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Crap Solvent Cleaners in So Cal
 6,500 miles of road dust, decided to sort of clean the 1975 or so Raleigh International. Full Campy, and a nice bike. the crap they sell here for degreasing is well, crap. It just gums up everything. I took the chain and boiled it on the BBQ with Simple Green and it sort of worked. Used to be I could soak a chain for an hour in regular paint thinner and it would come out really clean. This new crap just gums up stuff. I should have bought a gallon of the good stuff before I drove the biga$$ RV back to SoCal. 
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I use Homedepot purple degreaser in a heated ultrasonic tank. I used to clean the chain, front sproket, rear gears, weekly.
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Dollar store orange citrus degreaser in a HF ultrasonic. Whistle clean! I restored a French bike I bought last winter and that combo removed 40 year old spooge like a boss.
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06-18-2018, 05:36 PM
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It's true, the citrus stuff is a beast.
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. BTW, CA sells only TSP "Substitute"...I found out in '05 or '06. Happy to see it here in AZ...bought several boxes in '08, I was tickled. Bought a 5 gal. bucket of HD purple degreaser on sale a while back. . Good riddance CA.
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06-18-2018, 05:55 PM
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If you're not worried about ph balance the Dollar store stuff is great.
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Thanks for the tips, I'll go to HD and try the purple stuff. The stuff they sell as thinner here is clean air compliant and mostly acetone and is junk.
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06-19-2018, 08:41 AM
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I like the yellow Harbor Freight degreaser
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There's also moto chain degreasers...but not as cheap as the others, of course.
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Another one I like to use is original formula Pine-Sol - there's a certain ingredient that the original has - can't remember the name of it - that some varieties don't have now. I use this for cleaning carbs and it does't eat the aluminum.
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06-19-2018, 09:54 AM
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Carbon tetrachloride, cleans anything.
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I worked in a clean room PMEL lab in another life...we used a sonic cleaner constantly.
Recently bought one from Amazon...a great tool. G/f cleans her jewelry in it, too. Thanks for the suggestions on the various solutions to use. . BTW, g/f cleans her jewelry with Windex and a soft brush also...comes out sparkling clean. You can see every carat.
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What is the vapor dangers when heating those cleaners in a U/S cleaner.
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I know that it isn't popular but I hose mine down with WD40.
I used it as a chain wash, and then unless I am heading out to extreme conditions, I leave it on as a lube. It never gets dry since I give it a quick stay and wipe after every rid (80k or so)
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Use the citrus based stuff for the bike
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