Chain Cleaner

[Rod]

Hi thanks for all the advice with chain Lube, went for Wurth in the end as it was the fisrt one Recommended to me on the shelf. It seems very good, not much throw -off.

Anyway, thought I would go the whole hog and give it a good clean as well. It is not too dirty just a bit of a build up of old lube, what do you guys recomend as a cleaner prior to lube?

Thanks...........Rod 8-)

[Mac]

Try wurth again...i used it on mine and was chuffed to bits with the result..

[Rod]

Thanks Mac , Stupid me never thought of using the same brand :-[

[b_1_rd]

Paraffin is pretty good at chain cleaning, no smoking though

[GixerBoy]

Paraffin is pretty good at chain cleaning, no smoking though

But not on an O ring chain eh Bird........

[b_1_rd]

[quote author=b_1_rd link=1153666299/0#3 date=1153672403]Paraffin is pretty good at chain cleaning, no smoking though

But not on an O ring chain eh Bird........ [/quote]

Doh! :-[ Why's that then....I'm not takin the mick here, just wasn't aware of that!

[GixerBoy]

Because paraffin will damage the rubber 'O' rings in the chain..... :

[b_1_rd]

Ahh! DONT USE PARAFFIN then Rod! (Cheers GB)

Sorry.

I was just going on advice from a web site which says....

Don't use harsh solvents, like gasoline, because they can ruin the O-Rings. Spray or wipe your chain with kerosene. The best part about using kerosene is that it will clean your chain amazingly quick, saving you lots of time. I usually use an old rag and soak it with kerosene and wipe it over the chain until the chain is clean.

:-[

[GixerBoy]

And what is paraffin if its not a 'harsh' solvent........Duh!
Just use proper chain cleaner,its does exactly what it sez on the tin!

(Friggin yanks,what do they know anyway!) :

[desmojen]

I bought some proper chain cleaner and it was crap! I obviously bought the wrong stuff!
I always use paraffin on my O ring chains and have never had any trouble of any kind with it, apart from it getting everywhere that is!
I also find WD40 is excellent if the chain is not heavily soiled (which mine normally isn't)

P.S. I think you should think of paraffin more as a light oil than a harsh solvent, and what do you think chain cleaner is????