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Carbon cleaning products

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  • 25-07-2016 11:37am
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    dahat
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    Any recommended ones? Something to shine bike without being abrasive.


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    benneca1
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    I use pledge furniture polish smells nice too


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    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    dahat wrote: »
    Any recommended ones? Something to shine bike without being abrasive.

    I use car polish on my bike (Zymol) as it's very easy applied and buffed up and it leaves a waterproof coating. Unless it's bare carbon (without a clear coat) then you can use pretty much anything you want. For bare carbon I'd be using water and light soapy detergent only.


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    Brian?
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    My bikes are both naked carbon finish. Soapy water when it's proper dirty and baby wipes when the dirt is light enough.

    Most carbon bikes I see are painted, which is a shame.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    velo.2010
    Registered Users Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭velo.2010


    I've bought into 'marginal gains'. I bought some Muck-Off bike cleaner as used by Team Sky. Seems to work well on a matt finish carbon frame.


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    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,788 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    No need for fancy Carbon cleaners and/or polishers then it seems.

    Its a Giant Tcr Advanced 1 frame so its painted. Baby wipes it is then with some car polish when needed.


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    shamrock2004
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    I use muc-off on my TCR advanced 1. Think the cheapest I found it, was in halfords: http://www.halfords.ie/cycling/bike-maintenance/bike-cleaning/muc-off-nano-tech-bike-cleaner-1-litre. I find nothing beats a thorough clean, however, with the crappy Irish weather it's too inefficient to have to clean your bike with a wash every 2 - 3 days so I'll probably stock up on some wipes to keep it clean in between the thorough cleans.


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