Cleaning your bike with wet wipes

[Drago]

Grease is a form of soap which holds the lubricant in suspension. It's detergents and solvents that are the bogeymen

 

[screenman]

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

30+ years of using a jet wash on dirty bikes leads me to think that the grease does not get washed out when I do it.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I had something similar to this when I had a motorcycle -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Water-Bla...796206?hash=item35d9c46fae:g:UEUAAOSwKPNTy-jQ

 

[Slick]

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.

I used to spend hours preparing trucks for mot by degreasing the underside to aid the inspection. Nightmare it was. Big industrial steam cleaner that took the pain clean off a brand new BMW, (but not the fly I was trying for) full set of water proofs and I'd be under there for what seemed like an eternity. Grease isn't coming off with those little Karcher cold water jobs.

 

[screenman]

That paint on the BMW, was it on the bumper? I started my apprenticeship as a truck mechanic so I know that pain. Spent 4 weeks servicing the toilet lorries at Heathrow as well.

 

[vickster]

I clean my not very dirty bikes in the lounge...don't want water, soap, grime all over the carpet. Doesn't happen with wet wipes. They go in the bin, not down the loo

Bike gets too dirty, it gets replaced

 

[Blue Hills]

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.

You worry me.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPLoZV6bOOA

 

[winjim]

Baby wipes are rubbish. They're rubbish at cleaning babies, they're rubbish at cleaning bikes, and then when dirty they're just rubbish.

 

[Slick]

That paint on the BMW, was it on the bumper? I started my apprenticeship as a truck mechanic so I know that pain. Spent 4 weeks servicing the toilet lorries at Heathrow as well.

It was, couldn't believe it when I looked closer and the fly was still there. It was a very nice 330 with cream leather interior. Sold it soon after. The toilet trucks must have been nice.

 

[johnnyb47]

You worry me.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPLoZV6bOOA

Brilliant. I just choked on my beer laughing at that clip buddy.

 

[Blue Hills]

On a more serious bike note johnnyb, you don't need any water at all if it's not a caked up mountain bike. Let it all dry. Use an old oily rag on it.

 

[Blue Hills]

Brilliant. I just choked on my beer laughing at that clip buddy.

Glad you liked it

Here's another one.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njap239B4UU

and here,

though Carlton Read does his best to spoil the pay off/"money shot".


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9M2POZwpZA


There used to be/maybe still is a simpler version with just music.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Wet wipes are brilliant for giving the chain a quick clean and wiping the frame down if in a rush, but nowt beats a soapy bucket of hot water and a sponge for giving the bike a proper clean.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

What is this 'bike washing' you're all speaking of?

 

[Drago]

Wet wipes are brilliant for giving the chain a quick clean and wiping the frame down if in a rush, but nowt beats a soapy bucket of hot water and a sponge for giving the bike a proper clean.

Nowt beats having the butler do it.