I used gasoline once. It worked very well. Then I put it in a jar and collected colorado potato beetles in it. That worked well too.
Michael Who always wondered how the beetles got from Colorado to VT? On a tandem? On Oct 22, 2:38 pm, jlvota <jlv...@ilstu.edu> wrote: > > > The only other thing that I have found that works better than mineral > spirits is gasoline, but there's a lot of bad stuff involved that > makes it not worth using (smell, fumes, disposal, exploding, etc.); I > think the main reason it works so well is what you said about the > whole evaporation deal. > > > On Oct 22, 12:06 pm, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Yes. When I use the parks chain cleaner that I have I always use > > mineral spirits. That's what works best. Mineral spirits will > > evaporate off of the chain, whereas all other cleaners need to be > > washed off, otherwise they will be removing the new lube too. So how > > do you wash a chain in soap and water if its on the bike? Secondly > > the mineral spirits simply out performs other cleaning agents, which > > are fine for all the other jobs on the bike but less than great on > > this, the dirtiest part. After using the spirits I pour it off into a > > container and cover it tightly. The grit sinks to the bottom and I > > can reuse the spirits many times. > > > michael > > > On Oct 22, 12:05 pm, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > The care package from Nashbar came in yesterday and last night after work > > > I got > > > to work on some bike projects. After trying to convince myself that I > > > liked an > > > Ultegra 53/39 double on the Ram, I put the original RBW issue BB and > > > Sugino > > > triple (along with the 105 triple der) back on the bike. I had mis laid > > > the > > > crank bolts and ended up having to buy replacements. So now the lost one > > > s will > > > surely appear, right? While the Sugino was off the bike, I replaced the > > > ring > > > bolts with non rusting (and LIGHTER!) alloy units, and swapped out the > > > stock 48 > > > for a (heavier, ugh) 50 outer ring. I'll ride this weekend and decide if > > > I can > > > tell a difference and whether I like it. I'm pretty sure I'll look to > > > re-home > > > the Ultegra set though, regardless. I have a V-O BB on the shelf, but the > > > original Shimano unit spun more smoothly in hand, so it went back in. > > > > I also stripped the racks and fenders off the Saluki for the 1st time > > > since I've > > > owned the bike. Two years of Alabama summer swelter have drenched the > > > honjos in > > > salty sweat and they need serious cleaning, which is a lot easier to > > > accomplish > > > when they are off the bike. As it happens, I really like the stripped > > > down look > > > of the bike. With the Paul Neo-Retro brakes and GB Ourson tires, it has > > > quite > > > the fire road, almost CX manner to it. I can't wait to go find some > > > adventurous > > > dirt trail to check it out in. > > > > I have a chain cleaner gizmo that has never seen use, and a can of mineral > > > spirits that my wife bought for a project, but which has also never seen > > > use. > > > Anyone ever use the one in the other to clean chains? From what I read > > > online, > > > it should be workable.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
