Impossible to remove grease

[XKRJAGUAR]

Hi,

I recently bought some special edition red anodised q-rings off a friend, he hadn't ridden them much max 200 miles. They function completely fine but the only problem is the white writing on the q-rings is very filthy as seen in picture, I am told it is grease from the chain dropping off, i have tried everything to remove the grease some methods more extreme, I have tried white spirits, wd-40, muc-off degreaser and even a dremel buffer tool at maximum RPM. Has anyone else encountered a problem like this and if so what did you do do remove the filth?

Thanks,
Calum

 

[huwsparky]

Paint it black!

 

[Adam4868]

Baking soda mixed with water.Make sure you try in inconspicuous area !

 

[midlife]

Who mentioned the Rolling Stones?

If it's not come off with that lot I very much doubt it's just grease

Shaun

 

[vickster]

Baby wipes work for all bike cleaning duties

 

[huwsparky]

Baby wipes work for all bike cleaning duties

Good shout, works wonders on bike parts from my experience. Probably better just buying an all black bike though. What ya reckon?

 

[vickster]

Cos black bikes don't show the dirt huh they look rubbish enough clean

 

[S-Express]

If that lettering is laser etched, then I wouldn't bother, as pretty much nothing you do will make any difference. They look ok anyway, so just jump on and ride. You can't be complaining about looks when you have a red chainring fitted to a silver crank arm, on a black bike.

 

[winjim]

Baby wipes work for all bike cleaning duties

Unless your bike is covered in baby poo, in which case a reuseable cotton terry wipe moistened with water would be my choice. Disposable baby wipes are pretty rubbish at cleaning actual babies.

 

[XKRJAGUAR]

If that lettering is laser etched, then I wouldn't bother, as pretty much nothing you do will make any difference. They look ok anyway, so just jump on and ride. You can't be complaining about looks when you have a red chainring fitted to a silver crank arm, on a black bike.

funnily enough when i bought them i thought the same but they actually fit the bike really well as its a red and black bike, actually quite like the chrome on anodised red when you see the whole bike!

 

[Tim Hall]

Unless your bike is covered in baby poo, in which case a reuseable cotton terry wipe moistened with water would be my choice. Disposable baby wipes are pretty rubbish at cleaning actual babies.

I think they get better with experience. When The Boy (now 23) was a few weeks old, I'd used half a pack of wipes and he was still oxed up in shite. Just then the health visitor arrived and polished him up as good as new with a single baby wipe. (Tenuous cycling link - The Boy has ridden to Brighton with ianrauk).

 

[PeteXXX]

Don't worry about it.... If it's rotating fast enough, it'll just be a blur anyway.....

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

You could do what I did the other day there and set an old hub alight with a blow torch (don't ask! )

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I'll tell the whole embarrasing story one day as a few things happened to the hub before I set about it with a blow torch.

It was nice to see it glow yellow/blue/white hot against the evening darkness though.....

I am not sure if the late Vernon would have approved or would have been appalled at my use of pyrotechnics.....