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From: jeffh@plx.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Cleaners for your bike
Message-ID: <249@plx.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Sep-86 11:28:51 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  8 11:28:51 1986
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> In article <1226@utastro.UUCP> fbr@utastro.UUCP (F. B. RAY) writes:
> > [about cleaning aluminum parts...]             Also, there's a new
> >German detergent out, handled by BMW dealers among others.  Also advertised
> >in the cycle mags.  It makes aluminum really shine.  Apologies for not having
> >the name on the tip of my tongue, but ask around.  Comes in a red box.
> >About $10 a throw, but you can clean everything with it.
> 
> It's called "S-100".  I wasn't very impressed.  A buddy and I bought a
> bottle and had a bike washing party.  The directions tell you to just
> spray it on a cold, dry bike, perhaps brushing particularly dirty
> areas, and then hose off with a strong stream of water.  It sounded
> too good to be true -- I use about 5 different things for different
> cleaning jobs on my bike, and I hate it!  Well, it was too good to be
> true.  It cleaned the tank ok, but couldn't deal with either disk brake
> dust or oil.
> 
> Anyways, I've found that 409 or Fantastic is great for disk brake dust,
> Gunk Engine cleaner for oil, dishwashing soap for miscellaneous body
> parts, and chrome polish for the pipes does the trick.  Although I
> haven't calculated the per-wash cost of these materials, I suspect it's
> considerably less than the $4-$5 that S-100 costs.
> 
> If anyone has any tips for keeping their bike clean without so many
> different nostrums, I'd love to hear about it.
> 
> 	    --Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp.
> 	    ...!cca!ima!ism780!darryl
> 	    The views expressed above are my opinions only.
> 
> P.S.  There is a bike detailing firm here in L.A., but I can't see parting
> with $40 for near-showroom looks.

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