white spirit on hubs?

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

'Tis What I said, wash in loads and then let it dry. If re-oiled when still wet it will destroy the oil.

 

[young Ed]

If re-oiled when still wet it will destroy the oil.

nah grease thinned and then white spirit evaporates hence the name white 'spirit' and the grease will be left behind. all is good!
Cheers Ed

 

[Biker Joe]

It's simple really. Wash the parts in white spirit, dry it off and then re-grease or re-oil as appropriate. Job done.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

It's simple really. Wash the parts in white spirit, dry it off and then re-grease or re-oil as appropriate. Job done.

'Tis what I said ^.

 

[young Ed]

'Tis what I said ^.

'Tis what I did ^.
Cheers Ed

 

[Peteaud]

Peanut butter, oh wait, that's for if you get chewing gum in your brakes or something.

 

[young Ed]

oooooookay just aswell i eat real food rather than chew gum!
Cheers Ed

 

[stan leyden]

just rebuilt front hub of old hubs and cleaned the old sh*t grease out with try toilet roll and then cleaned the hubs up finally with white spirit on a bit of toilet rolls. could the white spirit damage any part of the hubs if i just dry the hub with dry toilet roll afterwards? just asking before i use it on all future hub rebuilds as it does a great job!
i can really recommend it.gave me a mirror finish ready for plenty of new grease! before you say don't need a mirror finish so unnecessary waste of time it does mean you can properly inspect the hub under a magnifying glass for any scratches, scoring or other damage.
Cheers Ed

White spirit will evaporate so there would be no need to dry if you did nt want to, it would not cause any damage I'm a painter and decorator and use it all the time too clean and degrease

 

[young Ed]

awesome thanks mate
Cheers Ed

 

[e-rider]

...white spirit is horrible stuff!!!
I use Park Tools citrus degreaser for cleaning oil/grease off
Methylated spirit for cleaning discs, wheel rims etc.
GT85 for cleaning delicate parts that are only slightly oily

 

[Globalti]

Paraffin or kerosine, white spirit, turps substitute, they are all more or less the same and do the same job then evaporate. You can use them for fire-breathing but some taste worse than others.They won't leave an oily residue unless there was some oil there in the first place; they are Volatile Organic Compounds so they volatilise fully. They are obtained by refining from crude oil - I don't know how but I'm sure they come off the column at slightly different temperatures and under slightly different conditions from different feedstocks:

 

[young Ed]

so is white spirit just a mix of some above stuff a some other stuff and boom you got it?
Cheers Ed

 

[young Ed]

...white spirit is horrible stuff!!!
I use Park Tools citrus degreaser for cleaning oil/grease off
Methylated spirit for cleaning discs, wheel rims etc.
GT85 for cleaning delicate parts that are only slightly oily

how's it so horrible?
Cheers Ed

 

[L14M]

They are obtained by refining from crude oil - I don't know how but I'm sure they come off the column at slightly different temperatures and under slightly different conditions from different feedstocks:

Essentially the process of distillation is that at different temperatures the hydrocarbon molecules re organise at different temperatures. The temperature when they re organise makes their proprieties differ. Gotta love GCSE tripple science :P

 

[Dusty Bin]

how's it so horrible?
Cheers Ed

It isn't. Unless he's drinking it....