keeping clean
 

a couple of weeks ago i acf50'd the sv. all over everywhere. get him ready for the winter.

today i went over it with a sponge and luke warm water to make him look a bit more presentable, question is... have i just taken the acf50 off? and am i going to have to do it all again?

ive read that you can put on the acf and leave it for the winter but it looked like id been grasstracking on him so had to rinse off the dirt. so ny answers would be gratefull :)

Re: keeping clean
 

It shouldn't have come off after just 1 clean. It is reallly good at sticking to the bike so you should be fine for a little while yet.

Re: keeping clean
 

You probably washed a lot off, I do not believe that acf50 chemically or physically binds with metal - or anything else probably. I got a load of the stuff too. Wondering just how good it is...

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Is it that good then?? i was thinking of buying some and covering my bike in it as i break in the engine this winter. Take of the farings and cove the engine?? do you literaly cover everything?

Re: keeping clean
 

It's very good. Mainly because it doesn't come off easily, water doesn't shift it much but scrubbing and chemical cleaners/detergents does. I spray basically everything that isn't plastic, brakes, tyres and exhaust- and only because it's a waste of money to do the exhaust, it just burns off.

It's no better than WD40/FS365/oil and paraffin if you wash it regularily IMO, ACF50 is more for the terminally slack. Like me. I ride every day in winter, and I wash it twice, once at the start and once in january. Well, I do the discs fairly often but just a 2-second squirt, otherwise the non-braking surfaces rust.

Re: keeping clean
 

in my experience, these very thinly applied coatings dont ususally last when you use water on then (especially soapy water) it tends to take the coating off - much like using washing up liquid on a greasy plate.

as a rule of thumb, if you cant see it, it isnt there, so re-apply it.

Alan

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Not the case with this stuff, soapy water takes it off but regular water doesn't dent it unless under pressure.

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If you just used water you'll be fine - no need to re-apply. If you used any kind of detergent then you'd be best off adding more acf-50 to be safe side.

I'm doing an experiment at the moment with 3 identical nails. They are getting a daily rinse in salty water and a weekly spray with autoglym motocycle cleaner.

The untreated nail rusted over night after its first dip in salty water.

The wd-40 nail survived 7 days of daily salt water baths, but began to rust after its first exposure to motorcycle cleaner.

The acf-50 nail is still mint after 2 weeks of daily salty water baths and 1 autoglym motorcycle cleaner treatment. Its due another squirt with the autoglym today.

I'll let u know how it gets on.

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Fascinating results there,but I cant help feeling you really need to get out more.;)
Try having a few beers,and dont be tempted to drop a nail in the glass to see if it rusts.:)

Re: keeping clean
 

if u wanna know if its still there get a piece of loo roll & wipe over where it used to be - if it gets oily its still thee - if not, u have washed it off