How to clean alloys

[Doug_RS2]

Go into a bike shop and buy "Muc Off" - it's a pink in a pump spray bottle.

Tried it on the alloys and it is superb - I've used Wonder wheels stuff which was good but it will eat into the lacquer - Muc Off won't.

Use a brush to get into the corners - wrap some electrical tape round the metal part of the brush so it won't scratch them - dead easy.

Oh yeah - it's good for cleaning your mountian bike as well.

[MikQuattro]

Hehe...whatever happened to soapy water? :nana:

[Doug_RS2]

Originally posted by MikQuattro
Hehe...whatever happened to soapy water? :nana:

Soapy water = not driving hard enough

[Alistair C]

I found it turned my tyres brown & stopped using it as I couldn't be sure it doesn't contain nasty chemicals - it's designed for dissolving oily mess on gearsets etc so they might not have considered expensive ally laquor in their development tests .....
Muc-off is cheap but god knows what it might do to good / kerbed wheels....

sorry! but be careful....

PS if anyone is interested I found toilet cleaner blocks are fantastic for cleaning the scaley deposits from my goldfish bowl. Unfortunately it's bleach like and poor little fishies don't like anything even mildly chemical.... It works - but it could kill the fishies if the bowls not 110% clean after......

Al

[Doug_RS2]

I've used it for a year or so every weekend on my bike and tyres on that and never had browning - I didn't notice browning on the tyres on the car - I'll keep an eye on it though.

[Doug_RS2]

Just seen at Demon tweeks you can buy muc off specifically for alloys.