So I picked up a couple dewalt yard tools.. on Prime day.
The 20v string trimmer($87) and the hedge trimmer($92).
So far the string trimmer seems good.. for light to medium duty.... in other words on grass and weeds.. not so great on woody stuff. Which is fine I have a 2-cycle craftsman with a blade on it for heavy stuff.
It is pretty quiet on low and I trimmed for 15min and used about 1/4th of a 5ah battery.
I like that it has a fully variable trigger on both low and high settings.
The bump feed worked well once I realized you just bonk it on some soft grass to advance...It had been 15 years+ since I had a bump feed. I kind of wish it used .095 string.. just because I have a bushel of it, but the .08 dewalt string works well and I found myself being more precise trimming. Its not exactly light but well balanced and a couple pounds lighter than the gas trimmer.
Now onto the question part.
I trimmed some shrubs with the hedge trimmer.. which I mostly got for trail use on the farm.. and some hedges at relatives houses that I help out on.
Reading the instruction book(actually did it)- it says spray blades with resin solvent.
Anyone have suggestions? I was thinking maybe fluid film.. or perhaps some wd-40 to remove the goo.. then fluid film.
The 20v string trimmer($87) and the hedge trimmer($92).
So far the string trimmer seems good.. for light to medium duty.... in other words on grass and weeds.. not so great on woody stuff. Which is fine I have a 2-cycle craftsman with a blade on it for heavy stuff.
It is pretty quiet on low and I trimmed for 15min and used about 1/4th of a 5ah battery.
I like that it has a fully variable trigger on both low and high settings.
The bump feed worked well once I realized you just bonk it on some soft grass to advance...It had been 15 years+ since I had a bump feed. I kind of wish it used .095 string.. just because I have a bushel of it, but the .08 dewalt string works well and I found myself being more precise trimming. Its not exactly light but well balanced and a couple pounds lighter than the gas trimmer.
Now onto the question part.
I trimmed some shrubs with the hedge trimmer.. which I mostly got for trail use on the farm.. and some hedges at relatives houses that I help out on.
Reading the instruction book(actually did it)- it says spray blades with resin solvent.
Anyone have suggestions? I was thinking maybe fluid film.. or perhaps some wd-40 to remove the goo.. then fluid film.