Hi all, I work in a bike shop, we just have a old 1 gallon oil can cut open on its side, it has Kero and a paint brush, works well enough for what we do. But at home where I have more ventalation, better cleaning brushes and cleaning container, I use Petrol/gasoline, its a better cleaner, cheaper than kero, thou if cleaning plastics or painted items, i'd get some kero..........regards wayne davidson Invers NZ..........
On 13/05/10 6:56 AM, Andrew R Stewart wrote:
> At the home shop, old method: WD-40, rags and screwdriver then Q Tips.
> New method: sub Clean Streak for the WD-40.
>
> This is also what I do at the LBS I work at when the parts cleaner is
> out of order or when I can't leave the work bench.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kulcinski"
> <dkulcinski@yahoo.com>
> To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 2:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR] Cleaning Campi hubs of old, dried grease?
>
>
>> Does anyone else simply soak, or hold over a can & brush with
>> kerosene? That's the way I have done it for as many years as I can
>> remember & I can't say that I have ever had a problem. Kerosene
>> seems to loosen up the old grease very well. As a matter of fact, I
>> just finished doing that to an off-topic set of hubs that probably
>> had the original grease from the mid '80s. They cleaned up very nicely.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>> David Kulcinski
>> Orange, CA USA
>>
>>
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>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: jim abt <jamesabt@charter.net>
>> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Sent: Wed, May 12, 2010 8:17:17 AM
>> Subject: [CR] Cleaning Campi hubs of old, dried grease?
>>
>> Hi Jon: I clean out old dry grease from the inside of bike hubs
>> probably more than just about anyone. Yeah, I know it sounds like I
>> am bragging and I hate doing that but I am pretty sure it is true.
>> With that in mind I still may not be performing the most efficient
>> operation the way that I do it but I use Simple Green dilluted 2:1
>> and use the spray bottle method along with a dental type steel
>> scraper where many times that is exactly what I pretend to be is a
>> dental hygenist scraping off plaque. I have the spray bottle ready
>> and a piece of scouring pad along with old toothbrushes. It is a
>> painstaken affair but I think that along with a good polishing of
>> either some Mothers or Wizards on the hub shell it gets the job done.
>> There is some evidence of the result in my photos on
>> eBay...rockhopperbiking is my sceen name and my store name is
>> BeeBopaDooBop (can't help it I am a fan of the blues) in case you are
>> interested in seeing. Seeya
>>
>> Jim Abt
>> Wausau, Wi. USA