After water it will get rusty, so you need to dry it with hair dryer or on a cooker, or wash with ethanol.ItsDank wrote:Nothing beats a good spray of WD40 followed by some soapy water to get rid of the dirt. Wait till dry and re-apply a dry lube.
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Re: Degreasing chain
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Re: Degreasing chain
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby hedgehog » Sun May 29, 2016 9:44 pm
but me,my self have always just lubricated,
no wiping off.so i always where black jeans.
never taken a chain off then put the same chain on.
the rear derailleur yes gets dirty.
like the sludge in an engine,don't up set it.
but at the same time i perfectly understand the clean aspect,
of the rear end bicycle.
so if i lubricate then wipe excess i could wear blue jeans,
and i would look cleaner.
just my opinion
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby amigo » Sun May 29, 2016 10:03 pm
How much do you ride and how often you need to change drivetrain?hedgehog wrote:i would go with duck!
but me,my self have always just lubricated,
no wiping off.so i always where black jeans.
never taken a chain off then put the same chain on.
the rear derailleur yes gets dirty.
like the sludge in an engine,don't up set it.
but at the same time i perfectly understand the clean aspect,
of the rear end bicycle.
so if i lubricate then wipe excess i could wear blue jeans,
and i would look cleaner.
just my opinion
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby hedgehog » Sun May 29, 2016 10:32 pm
my riding back then was at least if not more 50 km a day,
all year rounder,poring rain included.
now honest truth struggling to do 30 km a week.
my cycling was interrupted by an accident not cycling related.
by memory the drive chain.
i think 3 rear cogs 2 chains and no front chain rings change.
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby eeksll » Mon May 30, 2016 8:58 pm
After a full overnight (12 hours) in a kero bath I still needed to use a brush to clean the exterior and the inside plates still had dirt caked on it.
Is there something else I need to do? I doubt any crap came out from inside the rollers, judging by the exterior.
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby Mulger bill » Mon May 30, 2016 11:41 pm
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby eeksll » Mon May 30, 2016 11:53 pm
I shook it a bit, but certainly not like in a bottle shake. The cap on my container wasn't that good.Mulger bill wrote:Did you agitate the carp out of it?
If i do it again, I'll get another container and give it a solid shake.
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby amigo » Tue May 31, 2016 12:02 am
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby Nate » Tue May 31, 2016 12:20 pm
could be a little more aggressive - but yes - agitate those carp.
Then use one of those on bicycle chain cleaners with regular degreaser too.
after the 2 steps my chains were sweet.
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby eeksll » Tue May 31, 2016 8:29 pm
at first reading of this I thought you meant previously used petrol. But now I don't know.Nate wrote:i'd use 2 stroke - or petrol with any old oil in there.
Whats the purpose of putting oil in the petrol? from memory 2 stroke is normal petrol with oil added?
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby hedgehog » Tue May 31, 2016 10:13 pm
but petrol no!in my opinion.
pure two stroke oil is gentle on rubber
and plastic.
but petrol on chain i personally not doing that again.
my first chain clean,petrol.
i would rather have a dirty but lubricated chain,
rather than a destroyed chain that's cleaned by petrol
two stroke fuel =petrol plus two stroke oil,
ratios vary ,but in my opinion not good for bicycle chain.
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby Tim » Tue May 31, 2016 10:32 pm
How do you figure that petrol destroys chains?hedgehog wrote:rather than a destroyed chain that's cleaned by petrol
It hasn't eaten a hole in my car fuel tank yet.
I've been using it on chains for years. They're lasting 8000km's at the moment.
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby hedgehog » Tue May 31, 2016 10:46 pm
but its not going on any of my bicycle
chains again's to clean them.
knock your self's out and use petrol,
have the cleanest chain,
but i'm not going to use petrol on my bicycle chain.
on my chainsaw chain yes petrol ok.
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby Nate » Wed Jun 01, 2016 2:28 pm
a bit of safety really.eeksll wrote:Whats the purpose of putting oil in the petrol? from memory 2 stroke is normal petrol with oil added?
It takes the edge off it & makes it less flammable & likely to go boof!
I dont use 2stroke specifically - any oil i can get my hands on (auto transmission fluid last time) really.
It will also leave behind a very thin film of oil - great when you're using an oil based lube, and good to stop rust forming before you apply lube.
Clean with 2 stroke - if you need a super clean/dry chain then clean with a bike mounted cleaner.
or just re-lube after the clean with another oil.
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby mitzikatzi » Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:51 pm
As above Auto transmission fluid works well
I would not use petrol. Diesel is a really good de-greaser and a lot harder to ignite then petrol.
both leave a slightly oily chain
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby stylo » Thu Jun 02, 2016 3:13 pm
Does anyone else use this degreaser ? Good/bad/indifferent?
Re-lubed with some finish line dry lube and wiped any excess off (not much excess to tell you the truth. Looking very clean again.
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby PiratePete » Wed Jul 06, 2016 8:25 pm
This works quite well for me with my current bike done around 9100km and the chain is still got a while to go before reaching the .75 wear mark. The key is listening to a clean and well lubed chain, then recognizing when the sound has changed. This can be as little as 150km if riding in wet and dirty conditions, or up to around 800-900km in dry conditions on sealed roads, and anywhere in between if mixing gravel etc into the equation.
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby Thoglette » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:59 am
+ several. While PP and I use different lube regimes one's ears are the key to decent chain life.PiratePete wrote:The key is listening to a clean and well lubed chain, then recognizing when the sound has changed. This can be as little as 150km if riding in wet and dirty conditions, or up to around 800-900km in dry conditions on sealed roads...
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby PiratePete » Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:37 pm
Sure is, once you've established what noises are 'normal' then you can prevent a multitude of issues by listening to it. It's called being in tune with the machine.Thoglette wrote:While PP and I use different lube regimes one's ears are the key to decent chain life.
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Re: Degreasing chain
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby PiratePete » Mon Aug 01, 2016 9:30 am
Get yourself a chain scrubber, less mess, cheaper than toothbrushes and does a great job without removing the chain. Though you may need to change from kero to a non-petroleum based degreaser as the kero might eat the plastic housing, petrol does. Since going this way with a citrus degreaser I haven't looked back.adktz wrote:I throw kerosene everywhere and scrub the chain with a few toothbrushes taped together. Wipe down grime with a rag and re-apply lube to each chain link. Wait a couple minutes for it to soak in and wipe away excess. Ain't got no time to take the chain off.
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Re: Degreasing chain
Postby Nate » Mon Aug 01, 2016 1:07 pm
chain was relatively dirty, hadnt been wiping it :\
wiped down pretty quickly, but thought i might do a degrease.
Using the Dumonde pro-x, it took 1 cycle to clean completely to a shiny chain. Normally with oils it takes 3-4 cycles of degreaser.
Sooo much easier, quicker & cleaner!
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