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punyXpress 06-12-09 12:16 PM
Re: Kerosine to clean chain! Good or Bad???
 
[QUOTE=rictus01;2116885]Indeed the good old, bad old days......;), still it did give us blokes a reason to use the stove though..........:smt043

That & heating crankcases in the oven to remove bearings!

yorkie_chris 06-12-09 12:17 PM
Re: Kerosine to clean chain! Good or Bad???
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by timwilky (Post 2116873)
I do not think turps substitute is kerosene/paraffin. but is a derivative of these.


as for sourcing paraffin, even B&Q sell it in their gardening sections for heating greenhouses.


Mark, I am glad I am not the only one to have boiled a chain. in my case on a primus stove as the duchess when berserk when she caught me with the grease can on her cooker.

As for scott oilers, great bit of kit, but removed mine as my white wheels couldn't cope
My wheels were silver once :smt043


What did they call that grease you had to melt, I had a tin for the trial bike and it was great*, lent it to some d***head who spilt it all over his garage though.

*tin was probably older than me as my dad bought it when he had a maico 350 in these "olden days" you speak of.

rictus01 06-12-09 12:22 PM
Re: Kerosine to clean chain! Good or Bad???
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by yorkie_chris (Post 2116898)
My wheels were silver once :smt043


What did they call that grease you had to melt, I had a tin for the trial bike and it was great*, lent it to some d***head who spilt it all over his garage though.

*tin was probably older than me as my dad bought it when he had a maico 350 in these "olden days" you speak of.
Both Castrol and Duckhams sold it as "chain grease", but that must have been 25 years ago.

Cheers Mark.

punyXpress 06-12-09 12:23 PM
Re: Kerosine to clean chain! Good or Bad???
 
Linklyfe was one, Chris.
Saw half a tin at a farm sale near here & it looked like tarmac - complete with chippings! No, I didn't bid.


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