Cleaning your bike with wet wipes

[johnnyb47]

Hi.
I've just been trawling through some old forum posts and discovered a post on cleaning your bike with baby wet wipes. I've always been shall we say a bit of a fanatic when cleaning my bike. so I just had to give them a try. A resounding thumbs up from me. They brought the paint work up nice and glossy and gave the black plastic cable etc a new look sheen. There small enough to get in all the nooks and crannies of the frame and components and when there oily and dirty you just bin them. Most of you good fellow members will probably know all about this anyway, but for any newbies here who don't , go and try them.

 

[screenman]

They are not the goto for my bikes. Jet washer every time for me.

 

[Drago]

They're also excellent for cleaning car interiors. Bad for the environment though.

 

[subaqua]

They're also excellent for cleaning car interiors. Bad for the environment though.

If you flush them yes. They do biodegrade just takes longer . Leave them in the sun and the UV helps a treat .

 

[Slick]

Bucket of hot soapy water, sponge, rag then a blast with the garden hose does me.

 

[Drago]

If you flush them yes. They do biodegrade just takes longer . Leave them in the sun and the UV helps a treat .

Indeed, not to mention their very manufacture when a cloth and soapy water can be used, within reason, again and again indefinitely.

 

[vickster]

My bikes don't get dirty enough for water/sponge/jetwash etc...baby wipes are great for dusting and shining up though

 

[Slick]

On old bikes, using a jet wash and soap quickly degreases your bearings...........

Just got to know where to aim it.

 

[screenman]

On old bikes, using a jet wash and soap quickly degreases your bearings...........

What like rain does?

 

[Tim Hall]

What like rain does?

IIRC there isn't any soap in rain.

 

[Drago]

IIRC there isn't any soap in rain.

Just dilute sulphuric and nitric acid.

 

[jefmcg]

If you flush them yes

This is important. Don't flush wet wipes

Thames Water say a "bus-sized lump" of food fat mixed with wet wipes formed in drains under London Road in Kingston upon Thames.

 

[screenman]

This is good free advice to anyone washing older bikes, which don't have sealed bearings, soap is a degreaser and the Jet wash forces the soap into the non-sealed bearings...........

Only if you do not know what you are doing.

 

[jefmcg]

Only if you do not know what you are doing.

Which, if you need advice on how to wash your bike, you probably don't.

 

[screenman]

IIRC there isn't any soap in rain.

Ever tried washing grease off with a mild solution of wash and wax. My bikes are always jet washed using TFR first, when they are serviced there is always grease still in the cups since last time it was serviced.