"Brian White" wrote in message
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My weedwacker is Bolens; is Toro a commercial grade trimmer? Would
the
commercial grade work in my Bolens BL 100?

The Toro is not a commercial grade trimmer, but does handle the .90
commercial grade line. Go buy a small package and give it a try & you
make be surprised. As others have said, if yours is getting hot enough
to melt the line, you don't have enough trimmer for the job, or you
are running it too fast and trying to get the job done in too short a
time.
Tom J

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"Brian White" wrote in message
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Just to poll the newsgroup, I have found a couple things that
make
weedwackers work well. #1, do single wound, not double wound
string. i.e.
only wind one roll of string and one piece coming out of one of
the
eyelets.
Leave the other end wound on top of by the wound string you are
using. #2,
I think the smaller string welds and binds because the inner
spool,
outer
spool, and then the string gets hot when you use it for a long
time.
So,
dip the spool in a bucket of ice water for a couple of minutes if
it's hot
outside or you're using it for a long time.

Anyone had similar success with single wound string?

I use #90 commercial grade double wound string in my Toro trimmer.
I
can edge 60 feet of drive and 80 feet of curbing, usually with 1 or
2
bumps of the reel. I bought a $10 spool about 9 years ago when I
bought the trimmer. It's red in color and hard to cut with a
regular
pocket knife. I must still have 1/2 of it and see no reason to
change.

Tom J