Muc-Off Chain Cleaner.. Have You Used It?

[PizzImperfect]

Hi,

I'm the proud owner of a little Honda CBF125 which i bought brand spanking new in August last year.
Since then, it's been my pride and joy (until i pass my test at least!).
I've washed it at least every 2 weeks and it looks great.. However not being particularly mechanically minded i always neglected the chain/rear sprocket...

On inspection the other day i thought, MY GOD.. It needs cleaning. Layers and layers of dry chain lube and crap have built up and it just needs doing.

I went online and bought some Muc-Off Chain Cleaner.
Then it arrived today and i realise now it normally comes with a 'Muc-Off Chain Doc'... which i don't have..

Now Saturday is bike washing day and im just wondering if spraying this stuff on and scrubbing manually would be ok?
Also, any tips on getting a heavily soiled chain/rear sprocket clean?


Thanks all.

[DrDonnyBrago]

Use a soft toothbrush (10p for two from tesco) to scrubt he stuff in, then I assume you rinse it off and leave it to dry.



In future, get a squirty bottle, a rag, a soft toothbrush and a bottle of Paraffin, will do the job perfectly and on the cheap.

Paraffin is about £5 for 4L, get it from B+Q (lamp fuel) or Homebase (Parasene). Lube it up afterwards and jobs a good un .

[PizzImperfect]

Paraffin, interesting.. And that's good to use on the sprocket also?

In future i'll probably do that.. However i have this huge tin of Muc Off Chain Cleaner now :\ haha.

Thanks for the advice my friend.

[CaNsA]

Muc-Off chain cleaner is great for getting oil out of carpet

[Walloper]

Chain cleaners are all shite.
Brake Cleaner works a treat though.

Cheaper is Paraffin as said but you will need to remove the paraffin before lubing as the paraffin will prevent the lube sticking or may dilute the lude allowing it to drip or throw off making more effing mess.

That is when the Muc-Off and other assorted 'Chain Cleaner' become useful.

After degreasing with paraffin remove the paraffin using the Muc-Off.

Wash the water soluble Muc-Off off with a hose or a bucket and brush.

A nail brush is better to clean the chain as you have a wider bristle surface which is easier to manage.

Then lube your chain.
If really mucky you may as well remove the cover over the front pinion too and do all that area as it will for sure be plugged solid with shite.

Horrible job.
Put lots of paper under where you are working.... (Or your mum will punch your head off.)
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[neil.]

Paraffin is a great de-greaser for steel parts like sprockets etc. Just be thorough when you dry it up afterwards, kitchen towel works well.
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[Dazbo666]

Yes I use muc-off cleaner regularly. Usually just spray it on, then "agitate" it if needed with a cheapo supermarket toothbrush..
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[evoboy]

ATF fluid seems to clean the chain aswell as lubricate it.

Its cheap aswell.

For other mechanical bits i use parrafin to clean.
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[PizzImperfect]

Hey,

Thanks for all the advice! Great response.
I went ahead with it on saturday and i was surprised at how useful the Muc Off was, it loosened up a lot of crap and with 45 minutes of absolute scrubbing it came up pretty well, which is nice as i've had the bike since Aug 09 and never cleaned the drivechain.
Did have to use a lot of it though.

I'll take the parafin route when the Muc Off runs out definitely.

Lubed the chain up like a mo-fo afterwards as i've never seen it looking so bare... and i'd forgotten that the rear sprocket wasn't actually black.

Nice one guys, job done.

[tahrey]

Hum, do you even need to do this if you're not going offroad? Anytime I've seen that in an actual bike shop (not halfords) it's been with all the Moto-X supplies.

So far I've just glopped a nice amount of redundant gearbox oil onto it (now with an oldskool nipple-greasing squibby bottle I found in the garage) every other tankful, or anytime after a serious downpour. Sprockets look fairly clean, chain links are quite "free" and move alright, after 6000+ miles of ownership...

[Ariel Badger]

If the chain cleaner is as good as the rest of the Muc Off range it would not clean even clean things.
Petrol FTW.
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