cleaning heavy soiling from bike?

[baderlfc]

Guys, can anyone recommend a powerful cleaner/degreaser to get rid of heavy soiling from lower fairing/swingarm and other lower areas of the bike that won't damage anything?

I tried neat autosmart triple citrus degreaser yesterday and it didn't touch it..

[Beehive Bedlam]

When I ACF'd my iron horse in Decemeber I scraped the worst of the shite off with a couple of bits of plastic.

Like so.

https://i.imgur.com/59T4bPJ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1tMCOfH.jpg

I then washed it with a bucket of hot soapy fairy liquid lemon and 20p sponge before giving it a coating of ACF50.

https://i.imgur.com/eMyGkMm.jpg

Inb4 liquid is harmful for your bike yada yada yada.

[chickenstrip]

Jizer, Gunk. Muc Off also do a degreaser spray. WD40 works too, sprayed on a rag and wiped over. Not sure what any of those are like on painted bodywork though.

Inb4 Fairy Liquid contains ...oops, beat me to it .
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[Keir]

i use APC but dilute it as its like paint stripper neat.

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[Brendan110_0]

I use a great de-greaser from autosmart - B.C.E Freinet. Dissolves all oil type substances.
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[ADSrox0r]

Paraffin.
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[Parson]

I use Muck Off.

You might not have done any good using the stuff neat though. A lot of TFR's need water to activate them. We used to use it to clean the heavy plant in work, neat it was shite, a bit of water made the difference.

You will still need some elbow grease and a good brush though, no matter what you use.
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[mudcow007]

if im feeling flush - which isnt very often...carb cleaner will remove most pesky marks no matter how long they have been on for

just remember carb cleaner isnt that kind to paint

Kerosene/ Parrafin is good at cleaning oily crap too

[Supermoto_Fan]

FYI I've never found anything that works simply spraying on and spraying off. Even the most expensive amazing products need agitation by sponge or brush.
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[Matt B]

[Rogerborg]

I picked up 5 litres of WD-40 in B&Q of all places for ~£25. They also had decent shop towels for eBay-equivalent prices. You won't find this stuff on their web site, but have a poke around and you can sometimes find dusty boxes of goodies at the bottom of the stacks.
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[c-m]

The problem is that you sponges and brushes will be filthy after the first wipe. And you then need to clean them constantly by dunking them in something like paraffin all the time to avoid just spreading the grease.

[Baffler186]

I've also had more success with the likes of WD40 or GT85. it seems to slip in behind the dirty stuff and slide it right off.
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[Moo.]

Asdas own brand WD40? 400ml can for £1.50 I go crazy with the stuff. Smells the same, so must be the same
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[Evil Hans]

[Davie J]

[Andy_Pagin]

[Val]

[talkToTheHat]

For road dirt, muc off. For stubborn grease, jizer. Muc off can be found on ebay for 20 squid for two five lite bottles. Get litre spray bottle from b&q and spray 1:1 dilited muc off on painted surfaces and near jizer elsewhere. A 5 litre garden sprayer of water, a microfibre cloth for painted areas and a brush for elsewhere and everything is easy. The only thing muc off doent easily shift is chain goop, but jizer or chain cleaner shifts that. I don't know whether jizer is safe on o ring chains.
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