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Old 02-11-2008, 09:15 PM
arvy arvy is offline
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Originally Posted by raymond~ View Post
i'm cheap...frugal. I bought a 8 oz can of spray silicone for about $5 and
soaked my MB blade overnight. all chattering, squeaking, streaking stopped
and I've been using this same blade (heretofore embarrassingly vocal) for 3
yrs now. I clean and wipe down the blade with same silicone spray every
couple of months as a rejuvinating wipe down. guess it acts like moisterizer.

the two spare Bosch blades i bought to replace the bad blade are still sitting
in box, new
.
Maybe you should soak these in silicone to preserve them until needed. Rubber just sitting there hardens as it ages.
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