I have this strange habit which more of you guys perhaps also have but others (about the rest of the world) doens't understand: my old & new bike parts need to be clean.Not just a little bit, no must-clean-totally-sigh! I work a lot with some old clothes, chrome polish and or glassex (that's the brand i think, well anyways, the cleaning spray to clean glass etc). Even better is the very agressive, expensive and environment unfriendly Brake Disc Cleaner for cars. All this works moderate and I am sometimes happy with the results, but if I see some bikes here in the vintage section.. omg. Like the topic some days ago about the derailleur without a lug/pat. Is that all NOS or do you guys have some magic tricks?

The closest i got was with an ultrasonic device on my work. I could rinse some small parts thoroughly.
I think one part of the problem is I mostly work with parts which are allready semi detoriated or rusty etc etc. And the most frustrating part is when you did some satisfying cleaning and after one small trip the drive train parts are allready dirty again..

For the record: all non-bike things in my life a kinda messy but my bikes are my beloved ones (besides my girl ofcourse ) and it gives me a good feeling when they are like brand new. In the end its about cycling with bikes and not about cleaning so i agree on anybody who's inserting that argument here. Any tips welcome!