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Dalton

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This is from another forum I belong to. Seems reasonable. Any opinions?



"Now I havent tried this yet and was wanting to know if anybody else had or could tell me why I shouldn't.

I saw a bottle of Mothers "All Wheel Cleaner" the other day and the label says it can be used on factory wheels that are painted. I wondered if any of the wheel cleaners out there could be used as a bike cleaner.

Today I picked up a 32.oz bottle of Dupont Teflon Wheel Cleaner at Walmart for $5.47 and it claims to do it all (Watch the brake dust and grime dissolve) without any acids or harsh chemicals.

Claims to be safe for all wheel types; polished or anodized aluminum, painted, chrome, clear coated, mags. Tires, Plastic, glass and chromed surfaces.

It's self-cleaning foam, no scrubbing. Spray on, let set 30 seconds and hose off. Also removes bugs and sap from painted, plastic, glass and chrome surfaces.

Further states in the directions that it will not hurt paint. It also leaves a non-stick coating of Teflon to help repel new dirt and road grime.

My thinking is if it is safe for all these surfaces, why wouldn't it be a safe bike cleaner?"
 
From the sounds of it, what you want to do should work, but I would check with the manufacturer to see what they would have to say.

The "teflon" may leave an undesirable look on the paint, that you may not notice on somthing like a wheel.

JMHO
"J"
 
Why not just get a cleaner designed for a bike? What's the advantage of using a wheel cleaner to clean a bike over a wipe down or normal wash? I don't see where using this would be of any advantage, and the possible negative effects far outweigh any conceivable benefit in my mind.

I am a big fan of using the correct tool for a job if possible.
 
JaredPointer said:
I am a big fan of using the correct tool for a job if possible.
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100% on that makes allot easier a job not worrying about if something is going to go wrong
 
JaredPointer said:
Why not just get a cleaner designed for a bike? What's the advantage of using a wheel cleaner to clean a bike over a wipe down or normal wash? I don't see where using this would be of any advantage, and the possible negative effects far outweigh any conceivable benefit in my mind.

I am a big fan of using the correct tool for a job if possible.
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One of the advantages is price. The stuff he is considering is about 1/2 the price of S100 or Hondaline cycle cleaners.
It isn't something I would probably try, but it's very possible that the product could be the same thing as what is used in the dedicated cycle cleaners.

The advantage of the spray-on rinse off cleaners over a bucket wash or Spray & Wipe wash is being able to get into all the nooks and crannies on a bike that are difficult/impossible to get to.

Charles
 
I've used that wheel cleaner before and honestly, I didn't think that it helped that much. I did it twice on one wheel and it was still not clean enough. Why don't you try some P21S Total Auto or something similar to that?
 
All great points. To be honest I have tried s100 cleaner and while it did ok It didnt do a great job. I saw this post and figured I would pose it to the experts. I figured it would be too harsh but wanted other opinions. I clean my bike the old fashion way. Car soap, bucket, water and wash mitt. Dry with Leaf blower and WW
 
One other thing to keep in mind.
Any cleaning product that does its cleaning by chemical action only, (no agitation or rubbing), has to be pretty strong stuff.
Repeated use of that type of product would seem to be hard on the item being cleaned.

I do use the Hondaline cycle cleaner, (S100 in a Honda bottle), but only a couple of times a year.

There is also a school of thought that the S100 can remove or at least adversly affect bearings because of its grease cutting ability.

The same caution applies to using a pressure washer to clean a bike. As I understand it, you can actually drive the solution into bearings which is not a good thing.

Charles
 
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