Posted by Jared on July 23, 2011, 5:29 pm
Some of the forward facing plastic parts of my bike have collected
greasy dirt which is not easy to remove with dish detergent.
I'm wondering if there is a solvent that is safe and won't eat at the
plastic. A little Googling suggested "mineral spirits", but I'm not sure
of its qualities.
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Jared
Posted by saddlebag on July 23, 2011, 5:32 pm
> Some of the forward facing plastic parts of my bike have collected
> greasy dirt which is not easy to remove with dish detergent.
> I'm wondering if there is a solvent that is safe and won't eat at the
> plastic. A little Googling suggested "mineral spirits", but I'm not sure
> of its qualities.
Honda spray-on polish is a miracle cleaner.
Posted by Mark Olson on July 23, 2011, 5:45 pm
On 7/23/2011 4:32 PM, saddlebag wrote:
>> Some of the forward facing plastic parts of my bike have collected
>> greasy dirt which is not easy to remove with dish detergent.
>>
>> I'm wondering if there is a solvent that is safe and won't eat at the
>> plastic. A little Googling suggested "mineral spirits", but I'm not sure
>> of its qualities.
> Honda spray-on polish is a miracle cleaner.
I like it, but for shifting really bad gunk, try soaking a rag in WD-40.
It does a great job of dissolving tar and seems to be plastic-friendly.
Posted by saddlebag on July 23, 2011, 5:54 pm
> On 7/23/2011 4:32 PM, saddlebag wrote:
> >> Some of the forward facing plastic parts of my bike have collected
> >> greasy dirt which is not easy to remove with dish detergent.
> >> I'm wondering if there is a solvent that is safe and won't eat at the
> >> plastic. A little Googling suggested "mineral spirits", but I'm not sure
> >> of its qualities.
> > Honda spray-on polish is a miracle cleaner.
> I like it, but for shifting really bad gunk, try soaking a rag in WD-40.
> It does a great job of dissolving tar and seems to be plastic-friendly.
I just used some Dupont spray-on wheel cleaner yesterday that did a
really nice job of removing the tar from my wheels. I sprayed it on
various parts of the bike and it didn't seem to hurt anything, though
most of it went on painted or coated metal parts.
Posted by J. Clarke on July 23, 2011, 10:46 pm
In article <05a087e3-9d2e-4ddf-81a9-
3edf791ae36b@r18g2000vbs.googlegroups.com>, saddlebag@aol.com says...
>
> > Some of the forward facing plastic parts of my bike have collected
> > greasy dirt which is not easy to remove with dish detergent.
> >
> > I'm wondering if there is a solvent that is safe and won't eat at the
> > plastic. A little Googling suggested "mineral spirits", but I'm not sure
> > of its qualities.
>
> Honda spray-on polish is a miracle cleaner.
Mineral spirits may or may not touch the crud but it's basically very
clean kerosene and shouldn't do any harm to any paint or material that
anybody in his right mind puts on a motorcycle.
Try 409 on it though. Stuff removes all kinds of crap.
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> greasy dirt which is not easy to remove with dish detergent.
> I'm wondering if there is a solvent that is safe and won't eat at the
> plastic. A little Googling suggested "mineral spirits", but I'm not sure
> of its qualities.