How do I clean reclaimed wood from construction?

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I'm building a house (brick, cement and concrete) and I have a big pile of wood used for beam and pillar molds.

How can I properly clean cement off wood? I think it should be very damaging to blades in general (planer, table saw, etc), and sanding it out wouldn't be very effective.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '13 at 00:43

You could try X'Crete which is advertized as suited to removing concrete from forms. It dissolves the concrete into a slush you can rinse away. There's probably other similar products.

Or a more hard-core approach would be to use Muriatic Acid; apparently that's what masons use to clean their stuff. Downside being it's dangerous.

A more tool-oriented approach would be a belt sander with a low grit paper. Belt sander don't care.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '13 at 20:49

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Knock it off with a chisel and a hammer, then plane it.

answered Jun 07 '13 at 20:49

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