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Old 05-21-14, 11:27 PM
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Best Way to Filter Bike Chain Solvent?

Paper coffee filters remove sand/grit from mineral spirits/kerosene but don't completely remove black grime even using 2 bottles of solvent to clean. One could use 3rd or 4th bottle of solvent but unless one introduces new ($$ & non-green) solvent all the bottles will get blackish. I used to use spray degreaser & water hose to clean chains (& before that scrubbing chain in kerosene). But now spray degreasers are much weaker & IMHO somewhat useless.

Anyway, are there better methods to filter solvent than coffee filters? Perhaps a car/truck oil filter?
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