Why has it taken me so long to use these. Such a simple idea. I use them after every ride. Gets rid of flys and the odd spot. Keeping my new 899 shiny. I have a red 899 I've just found some auto glem super resin. And auto glem ultra deep shine. Any thoughts on either if these. Ive got some dodo juice deep purple but it says it's best for dark paint would people recommend it for a red 899.
Mr Sheen* works well too. *other brands are available in all good supermarkets and some shit ones too.
don't baby wipes contain alcohol? can't see them doing much harm (ok for babies ) but may dry out plastics???
I use them on one of my bikes,its satin black,they do the job really well,and they dont polish the satin paint.
For leathers I use saddle soap. Makes em as good as new. Cheap from a saddlery or tinternet. I think the saddle soap also replenishes the natural oils or summit. Anyway they look new once washed with the stuff. Just a sponge, warm water and a dab of saddle soap.
I normally just use a damp micro fibre cloth and a drying cloth no harsh chemicals then, or muc off detailing polish as well, in between full wash and polish.
Baby wipes are superb. I find keeping a damp chamois to hand while cleaning works wonders as the baby wipes leave a smeary deposit, so baby wipes and then damp chamois and it cleans the bike up a treat. Will happily clean flung chain lube too though be careful as the lube tends to collect fine grit and will leave fine lines in the paintwork if you are too gung ho with the wiping. Beware of that muc off bike cleaner stuff, it's pretty abrasive stuff. Used it on my van windscreen once to clean a shed load of dead flies off it....bloody stuff ate into the windscreen and left permanent lines in it. Binned it after that!
I used to swear by Vulcanet wipes but recently moved to 99p Tesco baby wipes - just as good. I've got a matte white Tuono and they work real well on that.
[QUOTE="Matt DWrecker, Beware of that muc off bike cleaner stuff, it's pretty abrasive stuff. Used it on my van windscreen once to clean a shed load of dead flies off it....bloody stuff ate into the windscreen and left permanent lines in it. Binned it after that![/QUOTE] the pink stuff ? I've used it for a couple of years and not found it abrasive, you sure your cloth or screen wasn't gritty
Arse, meant aggressive. And yeah, the pink stuff. I used it on a Honda I had (bucket, water and a bit of the pink stuff) but found I was getting some marks/discolouration on the paintwork. Had it cleaned and covered in acf for the winter one year and the guy doing it told me the stuff was best avoided and was almost certainly the cause of the marks. The windscreen incident was a touch daft, it was absolutely plastered in bugs and had been left over a weekend, had a lazy moment and figured the now redundant muc off stuff would do a grand job. Sprayed it on neat and left for a couple of minutes before cleaning off. Did an amazing job! Only trouble was whenever it rained after that the windscreen had a crazy pattern all over it of spots and run marks where the stuff had sat on the screen Absolutely terrible to drive in the rain after that. That was when it got binned....
Bugger have to keep an eye on it, I tried a couple of others but they did what you discribed left lines etc, I'll have to check the PH
Bit late now for the van but I always sling an old soaked towel over dried on flies, leave it five mins and they come off with little effort.
That's what I do with the bike now, cover afflicted areas with wet wipes, leave for a while, clean with the wipes then rub down with a damp chamois
