Re: Washing a filthy dirrrty bike

 

"Donna A."  wrote in message


 Go ahead an admit it, you're suffering from bike envy.


I keep Simple Green Automotive in the shop (not that I
use it on a regular basis).  A gallon at the local auto mega
mart is as cheap as a quart spray bottle at wally world.
Don't know if there's a difference between it and regular
Simple Green, but it doesn't smell as loud.  It works well
on oil & gas spills and does OK on bugs and road grime.
The wife likes to use it on her car as well.  A word of
caution, they say not to let it dry on your paint.
Take their advice!  Don't ask how I know this.  I don't
know about chrome, I'm just too lazy to polish it.
--
"frito"
Fred Snetzer
'01 FLHT, '97 M2²
TOMKAT
IBA #10549  BS #162
http://users.ipa.net/~frito/
http://eddiekieger.com/  

 

Simple Green and a variety of gentle brushes for everything but the
paint and windshield.

Do not scrub a windshield, just lay a hot wet towel over the screen to
soften bugs. Repeat as necessary, wipe side  to side only, no circles or
up and down and no cleaners the screen.

See if you can find "5 Minute Detail" by Eagle, Meguire's has a similar
product works great on paint.

I like the chalky chrome polishes, there us some cotton/wool stuff that
works great on chrome or bare aluminum too. Careful that yo do not try
to polish coated aluminum!

--
Ryder Rick

 

"Rick Begeman"  wrote


I stumbled onto some stuff called AeroShell Flight Jacket Plexicoat.
I got some when the wife was working in the flight school dept at the
local college.  It's some good shit.  Clean your windshield and then
apply the AeroShell.  It'll make the windshield look new.  Now the
disclaimer.  My windshield was cracked and pretty junky.  It has
the hard coat peeling in places and it still cleaned up good.
--
"frito"
Fred Snetzer
'01 FLHT, '97 M2²
TOMKAT
IBA #10549  BS #162
http://users.ipa.net/~frito/
http://eddiekieger.com/  

 wrote:


    I'm old & lazy so I like a chemical that will remove the grime, but not
the paint.  I'm also not going to go over a paint job 6 or 8 times to make it
shine.  If it takes that much there probably isn't much shine left anyway.  If
mine gets that dirty I grab a bottle of S-100, soak the bike down, & hose it
off.  If I want more clean I'll wash it with dish soap & water, dry, & maybe a
coat of Turtle Wax.
-

Jinks ('86FXRS, '07 FLTR)
#64
Remember, "No good deed goes unpunished"

 Jinks sed:

I'm not as old, but I'm lazie faire..
so I let my dealer clean it every 20K or so.

But the S100 works great too.
And after everything's right where you want it,
if you're old-school, you'll get out the Pledge.

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