Degreaser?

Planet X

What are good degreasers that you can buy in motor stores or diy outlets in Dublin?

Chain and gearing duties in this mucky weather.

Cheers.

cunnins4

Planet X wrote: »

What are good degreasers that you can buy in motor stores or diy outlets in Dublin?

Chain and gearing duties in this mucky weather.

Cheers.

I just use white spirits as recommended by someone here a while ago. On the mtb i have a split link on the chain so I just take it off and dunk it into a jar of white spirits and let the dirt settle: voila, clean chain! Take the cassette off and do the same with a larger container. Use a paint brush on the trickier areas and then wash it down with water. clean bike for less than a euro!

doozerie

You can buy 1L (I think) "bottles" (looks like a can, pours like a bottle) of Finish Line degreaser in Cyclelogical on the quays, and presumably in other bike shops too. I find that it works very well - I use it with a chain cleaning tool (Finish Line too, but any decent brand will do - mine is a bit like this one: http://www.finishlineusa.com/products/chain-cleaner.htm) and it makes life a *lot* easier. I used to remove my chain and use other stuff, like white spirits, but it is so easy and quick with a chain cleaning tool that I am more inclined to clean the chain more frequently which can only be a good thing.

The Finish Line degreaser rinses off with water, which is handy, and claims to break down entirely and is therefore relatively environment friendly.

I also have a spray can of Djizer, another degreaser which I bought in some hardware store or other. It works fine too, but not as well as the Finish Line degreaser. I tend to spray it on the chainrings and cassette rings, and it rinses off with water too.

peterk19

i just use car engine degreaser works a charm cleaned my whole bike with it today in about 20 minutes works out a lot cheaper than bike specific brands

doozerie

You need to be careful with degreasers that you don't damage rubber seals and plastic parts on the bike. Typically, the bike-specific degreasers are safe to use, but it is worth checking what they say, and for generic degreasers you should definitely check.

kona

anything with muc-off written on it will clean the bike a charm.

Hermy

I wouldn't recommend white spirits as I suspect it might be corrosive.
My own personal favourite is GUNK, usually available from Halfords. Brush it on with a paint brush and hose it off with plain water.
http://www.gunk.eu.com/