The age old question - How do you clean a white vinyl saddle

Duffer65
Duffer65 Posts: 341
edited June 2011 in Road beginners
I've tried glass cleaner, multi-purpose cleaner, soap & water, shaving foam (worked well on the white bar tape). So what's the definitive cleaner for white saddles? Other than buying a black one!
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    No idea, but when you find out.....

    let me know please :)
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  • anto164
    anto164 Posts: 3,500
    Babywipes?
  • SantasLoneCruzer
    SantasLoneCruzer Posts: 32
    Hope sh!t shifter seems to get mine pretty damn clean (SDG Ti).
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  • paulorg
    paulorg Posts: 168
    Probably too late but trainer protection spray for shoes helps stop them getting too bad in the first place
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    ...up to you and say, you didn't want to buy one of them!!!
  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    No idea, but when you find out.....

    let me know please :)

    Will do. :wink:
    Where would you be if you fell down a hole?.. Stuck down a hole... in the fog... Stuck down a hole, in the fog, at night... WITH AN OWL!
  • lemoncurd
    lemoncurd Posts: 1,428
    You buy a new white one each time it gets dirty.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Cif. The original cream.
  • CarlosDSanchez
    CarlosDSanchez Posts: 455
    B&Q patio and driveway cleaner and a toothbrush brought mine up a treat.
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  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    lemoncurd wrote:
    You buy a new white one each time it gets dirty.


    Of course! It's obvious really. :lol:
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  • Zoomer37
    Zoomer37 Posts: 725
    Once they start getting off white thats it I reckon. Cif does the best job though.
  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    I was thinking Jif/Cif myself, but I wondered if there was a tried and tested product.
    Where would you be if you fell down a hole?.. Stuck down a hole... in the fog... Stuck down a hole, in the fog, at night... WITH AN OWL!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    There is a tried and tested product. Cif Cream ;)

    I use tha B+Q patio and driveway cleaner as a general degreaser/cleaner. I add water to it in an old spray thingy to spray over the bike and rinse for a quick clean. Use it in an ultrasonic cleaner when doing a proper clean of individual components.
  • woodywmb
    woodywmb Posts: 669
    Methylated spirits.
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  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    Woodywmb wrote:
    Methylated spirits.


    Are you crazy? I'm not wasting good liquor cleaning my bike. :shock:
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  • Berk Bonebonce
    Berk Bonebonce Posts: 1,245
    Your fault for having a white saddle.
  • CarleyB
    CarleyB Posts: 475
    How on earth do you come to try patio cleaner on a saddle? !!!!
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  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    CarlosDSanchez wrote:
    B&Q patio and driveway cleaner and a toothbrush brought mine up a treat.

    Hasn't that got hydrocloric acid in it?!!! :shock:
    Not sure I'd want that anywhere near my crown jewels
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  • anto164
    anto164 Posts: 3,500
    markos1963 wrote:
    CarlosDSanchez wrote:
    B&Q patio and driveway cleaner and a toothbrush brought mine up a treat.

    Hasn't that got hydrocloric acid in it?!!! :shock:
    Not sure I'd want that anywhere near my crown jewels

    noo, you're thinking brick cleaner.
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    anto164 wrote:
    markos1963 wrote:
    CarlosDSanchez wrote:
    B&Q patio and driveway cleaner and a toothbrush brought mine up a treat.

    Hasn't that got hydrocloric acid in it?!!! :shock:
    Not sure I'd want that anywhere near my crown jewels

    noo, you're thinking brick cleaner.

    The patio,briveway and brick cleaner I got from Homebase the other day did. I wouldn't want someone to make that mistake! (unless it's someone I'm racing against :D )
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    It's just a degreaser and about 1/20th the cost of the same stuff in bike themed packaging.
  • P_Tucker
    P_Tucker Posts: 1,878
    NapoleonD wrote:
    It's just a degreaser and about 1/20th the cost of the same stuff in bike themed packaging.

    Like petrol then, except you can't use patio cleaner or bike degreaser in your lawnmower.
  • AndyOgy
    AndyOgy Posts: 579
    On most bikes, the saddle is removable. This will enable you to take it off and replace it with one of a more appropriate colour, like black.

    Rumour has it that the same thing can be done with the bar tape, if you are unlucky enough to have accidentally purchased a bike with white bar tape.
  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    AndyOgy wrote:
    On most bikes, the saddle is removable. This will enable you to take it off and replace it with one of a more appropriate colour, like black.

    Rumour has it that the same thing can be done with the bar tape, if you are unlucky enough to have accidentally purchased a bike with white bar tape.

    You can get black saddles and bar tape? :shock:
    Where would you be if you fell down a hole?.. Stuck down a hole... in the fog... Stuck down a hole, in the fog, at night... WITH AN OWL!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    P_Tucker wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    It's just a degreaser and about 1/20th the cost of the same stuff in bike themed packaging.

    Like petrol then, except you can't use patio cleaner or bike degreaser in your lawnmower.

    I can't use petrol in my lawnmower.
  • lemoncurd
    lemoncurd Posts: 1,428
    You could get yourself a nice saddle cover to keep it clean.

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  • P_Tucker
    P_Tucker Posts: 1,878
    AndyOgy wrote:
    On most bikes, the saddle is removable. This will enable you to take it off and replace it with one of a more appropriate colour, like black.

    Rumour has it that the same thing can be done with the bar tape, if you are unlucky enough to have accidentally purchased a bike with white bar tape.

    Disgusting post. Mods: please remove this immediately.
  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    lemoncurd wrote:
    You could get yourself a nice saddle cover to keep it clean.

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    Problem, tastefully, solved!
    Where would you be if you fell down a hole?.. Stuck down a hole... in the fog... Stuck down a hole, in the fog, at night... WITH AN OWL!

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