Simple green
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From: Centennial, CO
I have never used it to wash. sposed to be safe. But there are products out there for washing, why not use them? $10 on a bottle of Meguires goes a long way. Use simple green for grease and really bad crap, works great for that! MHO.
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From: Arab MO
It must have been mean green that bubbled the paint. No wait, now I remember, it was the ex-wife that bubbled the paint.
Well here's some advice from this old biker. Don't spray any kind of chemical crap on your bike...just get on the damn thing and ride.
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From: Rochester, NY
I got a gallon jug of the concentrated version from Sam's and use it for my bike and truck.
Put some in the bottom of a 5gal. pail, half fill it with water and use a sponge to wash the bike with.
It takes off that sludge of dust, grease, and oil that collects on the lower parts of the bike at least as well as most of the much more expensive 'designed for a bike' products.
But I still like to use a wax like Blue Ice on it after it dries because Simple Green doesn't leave anything like a wax behind the way some automotive products are supposed to.
Put some in the bottom of a 5gal. pail, half fill it with water and use a sponge to wash the bike with.
It takes off that sludge of dust, grease, and oil that collects on the lower parts of the bike at least as well as most of the much more expensive 'designed for a bike' products.
But I still like to use a wax like Blue Ice on it after it dries because Simple Green doesn't leave anything like a wax behind the way some automotive products are supposed to.
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From: Minnesota
The DOD has banded its use on aircraft due to corrosion and embrittlement of aluminum.
There is an aluminum safe formula called Extreme Simple Green Aircraft & Precision Cleaner.
I use it only around and under the oil filter area to clean up after oil changes, diluted and rinsed very well.
Google something like; Simple Green aluminum embrittlement DOD
There is an aluminum safe formula called Extreme Simple Green Aircraft & Precision Cleaner.
I use it only around and under the oil filter area to clean up after oil changes, diluted and rinsed very well.
Google something like; Simple Green aluminum embrittlement DOD
