

[ccmviking]

Has anyone found a product that restores the Festool plastic to its nice black colour?

Thanks, Phillip
New Zealand

btw - this is great forum - I have "lurked" here for quite some time.

I use WD40 and it works great and doesn't cause any damage.  WD is one of the best all around liquids out there.  Great to clean your hands up with too when you get grease, etc. on them...  Google "uses for WD40" and you'll find all kinds of stuff.

 

[ossietim]

How do you clean your systainers?
Some can dis-colour from uv light so how do you keep them clean and new looking?
And if faded how to re-juvenate them?

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

You could leave them out in the rain, take them to the car wash, or I have used baby wipes to get some mud and gunk off.

I do have small children so baby wipes are like a standard at my house.

 

[wnagle]

You could leave them out in the rain, take them to the car wash, or I have used baby wipes to get some mud and gunk off.

I do have small children so baby wipes are like a standard at my house.

Darcy,

Just don't get confused and use the WD-40 on the baby! [scared]

 

[johnbro]

I found this older thread and thought that some may try a cleaning solution that i found for ABS plastic.
it works on computer part and a fridge liner as seen in the pics

What was it, exactly?

 

[GPowers]

I found this older thread and thought that some may try a cleaning solution that i found for ABS plastic.
it works on computer part and a fridge liner as seen in the pics

Great photos, but what is the product?

 

[ossietim]

Make it yourself .Check out site.
                          http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/Retr0Bright+Gel
ossietim

 

[jonny round boy]

Tim,

That's a really interesting site! I've had a quick scan through it, and it looks like that method would be perfect for cleaning up discoloured systainers - are you going to try it on yours? If you are, please post pics of the process & results!