Safe paintwork cleaning chemicals

[SARGE]

This thread http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=98101 got me thinking about cleaning products and issues related to bike cleaning and chemicals used. There seems to be a lot of unknown's on this subject.
What's safe to use on your precious paint work?
Anything spilled that's damaged your paint work?

My test subject = 05 Triumph Speed Triple (Black)

First up this morning I tried Isopropyl Alcohol on my flyscreen. No problem, so I thought I’d go a bit further tonight with some other items in the shed. Plus I was bored!
1. Gunwash (cheap type thinner for washing sprayguns)
2. Mineral Turpentine
3. Amway Gel Bug & Tar Remover (sizzles and looks like its doing something)
4. Mothers Wheel Mist (acid based)
5. Ferodo Dot 4 Brake Fluid (always wanted to)

Well someone had to do it! No issue with anything here, though I thought the brake fluid might react.
To go further I’d have to get some stuff from work, but I already know what paint stripper will do and who the hell cleans their bike with caustic soda?

Anyone else want to share their experiments, disasters with chemicals/solvents or bike cleaning products? I'm not expecting anyone to go out and wreck their paint, but they may have done that accidently.

Please specify bike make/model in your post!

We may just get a pattern forming of do's & don’ts!

i give every square Cm of both bikes, the POV and the work truck death with degreaser i get from SuperChump.. then i rewax everything as needed

[hayd3n]

Probably need the blue portion of a butane type flame to do that I would have thought... that's how they make the edge of perspex sheet transparent.

i use hydrogen/acetylene at work for a glass finish on all acrylics except white it just blackens