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#1 PostAuthor: Al » Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:17 am

Next month or so it will be time for the bikes annual clean and possibly polish up the rust a bit too. Does anyone know how to avoid those nasty white chalky marks you get from hard water which sits in between barrel fins and hard to get at places please?

It a J with matt finish casings and top end but it also sits on the gloss cycle parts and coloured parts as well. I can leather the painted stuff and the gloss to an extent but not the tiny tiny places.


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#2 PostAuthor: dobbo » Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:54 am

you just need small compressor and a blow gun.also useful for tyres,and loads of stuff.cost about 100 quid.bargain.

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#3 PostAuthor: kev edwards » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:20 am

Rinse with de ionised / distilled water then dry it quickly.
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#4 PostAuthor: 02GF74 » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:43 am

wait for it to rain and put out a bucket to collect the water.

I think adding a small amount of vinegar to the water will help - google it in case I've gotten it wrong ...
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#5 PostAuthor: GUYZED » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:43 am

Ditto what dobbo said - a neighbour called me across to his house a couple of months ago and said do you want this old compressor, as i,ve just bought this new one.

I said thank you very much and wheeled back across to my house :lol:
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#6 PostAuthor: Al » Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:00 pm

Thanks very much guys for taking the time to respond. Not sure about the vinegar but i do use it to de-scale the kettle and the tap ends. Dont want to smell like a fish and chip shop when i go out on it.


Think i better go round to GUYZED's and get him to show me how he gets the shine on his bike. Might even borrow his compressor too!


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#7 PostAuthor: Pigford » Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:59 pm

Been told that its best NOT to use Muc-off as it leaves a white greasy deposit :??
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#8 PostAuthor: Z1_Kerry » Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:03 am

02GF74 wrote:wait for it to rain and put out a bucket to collect the water.

I think adding a small amount of vinegar to the water will help - google it in case I've gotten it wrong ...


02GF74 got it. The white stuff is lime used to bring the Ph of the water back. A few good suggestions there but rainwater and a drop of vinegar works well. And the time you save not needing to dry the pisser off allows ya to have a wee drop of rum, n scotch n gin n well what ever is left :pist burp Are you OK with that Mr Pigford KP :D
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