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Tue 5 Sep 2006 15:41

Muc-Off - cheddar

When my son was given some Muc-Off bike cleaner for his birthday I was somewhat sceptical about the claims on the container, I thought it would either be useless or strip away all of the grease, most of the paint and half the driveway for good measure.

/www.muc-off.co.uk/bicyclemuc-off.html

As it happens he also got a new bike which is not yet ready for a good clean so I tried it on my four year old mountain bike that has only ever had the chain lubed and has never really been cleaned at all beyond hosing off excessive mud.

So I sprayed it with Muc Off, left it a few minutes and hosed it off, really quite amazing, grease deposits, chain lube, mud and dust, the dryed on remains of a squashed slug, it all just came away, it looks almost as new with nothing more to do other than wiping away a few stubborn marks.

I am worried about getting it into bearings etc because it must be a powerful degreasant so I dont think I will try it on the motorbike or cars, also it probably strips polish of paintwork, however it is refreshing to find something that pretty much "does what it says on the tin" !

Anyone else tried it?

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Tue 5 Sep 2006 16:45

Muc-Off - steveincornwall

Yes cheddar, bought some a while back in Halfords to clean up my nephews bikes which are used on a farm - not nice! So pleased with the result, easy to use and effective, that I went back and got some for my own road/trail bike.
Steve.

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Tue 5 Sep 2006 16:57

Muc-Off - Pica

I use it to clean the dirt off my alloy wheels - they come up a treat. I noticed that Muc-Off smells the same (or very similar) to the autoglym wheel cleaner so I thought I would give it a go as it is so much cheaper than branded wheel cleaners

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Tue 5 Sep 2006 17:27

Muc-Off - martint123

MachineMart traffic film remover works a treat as well - probably the same stuff inside. However, this stuff lasts forever, you dilute it to ridiculous lengths. Spray on with an old kitchen sprayer, leave for five minutes and rinse well. Like all these products, don't leave on bare alluminum too long.
www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=050430110

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