Hi all! Wondering if anyone has found a good cheap alternative chain cleaner/degreaser available in larger quantities. I’d buy it by the gallon if I could. Would isopropyl alcohol do the trick? Or simple green? Using one of these bad boys https://www.amazon.com/Park-Tool-CM-5-2-Cyclone-Cleaner/dp/…

I think GCN had a video of how to reuse chain cleaner. Basically you take your chain off, put it in a jar with cleaning fluid to clean the chain. When that’s done, take the chain out and run the fluid through a coffee filter and catch the fluid in a different jar. I believe they were able to use …

I have used this one and works pretty good: Simple Green 19128 Crystal Industrial Cleaner/Degreaser, 1 Gallon Bottle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ULLGRU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_.zLaDbJVPHPJF I bought this to clean my oven. Decided to try it on my cassette and worked really well: Citra Clean/1 gallo…

Simple Green (as linked by @TonyLPowell above) . In the US, you can buy it at any big box store in gallon size, and then dilute it (or not) as desired. He linked the unscented one, I’ve only used the regular one, but basically the same deal. I dilute 1:1 with water for cleaning drive my drive train…

[image] GPx: Basically you take your chain off, put it in a jar with cleaning fluid to clean the chain. When that’s done, take the chain out and run the fluid through a coffee filter and catch the fluid in a different jar. With respect to mineral spirits, which is what I’ve used to clean new…

I use white spirit. Does the job well for me and much cheaper than bike specific degreaser

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It’s pretty easy either way, since I typically don’t need to use spirits on anything more than once every few months. But yeah, months is probably overstating things. Though I have only used spirits on new chains to remove the factory wax. Do others use it as a routine cleaning solution? To me, it’…

I’m in the Simple Green camp but use the extreme aircraft version: Amazon.com: Simple Green - SMP13406 Extreme Aircraft and Precision Cleaner, 1... Buy Simple Green - SMP13406 Extreme Aircraft and Precision Cleaner, 1 Gallon Bottle 13406: All-Purpose Cleaners - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVER…

I use it as a regular cleaner, but my school of cleaning tends to be let everything get filthy for a few months and then do a deep clean (probably less often than I should). For disposal you can take it to a household waste recycling site (in the UK) and it’ll be safely disposed of. I probably use l…

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CoachJustin June 13, 2019, 2:25pm 6

+1 on simple green.
just be careful where you spray it, and make sure you dilute as stated above when cleaning on the bike.

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