Chain cleaning solvent

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 21:55:52 -0700, "Dan" <[email hidden]>

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Green wouldn't cut it, gasoline is dangerous and hard to dispose of. Looking
around in the garage for a solvent, I came across a plastic squirt bottle of
charcoal lighter fluid.

Equavilant to high flash mineral spirits. Shoud you be able to find
someplace that will fill your can, it costs less than gasoline because
it isn't taxed as a road fuel.

That's basically naphthaline, isn't it? Same stuff used in Zippo lighters...

Cleaning off adhesives left behind from decal removal is a cited use for the
Zippo fluid so it sounds like chain cleaning is a good idea too.

FWIW, I use either turpentine or varsol to clean my chains.

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I had a dirty chain with a wax lubricant that I wanted to clean. Simple
Green wouldn't cut it, gasoline is dangerous and hard to dispose of.
Looking around in the garage for a solvent, I came across a plastic squirt
bottle of charcoal lighter fluid. No smell, not too volatile and worked
well. The crud settled to the bottom and the fluid can be decanted off. The
squeeze bottle is a safe container and the cap can be removed so that the
chain can be dropped in and fished out with a wire. I figure that I can
eventually dispose of it as campfire starter.

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Quoted message said:

I had a dirty chain with a wax lubricant that I wanted to clean. Simple
Green wouldn't cut it, gasoline is dangerous and hard to dispose of.

Looking

Quoted message said:

around in the garage for a solvent, I came across a plastic squirt bottle

of

Quoted message said:

charcoal lighter fluid. No smell, not too volatile and worked well. The

crud

Quoted message said:

settled to the bottom and the fluid can be decanted off. The squeeze

bottle

Quoted message said:

is a safe container and the cap can be removed so that the chain can be
dropped in and fished out with a wire. I figure that I can eventually
dispose of it as campfire starter.

gasoline, turpintine, charcoal lighter, petrol anything will do and all of
these have about the same impact on your chain as on the environment.

Bert

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"Dan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I had a dirty chain with a wax lubricant that I wanted to clean. Simple
Green wouldn't cut it, gasoline is dangerous and hard to dispose of.

Looking

Quoted message said:

around in the garage for a solvent, I came across a plastic squirt bottle

of

Quoted message said:

charcoal lighter fluid. No smell, not too volatile and worked well. The

crud

Quoted message said:

settled to the bottom and the fluid can be decanted off. The squeeze

bottle

Quoted message said:

is a safe container and the cap can be removed so that the chain can be
dropped in and fished out with a wire. I figure that I can eventually
dispose of it as campfire starter.

Clean the chain? I thought real men never clean their chains so they can
walk around with grease stains on the inside of their right calf. Did I
miss something?

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"Dan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I had a dirty chain with a wax lubricant that I wanted to clean. Simple
Green wouldn't cut it, gasoline is dangerous and hard to dispose of.

Looking

Quoted message said:

around in the garage for a solvent, I came across a plastic squirt bottle

of

Quoted message said:

charcoal lighter fluid. No smell, not too volatile and worked well. The

crud

Quoted message said:

settled to the bottom and the fluid can be decanted off. The squeeze

bottle

Quoted message said:

is a safe container and the cap can be removed so that the chain can be
dropped in and fished out with a wire. I figure that I can eventually
dispose of it as campfire starter.

Clean the chain? I thought real men never clean their chains so they can
walk around with grease stains on the inside of their right calf. Did I
miss something?

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Joe S.

I know it may make no sense to clean my chain but a clean chain runs quiet,
shifts smoothly and isn't a mess when removing the rear wheel. It keeps me
happy.

On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:51:48 -0500, "Joe S." <[email hidden]>

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Quoted message said:

I had a dirty chain with a wax lubricant that I wanted to clean. Simple
Green wouldn't cut it, gasoline is dangerous and hard to dispose of.

Looking

Quoted message said:

around in the garage for a solvent, I came across a plastic squirt bottle

of

Quoted message said:

charcoal lighter fluid. No smell, not too volatile and worked well. The

crud

Quoted message said:

settled to the bottom and the fluid can be decanted off. The squeeze

bottle

Quoted message said:

is a safe container and the cap can be removed so that the chain can be
dropped in and fished out with a wire. I figure that I can eventually
dispose of it as campfire starter.

Clean the chain? I thought real men never clean their chains so they can
walk around with grease stains on the inside of their right calf. Did I
miss something?

Probably the pedal on the right.

(This is yet another good reason for black socks...)
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On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:16:25 -0700, "Dan" <[email hidden]>

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I know it may make no sense to clean my chain but a clean chain runs quiet,
shifts smoothly and isn't a mess when removing the rear wheel. It keeps me
happy.

No more justification is needed, IMO.
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Joe S. said:

Clean the chain? I thought real men never clean their chains so they can
walk around with grease stains on the inside of their right calf. Did I
miss something?

Yup!

Blue jeans. White socks. And of course a trip back in time to the '50s. Coaster
brakes, anyone? :-)

Ken
Canada

"Bert L:am" wrote: gasoline, turpintine, charcoal lighter, petrol anything
will do (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I believe gasoline and petrol are an "ocean" apart, but otherwise identical.
And both highly flammable, which is a good reason not to use them for
cleaning anything. Gasoline vapor will flow along the floor, down the
stairs or wherever it can. If it meets an ignition source, the fire travels
back along the flow path right back to where you are, and ignites your
cleaning project, and very possibly you as well.