economical degreasing,why i never thought of it before

[fossyant]

De-greasers.......... For the cassette I use an old t-shirt - run a folded edge between the sprockets. Can be done quickly on the bike. If very mucky, add a little squirt of WD onto the rag/t-shirt. Done. cheap !

 

[Chrisc]

Just a word in favour of muc-off...

Those of you with consevatories with white pvc will know it gets grubby, and its a bugger to clean - just spray some muc-off on a rag and wipe the grubbyness away in a flash - no effort required. Millions of brownie points from The Mrs.

Also does the stains that you get on caravans in the same way. HTH

Cheers! WIll try that one.
For my bike tho I do like to take the cassette apart to clean it. I like to know it's totally degunked and shiny...

 

[Fab Foodie]

De-greasers.......... For the cassette I use an old t-shirt - run a folded edge between the sprockets. Can be done quickly on the bike. If very mucky, add a little squirt of WD onto the rag/t-shirt. Done. cheap !

Tesco baby wipes do the same function in the FF house.

 

[potsy]

De-greasers.......... For the cassette I use an old t-shirt - run a folded edge between the sprockets. Can be done quickly on the bike. If very mucky, add a little squirt of WD onto the rag/t-shirt. Done. cheap !

Good tip.I'll see if Alecs will give me an old Crewe shirt to use next time we see him

 

[Fab Foodie]

Other retailers of degreasers to consider are;

Toolstation @ £7.15 per 5 litres : My link (free delivery on orders over £10)


Screwfix @ £6.19 per 2 litres My link

White spirit, Paraffin, Petrol all work spectacularly well and have other household uses. As said above, allow to settle after use and decant the 'clean' spirit away for another day.

 

[Beardie]

For years I regularly cleaned down steam engines with rags soaked in diesel.

What were you trying to do, taunt them with a taste of what was to replace them? No wonder they looked so knackered at the end.

 

[Bruce]

You are aware that diesel is carcinogenic?

So is virtually anything according to the many experts looking to blame anything and everything on an inability to stamp out cancers once and for all, instead of realising that perhaps this is one battle that "nature" will win. Oh before anyone gets all holier than though I am a cancer survivor, mine was throat cance, of course this was my own fault the specilaist said, "dont you know smoking causes cancer", bit of a problem for him as I have never smoked, thus you see and understand my cynicism at remarks like the ablove