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Looking to buy some degreaser for cleaning bearings prior to repacking, and the occasional drivechain deep clean. I've used WD-40'ss bike degreaser for a couple of years but it seems to be largely discontinued now.
Any recommendations for a good degreaser that copes with marine grease? Is car engine degreaser safe on paint/carbon?
My LBS recommended disc brake cleaner followed by some GT85/MO94 style stuff before repacking
I use GT85 to degrease my cassette and chain in seconds then a quick gentle sprinkle of water. Comes out gleaming.
Then I wash the rest of bike.
Remove pads and wheels if you can first.
I use the screwfix degreaser diluted on my drivetrain in a park chain cleaner and it comes up atreat so would highly recommend it for chains etc.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-heavy-duty-degreaser-5ltr/88668
In motor trade I use brake cleaner. It eats oil, grease, evaporate quickly, quite expensive and flamable. I never used Alcohol ethoxylate (no nonsense heavy duty degreaser) cleaners, it is non volatile industrial cleaner. I'll give it a try when garage opens again.
+1 brake cleaner, got fed up faffing about with multiple applications of bike specific stuff.
Yup, brake cleaner is so useful.
I've recently started buying the hycote 600ml tins off ebay- they're way way cheaper than anything else I've used, partly because they're big cans and partly because they're just plain cheap. Also you get a pretty high nozzle pressure so there's a bit more blowing away of crap than you get with most.
Screwfix +1
Yep, Screwfix, cheap as chips and does the job perfectly-even when diluted