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Old 08-03-24 | 06:18 AM
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bblair
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Bikes: Lynskey R230, Trek 5200, 1975 Raleigh Pro, 1973 Falcon ,Trek T50 Tandem and a 1968 Paramount in progress.

Originally Posted by Duragrouch
Not familiar with it, wondered if it was hand dish soap or for automatic dishwasher, looked up, youtube had a video for duplicating, it appears it is Dawn hand liquid dish soap (known for dissolving petro oil better than cheaper dish soaps) plus isopropyl ("rubbing") alcohol and diluted with water for a spray bottle. Sounds like a good combo. After initial scrub, I'd give it some time to dissolve the thickened lube inside the link/roller/pin, crank the chain around a few times, then rinse and lube. Lack of "soak" time might be reason for short duration, a good chain cleaning should last longer than that, if not in dirty conditions. Mine is about 600 miles before lube sludges due to micro metal particles.

I wonder how well that would work in an on-bike cleaner like the Park? I may try. My perception is that the level of dilution combined with small amount in the Park, might not be able to dissolve all the oil on the chain. My current use of surplus tiki torch fuel, the small amount does it easy. Also, any sudsing/foaming would be a negative, oveflowing the cleaner.

It probably depends on what kind of lube gunk you are cleaning off. Squirt is a water-based wax, as i understand it, so dish liquid works fine. I also do it regularly enough that it doesn't get too awful. I remember as a youngster having to use a screwdriver to dig out all the gunk between cogs, chainrings and pulleys. No more..
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