Good God! It's cleaning magic for unsightly grease smears.

**Oakie** · 12th October 2014, 20:43

In February this year I went to Dunedin to pick up my bike from a Trade Me seller. On the way down it occured to me that maintenance might have been a bit wanting so I bought a can of YamaLube chain spray from a Yamaha shop at Washdyke in case the chain was a bit dry. Turns out that this YamaLube stuff does a great job but it's as hard to get off as a slug's slime is to get off your hands. I wasn't that accurate with my spraying and managed to get a nice smear on my swingarm and also on the door of our car which was behind the bike during one spray session.

Nothing detergenty would move either of these smears and in trying I ruined one plastic bucket, a dishcloth and a dishbrush. All I succeeded in doing was spreading the sticky mess. It looked like a job for degreaser but I was reluctant because I didn't want to damage the finish on the swingarm or the paint on the car door.

Anyhoo, Mrs Oakie and I were at the Warehouse on Saturday and while she looked for her black cardy that buttoned all the way up, I amused myself by looking at barbeque display. I saw many products including some products for cleaning the built up grease off the bbq ... and then a little light went on. Grease is grease and shifting built up cooking grease off the bbq is also a cast iron bastard of a job too. On a whim, I thought "why not try it on the bike and car". Of the four or five cleaning products on display, I selected a box of wipes for stainless steel. Thought this will be good for a laugh and when they don't work, I can use them to clean the BBQ.

So I got home and with no great expectation removed a wipe and prepared to attack the car door. I was stunned! It was just like one of those TV adverts. I wiped once and it cut right through the grease like the proverbial knife through butter. Next onto my swingarm and the same result. These things are bloody amazing! (Oh, my hand did not disolve with whatever compound is on them ... mild citrus smell incidentally.)

So, if you have a horrible greasy mess that nothing will move, I can recommend 'Selley's BBQ Stainless Steel Wipes). $8 for packet of 20. I'm going to buy a couple more packets next weekend.

**haydes55** · 12th October 2014, 21:03

Cheers, I'll try find some next time I'm in the warehouse

**mossy1200** · 12th October 2014, 21:21

Classic

You experimented on the car door before you let that bad boy anywhere near your bike.

**Rhys** · 12th October 2014, 21:41

kero works well cleaning up yam lube

**AllanB** · 12th October 2014, 21:46

Yammy lube - hell it's HONDA LUBE you need to watch out for - can't walk for 48 hours after using it .................

**Mike.Gayner** · 13th October 2014, 07:12

I use those wipes for cleaning the BBQ. I overlooked them countless times in the supermarket because I never really thought wipes would be a good way to clean the BBQ. Then I was at a mates house and he used from on his BBQ, they're bloody magic. Always have a pack around now.

**R650R** · 13th October 2014, 07:44

Should have just got some supercheap auto degreaser. Used it on bike fairings plenty of times to get wayward chain lube much off, and the subframe.
Wouldn't worry about paint being damaged unless very recently sprayed and not hardened.

**R650R** · 13th October 2014, 07:55

Just did some googling, you just paid $8 for some petrol soaked rags and a little common variety soap.
Looked up the MSDS for product, ingrediants:
70% water
10% sodium lauryl sulphate (common bathroom soap ingredient)
15% benzene sulphate (close enough to petrol)
5% unlisted hokus pokus trickery magic (prob some kind of polishing bead etc)

http://www.bunnings.com.au/bbq-buddy...bwipe_p4460459

http://www.chemicalbook.com/CASEN_9004-82-4.htm

http://www.chemicalbook.com/Chemical...CB0777492.aspx

**pritch** · 13th October 2014, 08:13

I was going to suggest CRC or WD40 for the grease, they work on tar spots as well.

While out and about on the bike on Saturday I was talking to the rider of a large chrome covered cruiser and asked if cleaning it took long.
He said it didn't and he explained, any hardened crud comes off with a water blaster. He follows that with Mothers car wash. Then the crunch - he dries it with a leaf blower. The bike was spotless and he hadn't touched it with a cloth.

I have developed a sudden interest in leaf blowers.

Oh, and I'll be interested to hear how the paint on the OP's car door holds up?

**SNF** · 13th October 2014, 08:29

I'll give it a crack. The other day I used Ajax and a toothbrush on the swing arm and rear wheel. Bit of scrubbing, it got all the crud off. Water blaster and leaf blower idea is brilliant!

**Mike.Gayner** · 13th October 2014, 09:25

I dry my bikes with my air compressor.

**iYRe** · 13th October 2014, 10:41

I use BBQ cleaner on the underside of my bike, and anywhere that you might otherwise use a degreaser. I had a few tins spare.
Oven cleaner too.. its all cheaper than degreaser and you can slip it in the grocery shopping and the Mrs wont complain.
(I'm a daily ride and people always ask me how I get the bike so clean... fwiw, neither the oven nor the BBQ get cleaned.. there never is any cleaner :P)