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There was talk a while back about how to get Mucoff and other plant based lube residues off bike parts.
I’m not saying this is the way forward, but I’ve just successfully cleaned a very black, very sticky and very clogged chain and cassette up.Interesting. I have a couple of chains that need saving from muc-off muck.
Do you think a long soak in boiling water would work?
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@Chaley
There was talk a while back about how to get Mucoff and other plant based lube residues off bike parts.
I’m not saying this is the way forward, but I’ve just successfully cleaned a very black, very sticky and very clogged chain and cassette up.
How?
I hear you cry.
I filled an old sauce pan with about a litre of veg oil, in this case stainsbury’s cheapest of the cheap (my gawd that’s still not cheap now is it¿) put the chain and cassette in the oil. I then put the pan on the camping stove and a low/medium temperature and let it confit away. I got it hot enough to not want to put your finger in, but not a frying temp. I left it to cook for about an hour while I did other stuff. I them poured boiling water over the bits to rinse, then the normal degreaser, wash, dry cycle and they came out not spotless, but pretty bloody clean. All for minimal effort.
I’ve no pics because I didn’t take a before as I didn’t think it would work. And no after because I’d fitted them and they’d left the building before a thought to take one.
I also just used the same oil cold on a few splatters on the chain stay and dabbed it on, left it a while and rubbed it off, 95% ish came off.