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Just used up the last of my Ecover handcleaner while trying to patch a puncture that developed while we were away.
Anyone have anything to recommend that is particularly good for the grease/grime combo of bike tyres?
The Ecover is pretty good for general grot, but doesn't seem to quite get all the grease off.
Or this smells great.....like oranges http://cpc.farnell.com/1/1/16960-fast-orange-hand-cleaner-400ml-8002016-loctite.html
Kitchen Power.
White spirit.
Not too good for the baby soft skin though...
marigolds
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.
http://www.debgroup.com/en/products/selector/skin-care/uk/swarfega/swarfega-natural
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.
@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.
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.
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.
<puts on best Billy Connolly accent>
WIRE BRUSH AND DETTOL, M'AM!
Ecover is boss.
is there salt in ecover?
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