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Mark65
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PostPosted: 11:18 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Bike Shampoo Reply with quote

Any recommendations as my search function wont work, Just bought a bottle of Autoglym shampoo, two washes and still leaves dirt when bike dries, crap really, only a weeks worth of road muck on it, even bought new brushes.
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PostPosted: 11:32 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Autoglym shampoo is not supposed to be used on a bike crusted with road dirt. You're supposed to start with AutoGlym motorcycle degreaser, and then use the shampoo afterwards. If you don't do it this way, it'll just swirl the dirt around.
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PostPosted: 11:48 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use cheap car wash stuff heavily diluted for most of the dirty crap and once dried I then get the posh stuff out to polish and wax then a nice coating of https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SONAX-Xtreme-Protect-Shine-Hybrid-NPT-210ml-Aerosol-With-Applicator-Cloth-/261470750607?hash=item3ce0df078f:g:bp8AAOxy7nNTPXz9 which is amazing stuff and turns the paint into a mirror finish.
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PostPosted: 12:11 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

ackack wrote:
I use cheap car wash stuff heavily diluted for most of the dirty crap and once dried I then get the posh stuff out to polish and wax then a nice coating of https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SONAX-Xtreme-Protect-Shine-Hybrid-NPT-210ml-Aerosol-With-Applicator-Cloth-/261470750607?hash=item3ce0df078f:g:bp8AAOxy7nNTPXz9 which is amazing stuff and turns the paint into a mirror finish.


Ahh right, its the bloody mud from friggin farm vehicles leaving there shit from the fields on part of my commute, will try that way marjay, thanks. ackack ta, I have some posh polish but its the mud that's the pain, it must have clay in it.
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PostPosted: 12:21 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheap wash and wax and elbow grease
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PostPosted: 13:32 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Ahh right, its the bloody mud from friggin farm vehicles leaving there shit from the fields on part of my commute, will try that way marjay, thanks. ackack ta, I have some posh polish but its the mud that's the pain, it must have clay in it.


FFS don't polish unless it is clean or you'll just scratch the paint.
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PostPosted: 13:46 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Get some muck-off.

I thought it was snake oil. It's not. Spray everywhere, cup of tea, hose off.
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PostPosted: 14:14 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
Get some muck-off.

I thought it was snake oil. It's not. Spray everywhere, cup of tea, hose off.


Or there's one called "Ammo", which I reckon is pretty much the same. Although this time, I bought the WD40 one to give it a try, and because it's what they happened to have where I went to get some bits. We'll see.

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PostPosted: 15:04 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

So taking in all the above and reading between the lines - I sense there is an expectation to wash your bike once in a while. Thinking
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PostPosted: 17:32 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

I normally use this. It's just want you need to get rid of greasy muck flung from the chain, and that seems to accumulate on the bottom of the engine

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PostPosted: 17:49 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Northern Monkey wrote:
I normally use this. It's just want you need to get rid of greasy muck flung from the chain, and that seems to accumulate on the bottom of the engine

https://cdn.messenger.pgsitecore.com/en-gb/-/media/Fairy_GB/Images/Callouts/Flexible%20Promos/Promo%20Image1.png?h=261&la=en-GB&w=254&v=1-201605270603


I thought washing up liquid had salt in it and ate paintwork over time?
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PostPosted: 17:50 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unlike riding it between November and march, where there is so much salt in it everything turns grey?
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PostPosted: 17:54 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
Get some muck-off.

I thought it was snake oil. It's not. Spray everywhere, cup of tea, hose off.


Avoid Muc off. It's very aggressive and fades anodising. I wouldn't use it on my bike personally.

Auto Glym for me.
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PostPosted: 18:13 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:


Avoid Muc off. It's very aggressive and fades anodising.


I'd have thought that was all the more reason to drown the bike in it.
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PostPosted: 18:23 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

chickenstrip wrote:

I'd have thought that was all the more reason to drown the bike in it.


Laughing

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PostPosted: 23:32 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

My bike gets disgusting during my commute.
I first rinse with pressure washer gets most of the crap off, the spray Muc off or Autoglym motorcycle cleaner Agitate with a brush on wheels, engine,exhaust and underneath the bike. Leave for five minutes. Then rinse off.
Two buckets one with clean water one with Autoglym shampoo, wash one panel, then in the clean water and back in the wash bucket for each panel.

Rinse off
Dab dry
Spray Autoglym aqua wax while still wet, rub it round then buff off nice and shiny clean. Do this every week or every two weeks.

Every three months it gets washed, clay barred, polished and a hard wax applied or sealent.

Sometimes I use snow foam with my pressure washer which gets rid of loads of filth.
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PostPosted: 01:25 - 12 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Buy 5L bottles of Muc off from ebay, if your're lucky 2 for £25 can be found. 2 parts water to 1 part muc off in a small garden pressure sprayer, mist bike and sip tea, don't let it dry. Chase dirty bits with more spray and a microfibre cloth (on bodywork) or a £2 tesco alloy wheel brush (frame, suspension, wheels) Rinse with water from low pressure hose or a large garden sprayer.

Fuchs off and other non-foming detergents are similar. Use whaterver you're not buying in tiny overpriced bottles.
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PostPosted: 07:33 - 12 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 09:02 - 12 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use autobright snowfoam. Spray it on with the pressure washer fitting, leave it for a few minutes and then wash off with clean water and a sponge.
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PostPosted: 10:29 - 12 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

i go to asdas jet wash , put a £1 in, use the shampoo jet , then put another £1 in, then rinse off , then when i get home i just grease it all up again Smile
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PostPosted: 10:44 - 12 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use whatever's cheap from the nearest tat-shop, that or washing-up liquid.
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PostPosted: 11:59 - 12 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dilute some cheap Traffic Film Remover?
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PostPosted: 12:27 - 12 Mar 2017    Post subject: Re: Bike Shampoo Reply with quote

Mark65 wrote:
Any recommendations as my search function wont work,
Thanks


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PostPosted: 10:06 - 13 Mar 2017    Post subject: Re: Bike Shampoo Reply with quote

iooi wrote:
Mark65 wrote:
Any recommendations as my search function wont work,
Thanks


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Bike is covered in ACF, maybe thats why its a bugger to clean.

thanks all
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