The best chain cleaner???

drhaggis

thecycleclinic wrote:

My chains don't go black and my chains are lubed. Not a square circle.

What's this black magic you're resorting to? I could achieve this with a new chain every week or so.

First.Aspect

DrHaggis wrote:

thecycleclinic wrote:

My chains don't go black and my chains are lubed. Not a square circle.

What's this black magic you're resorting to? I could achieve this with a new chain every week or so.

Or by cleaning very regularly and/or use dry lube.

But I have a life, use my bike twice a day in all weathers and dry lube doesn't work well as a lubricant. Unless you re-lube every 100km.

#Squoval.

glyno1

amrushton wrote:

Franco di Banco wrote:

I bought a 5 litre pack of concentrated citrus degreaser from Screwfix. Will last for ever. Think it only cost me s tenner or so.

This. Either neat or diluted by a third. Best degreaser I've found and it's cheap. Also removes grease from clothes incl bike stuff. Apply to stain then wash

same here, great stuff.

me-109

Sutton Rider wrote:

(no its not a dating site), then hot soapy water, dry then lube.

Are you sure?

darkhairedlord

Remove chain then attach each end to earth and electrode of an arc welder. This will burn off all the old grease.

wisepatrick09rl3KxQh1

Household degreaser ( this material includes any one of the following: Shelite, Green All-Purpose Cleaner, Brasso Multi-Purpose Metal Polish)

pilot_pete

What a load of rubbish. Apart from the fact you have answered a post from 2019, your ideas are ridiculously expensive.

Shellite is Naphtha in the U.K. cheapest I can see is £6 for a litre
Simple green all purpose cleaner. Cheapest I can see is £16.49 for a litre
And as for Brasso metal polish. That is not a degreaser and totally unsuitable for cleaning chains.

When the cheapest degreaser on the market is Screwfix No Nonsense Heavy Duty Degreaser. That’s £8.99 for 5 litres. It can be diluted if people so choose. 50/50 will still clean your chain. So that is 10ltrs of chain degreaser for £8.99

trevor.hall12

Wash out with Screwfix degrease @ £8 a gallon then sonic clean .Then SupervSecret chain lube

Ncovidius

I use muc off spray chain cleaner, then put some muc off cleaning solution in one of those little bucket of brushes chain cleaner machines, wang the chain through that, then Karcher bike jet wash thing the chain. Then re lube. I’ve managed to keep chains alive a lot longer than ever before, with that routine. That’s a good thing when the chains are between fifty and a hundred quid each.

dtaylor243

I use muc off water soluble bio degreaser, turn bike upside down spray it all over chainset and jockey wheels make a cup of T then brush and wash off with hose pipe spray, drive water out with gt85 and leave for a day or two before re-lubing.

trevor.hall12

Screwfix does a gallon of no nonsense degreaser for about a tenner

gethinceri

kennethclark7102 said:

I can have peace of mind using this White Lightning chain cleaner that keeps my bike chain shiny and functional in no time. Thanks to the rotating brushes, I do not have to remove the chain when cleaning. With that, my cleaning period is reduced to minimum downtime. In fact, I get to finish my cleaning job in just a single minute. All parts of the tools are removable

What, the one that's 10th in the "12 Best" article you've linked?

MattFalle

This stuff just recently discovered. Utterly, shockingly brilliant.

Note its notthecstuff in the metal can. Its also half the price of metal can stuff.

ibr17xvii

trevor.hall12 said:

Screwfix does a gallon of no nonsense degreaser for about a tenner

100% this.

The stuff is almost too good I worry about striping the grease from my bearings but used spangly it works wonders.

pblakeney

trevor.hall12 said:

Screwfix does a gallon of no nonsense degreaser for about a tenner

Thanks for the reminder!
£5 delivery unless spending more than £50 though.

ibr17xvii

pblakeney said:

trevor.hall12 said:

Screwfix does a gallon of no nonsense degreaser for about a tenner

Thanks for the reminder!
£5 delivery unless spending more than £50 though.

Free click & collect though.

pblakeney

ibr17xvii said:

pblakeney said:

trevor.hall12 said:

Screwfix does a gallon of no nonsense degreaser for about a tenner

Thanks for the reminder!
£5 delivery unless spending more than £50 though.

Free click & collect though.

Cost me a fiver in petrol so.... 😉

photonic69

Yup. Plus one for the Screwfix degrease. So good it surely can't be legal? Oh that and an old sock. Perfik for chains.

wobblebob

pblakeney said:

trevor.hall12 said:

Screwfix does a gallon of no nonsense degreaser for about a tenner

Thanks for the reminder!
£5 delivery unless spending more than £50 though.

The 'Gunk' mentioned above is just as good as the Screwfix stuff and is the same price on Amazon with free delivery if you have prime

wobblebob

Although I've found the best chain cleaner is to wax your chain and then just rinse with boiling hot water before rewaxing

pblakeney

wobblebob said:

pblakeney said:

trevor.hall12 said:

Screwfix does a gallon of no nonsense degreaser for about a tenner

Thanks for the reminder!
£5 delivery unless spending more than £50 though.

The 'Gunk' mentioned above is just as good as the Screwfix stuff and is the same price on Amazon with free delivery if you have prime

Too late for me now, but a good tip for anyone else.
5L will keep me going for a considerable length of time.