Hi, yes petrol is really good as well, but it upsets my tummy, so when we have avgas ( hi octane petrol with lead still added ) at work I grab some in a old empty oil container just for cleaning bicycle parts.........wayne davidson Invers NZ....
on 14/2/06 1:06 AM, Dennis Young at mail@woodworkingboy.com wrote:
> So that's why when I ate dinner over at Dale's place I ended up
> eating my soup with a brake lever, just glad it wasn't drilled.
>
> For my money, the best degreaser is gasoline, though expedience may
> take precedent over intelligence here.
>
> Dennis Young
> Hotaka, Japan.
>
>
>> << ... I was wondering if anyone had any advice about cleaning off
>> grease/dirt from old components, and shining them up
>> again.... >>
>>
>> I have to wait until my wife is not around the house for a while, but
>> putting gooey bike parts in the dish washer on the "scrub" cycle works
>> amazingly well! Try it & be amazed!
>>
>>
>>
>> Dale Brown
>> Greensboro, NC USA