FWIW, if you let your min spir sit quietly in a jar for half an hour, all of the ugly sludge settles to the bottom and then you can (if your hands are steady) pour the cleanish stuff off into another jar, leaving said sludge behind (and worry about how you can get the ugly sludge out of the first jar).
What *I* do is use a large coffee can (from cheap coffee I wouldn't condescend to *drink*) for swishing large, dirty parts about in, and then decant the leftover essence into a mayo jar for safekeeping once the sludge has settled. Then I can wipe out the ugly sludge with a rag or paper towel thus incurring just as much work but very slightly less expense and time than filtering the stuff through a coffee filter (anyway, I use a press for my coffee). (Actually, what *I* do is wax my chains, but the immediately forgoing is what I'd do if I bothered to clean my chains first, and what in fact I used to do before I became wax enlightened.) On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:38 PM, jlvota <jlv...@ilstu.edu> wrote: > Sending the dirty mineral spirits through a coffee filter has always > worked pretty well for me, too. It filters out all of the clumps of > sludge and grit pretty well. > > 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. > > Another not on mineral spirits; it dries out your hands very badly if > you have a lot of contact with it. It also breaks down latex, so > wearing surgical gloves is no good. The gloves become really saggy > and combersome if you try to use them; not sure about non-latex. Just > put some bag balm on you hands after using it and you should be good. > > 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? 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