B & Q product to clean chain

[locked]

I need to give the chain a good clean as it looks shit, I cannot for the life of me remeber what its called. please help
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[gmanxiii]

Paraffin?
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[Willson]

WD40
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[cyberglass]

+1 for paraffin its dirt cheap and does the job perfect and you can get all the brake dust crap of your rims with it to.
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[locked]

is it paraffin? Chives will know! where is he! something to do with garden lamps?
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[truslack]

Paraffin or diesel
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[locked]

no im sure its paraffin... I think
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[Willson]

Not tried paraffin personally, (simply because I don't have any, and have been advised against it).
Got rid of a few tight spots with WD40 and kitchen roll.

Whichever you use, prepare for a LOT of shite to come out of your chain considering you say it's rather filthy.
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[Hazylogic]

wd40 will ruin the seals. Paraffin is £6ish at B&Q. Get that.

[DrDonnyBrago]

It is paraffin, sold as lamp fuel in B+Q and in homebase as Parasene.

Costs about £5-6 for 4L, good stuff.

Use a spray bottle or a cloth soaked in the stuff along with a very soft toothbrush (the 10p ones from tesco are ideal) to wash the crap off. I then use a paintbrush and a pot of engine oil to lube it back up.

[locked]

so Donnybrago, you personally only use engine oil to lube your chain? don't you use "proper" chain wax/lube?
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[Misc]

Oil seems to be much better for me, with the dedicated chain lubes they always ran dry after a short ride. The oil keeps it nice & greasy. I was using chainsaw oil.

[truslack]

[The Tot]

Paraffin to get it off (kerosene or diesel - any heavy fractions of hydrocarbons will do nicely) and then some 20W50 back into the chain oiler for summer use. Ridiculously cheap and does the job. I normally get a small plastic bottle of 3 in 1 oiler and once that's finished, I decant the 20W stuff into the bottle and use it as a decanter. If not, when it's really wet, the chain sorta cleans itself
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[Black Knight]

Use light oil, just like it says in the manual.
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[stonesie]

My local petrol station sells paraffin £5.50 for 4L

Thats a Murco, have also seen it at Morrisons, Shell and Esso petrol stations so there is no need for a special trip to B&Q

[Frost]

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[kawakid]

Totally agree, 5 litres of the stuff has lasted me over 5 years.

Paraffin & an electric tooth brush do the job for me. I just poor an inch in to an empty baked bean can and us it like that.
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[Roos]

Sorry Locked - I can't "help.." anymore than anyone has already..

I just use muck off / WD40 with a big Wire brush - but I replace it every Year,, so it's not so
much of a problem..

I know that doesn't help but,, thats what I do..

Life's too short for a tooth brush!

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