# Show us your Useless cycling projects. :) **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 7, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/show-us-your-useless-cycling-projects/84321 "2023-06-07T06:03:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FatBoySlim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/fatboyslim/32/296_2.png) [@FatBoySlim](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/FatBoySlim)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/show-us-your-useless-cycling-projects/84321/1 "2023-06-07T06:03:38Z")
I’ll Start off. What do you get with a cyclist who is waiting to race tonight, has too much time, too many power tools and too many scraps lying around… A Really DUMB Idea!!! Home made chain Cleaning fluid Filtering station. Used to filter mineral spirits and methyl hydrate. I’ve run this to clean 3 chains. All was good until I cleaned my sons MTB. Of course he had never done anything to it at all. It was disgusting. Here is what I built lol. ![20230606_162141](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/2/d/2d2d2fa72bd733f133f54e03889ceaf5775e413e.jpeg) Here it is in action with fluid that has not sit at all. (Best to let it sit for a few days on a magnet to let things settle.) > **[Movie001\_1.mp4](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xctnZnSxYuylYRnNPRtXhFnI402Nu2m4/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. This is the waste mineral spirits jar that I will eventually let evaporate probably. At the bottom under the jar is a magnet pulling metal from the chain up into the center of the jar. Magnet was only used for about a minute when picture was taken. There is about 2 inch’s of fluid in the jar. ![20230606_214033](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/a/1/a1e02977a5195c5ba51d7138c0de15858278f7b7.jpeg) This is the Methyl Hydrate jar with the magnet under the bottom of the jar. You can see it has not collected all the fine shavings but a bigger magnet will help with that. There is about a half liter of methyl hydrate in the jar. ![20230606_162729](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/f/0/f0293e3087e15caba9a1e9e4d9478365affb352b.jpeg) The cost of the chemicals is not huge. Ill use between 1 and two liters of mineral spirits and about 1/2 liter of methyl hydrate per chain. I will end up using the mineral spirits that are the most contaminated but with no particulate in it in 2-3 different bottles to shake it clean as much as possible and then I switch to an ultra sonic cleaner for 2-3, 1/4 liter baths. Then I do 2, 1/4 liter methyl hydrate baths. 1/4 liter manages to cover the whole chain as I put it in a sealed glass container in the ultrasonic surrounded by water. In most ways a huge waste of time. But my investment is about $8.00 and I had nothing better to do as I was waiting for an evening club race. I would prefer to distill it but the cost is around $150.00 just for the still and I will do under 1 chain every 2 weeks most likely. Chains are spotless and now waxed. Sons MTB chain is absolutely silent 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Froman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@Abe\_Froman](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Abe_Froman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/show-us-your-useless-cycling-projects/84321/2 "2023-06-07T14:21:45Z")
Oh i like it. I may have to make a trip to my local science surplus store. I’m envisioning waxing chains in a large erlenmeyer flask on a hotplate, with a spinning magnetic agitator… ---
**Author:** ![FrankTuna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/franktuna/32/135629_2.png) [@FrankTuna](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/FrankTuna)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/show-us-your-useless-cycling-projects/84321/3 "2023-06-07T14:36:54Z")
![Studio_Project_V1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/a/0/a0bd525a5c515d08039a5bb9a9e88a27cd782979.gif)