baby wipe

ince
ince Posts: 289
edited June 2009 in Commuting chat
For somthing that is designed to be soft and gentle on your baby's backside these things can't half shift some things. So next time you get a chain rash on the inside of your calf, don't bother trying to wash it off, just get a baby wipe ...... think I may try it on the chain it's self tomorrow ... :shock:

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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    You're about to find out quite a lot of people use baby wipes in their chains, and their babies (bikes that is).
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Guilty of the above, makes cleaning a bike in a 1st floor flat a doddle. Not used them on myself yet as I'm too old.
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  • White Line
    White Line Posts: 887
    Indeed, they are a work of God.

    Now I have nightmares of them being banned or discontinued! :cry:
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Soon the highest mountain in Britain will be in Essex and be composed entirely of used baby wipes covered in a thin layer of soil and grass seed.
  • Hey Jax
    Hey Jax Posts: 107
    I love them and stock up when theyre 0n BOGOFF. i use them as i dont have a shower at work, and theyre great for getting off that black oil tattoo i always seems to have on my right calf... and not to mention keeping my my white handel bar tape and seat clean!
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Hey Jax wrote:
    I love them and stock up when theyre 0n BOGOFF. i use them as i dont have a shower at work, and theyre great for getting off that black oil tattoo i always seems to have on my right calf... and not to mention keeping my my white handel bar tape and seat clean!
    Personally, I wear long trousers at work and worry about the calf tattoo in the evening.

    I should probably sort out the one on my forehead though. :mrgreen:
  • ince
    ince Posts: 289
    wow, well i was Jk about the chain but I may now give it a try :wink:

    What other things to people use that are not designed for what you use them for?

    Cheap ketchup and cheap full fat coke on unlaqured ally, the acid cleans the surface. I used this on the carbs of an old motorbike I was doing up.
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Nothing cleans up white bar tape like a babywipe!
  • Deadeye Duck
    Deadeye Duck Posts: 419
    They're a godsend for getting those infamous black dots off your calf.

    They're also brilliant and getting the crap off the BB part of the frame, as every time I try it with anything else it just moves around or ends up with more on.
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  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    Though there was a topic a while back - don't they make your seat go sudsy next time it rains?

    Top things, though. Muc-off do their own ones now btw. A wee sachet with a muc-off impregnated wipe. 60p though!
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Hey Jax wrote:
    I love them and stock up when theyre 0n BOGOFF. i use them as i dont have a shower at work, and theyre great for getting off that black oil tattoo i always seems to have on my right calf... and not to mention keeping my my white handel bar tape and seat clean!
    Personally, I wear long trousers at work and worry about the calf tattoo in the evening.

    I should probably sort out the one on my forehead though. :mrgreen:

    I just ignore them until they eventually go away. Work don't seem to mind.
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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    They're also great for cleaning up the various horrors that babies and small children are capable of...

    Source: father of 3yo twins
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,395
    Gussio wrote:
    Nothing cleans up white bar tape like a babywipe!

    Paging Il Principe to this thread
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    SecretSam wrote:
    They're also great for cleaning up the various horrors that babies and small children are

    Source: father of 3yo twins


    Fixed that for you :wink:
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    Gussio wrote:
    Nothing cleans up white bar tape like a babywipe!

    Paging Il Principe to this thread

    I now have red bartape!

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  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    Il Principe wrote:
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    Gussio wrote:
    Nothing cleans up white bar tape like a babywipe!

    Paging Il Principe to this thread

    I now have red bartape!

    3640754569_f73d069d30_o.jpg

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  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    The only thing I have found you really really shoudn't do with baby wipes is clean out road rash with them. :cry::cry:
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Christophe3967 wrote:

    Your banana is showing...

    Well it is a particularly sizeable banana.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,395
    Il Principe wrote:
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    Gussio wrote:
    Nothing cleans up white bar tape like a babywipe!

    Paging Il Principe to this thread

    I now have red bartape!



    3640754569_f73d069d30_o.jpg


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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Imagine how many baby wipes this guy uses....


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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    The Commander uses baby wipes on his bike as well. I have taken to using them myself to keep my bike clean as well

    Mind you he discovered the use of baby wipes 20 odd years ago when he first joined the Navy, in very common usage among engineers by all accounts for cleaning engine parts and themselves :shock:
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Baby wipes have their limitations. For example, they do not remove chain oil from the carpet at the top of stairs. Or the carpet in the dining room. :oops:
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  • elscorcho
    elscorcho Posts: 44
    cjcp wrote:
    Baby wipes have their limitations. For example, they do not remove chain oil from the carpet at the top of stairs. Or the carpet in the dining room. :oops:

    Neither will baby wipes remove the heavy black marks under each eye once your wife/girlfriend/mother sees oil marks on her carpet! :twisted:
  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    Thankfully I don't live with the Commander so don't have to worry about oil on the carpet and such like. Mind you he treats his bikes better than his car. all his biked live in the garage while the car dosen't get a look in and lives on the driveway :shock:
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