Awesome Cleaning tip!
Awesome Cleaning tip!
Hey peeps!
So ive just discovered a great way of cleaning those bits of the bike that are hard to reach with a brush or rag etc.
Few years back i bought one of those household steam cleaners from argos for £20 to tackle the oven... Used it once till today.
Found that steam is awesome at dissolving away chain lube, road grime and general bike dirt. It gets right into those hard to reach places like corners and shit that are a pain in the arse to get to.
Here's a before and 5mins in of cleaning my sprocket carrier with almost two years of crap on so you get an idea of how good it is.
I wouldnt recommend it on parts of the engine where it may effect gaskets etc or around bearings but for solid parts it works awesome.
So ive just discovered a great way of cleaning those bits of the bike that are hard to reach with a brush or rag etc.
Few years back i bought one of those household steam cleaners from argos for £20 to tackle the oven... Used it once till today.
Found that steam is awesome at dissolving away chain lube, road grime and general bike dirt. It gets right into those hard to reach places like corners and shit that are a pain in the arse to get to.
Here's a before and 5mins in of cleaning my sprocket carrier with almost two years of crap on so you get an idea of how good it is.
I wouldnt recommend it on parts of the engine where it may effect gaskets etc or around bearings but for solid parts it works awesome.
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Re: Awesome Cleaning tip!
What does said steam cleaner look like?
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They get them in Aldi every now and again a bargain at £10.
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rumpoldstilskin wrote:What does said steam cleaner look like?
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ah i've seen them, when i worked for Aldi last year- themfinchey63 wrote:They get them in Aldi every now and again a bargain at £10.
And their ipad type things were the most returned items.
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I"ll give them a wide birth then.rumpoldstilskin wrote:ah i've seen them, when i worked for Aldi last year- themfinchey63 wrote:They get them in Aldi every now and again a bargain at £10.
And their ipad type things were the most returned items.
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the bush one is probably fine. Think the Aldi one was a 'crofton' brandfinchey63 wrote:I"ll give them a wide birth then.rumpoldstilskin wrote:ah i've seen them, when i worked for Aldi last year- themfinchey63 wrote:They get them in Aldi every now and again a bargain at £10.
And their ipad type things were the most returned items.
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Had this one for years. Only the second time ive used it but performed really well. Cheap anyway and saves dealing with the agro' of sneaking stuff in the dishwasher to get the bits you cant get
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Not sure about steam on o-ring sealed chain.
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"As soon as he (Tozzi) started with the personal remarks I assumed he was struggling with the rest of his case", Ross Brawn 2009,
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I did say on solid parts or words to that effect. Im hoping people have a little common sense rather than me having to write a huge list of bits it could potentially mess up haha.Cabernet wrote:Not sure about steam on o-ring sealed chain.