http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Recommended Degreasers? en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:44:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-14933 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:39:28 +0000 ruggtomcat 14933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>is there salt in ecover? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-12005 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:13:29 +0000 recombodna 12005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ecover is boss. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-12004 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:02:03 +0000 kaputnik 12004@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>&lt;puts on best Billy Connolly accent&gt;<br /> <strong>WIRE BRUSH AND DETTOL, M'AM!</strong> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-12003 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:52:32 +0000 Arellcat 12003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Soap from a little pump-action bottle, warm water, and a stiff nailbrush. That'll get your hands clean after an evening of tyre wrangling. Follow up with E45.</p> <p>A certain local bicycle empire currently (as of Saturday, anyway) has sale-priced bottles of Finish Line degreaser, the powerful one that smells not entirely unlike petrol, rather than citrus oils. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-12002 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:44:28 +0000 gembo 12002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD - is ecover kinder to the environment because it just has less cleaning agents in it? Thus less good at cleaning? If I drill a tiny hole in the lid of the washing up liquid bottle and keep the lid shut this dispenses small but sufficient amount. I also go with White Spirit, also love Swarfega. THese products cannot be good for environment. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-11986 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:01:25 +0000 wee folding bike 11986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Deb do a natural version of Swarfega which meets EU biodegradability requirements. I've used it on and off for years and it seems to work as well as the green kind.</p> <p><a href="http://www.debgroup.com/en/products/selector/skin-care/uk/swarfega/swarfega-natural" rel="nofollow">http://www.debgroup.com/en/products/selector/skin-care/uk/swarfega/swarfega-natural</a></p> <p>The green kind meets the biodegradability rules too. I like the versions with gritty bits in them but any Swarfega seems to work. The memsahib even used it for cleaning the monoblock when the car had a leaky rocker cover. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-11984 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:34:42 +0000 kaputnik 11984@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>marigolds </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-11983 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:28:45 +0000 recombodna 11983@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not too good for the baby soft skin though... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-11982 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:27:36 +0000 kaputnik 11982@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kitchen Power.</p> <p>White spirit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-11954 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:06:12 +0000 recombodna 11954@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or this smells great.....like oranges <a href="http://cpc.farnell.com/1/1/16960-fast-orange-hand-cleaner-400ml-8002016-loctite.html" rel="nofollow">http://cpc.farnell.com/1/1/16960-fast-orange-hand-cleaner-400ml-8002016-loctite.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-11953 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:04:33 +0000 recombodna 11953@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarfega" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarfega</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1302#post-11952 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:57:50 +0000 SRD 11952@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just used up the last of my Ecover handcleaner while trying to patch a puncture that developed while we were away. </p> <p>Anyone have anything to recommend that is particularly good for the grease/grime combo of bike tyres?</p> <p>The Ecover is pretty good for general grot, but doesn't seem to quite get all the grease off. </p>