Ultrasonic cleaner...

[weiwentg]

Originally Posted by Clancy

Doesn't anybody use the Parks chain cleaner? $25 and gets it as clean as any other method and relatively easy. I have access to a uber expensive commercial sonic cleaner and the Parks works as well.

As far as other parts, the sonic does a very nice job but not any better than a bucket, hot water, dish soap and a few scrub brushes.

I got the Park chain cleaner. Problem is that most of my bikes have quick links and I switched to NFS chain lube after getting the chain cleaner. After wiping down the chain after every ride (and yes, I didn't realize how important that was in the past!), I now realize that I don't need the chain cleaner for regular cleaning, and for occasional deep cleaning, dilute Simple Green in a bottle (as many here have recommended) will do much better. However, I'll use the chain cleaner occasionally on the wife's old 10-speed, which doesn't have a quick link and I think it won't take one.

[Idris Icabod]

Originally Posted by Clancy

Doesn't anybody use the Parks chain cleaner? $25 and gets it as clean as any other method and relatively easy. I have access to a uber expensive commercial sonic cleaner and the Parks works as well.

As far as other parts, the sonic does a very nice job but not any better than a bucket, hot water, dish soap and a few scrub brushes.

I use a chain cleaner to wash the chain on the bike but in my experience the sonicator gets a chain way cleaner. I took a chain cleaned with the chain cleaner, (3 times with simple green) to work and put the 'clean' chain in a bottle with hexanes and sonicated in a Branson UltraSonic bath (it's about a $1000 sonicator). The solvent turns black which doesn't worry me but the amount of insoluble grit that collected at the bottom of the bottle was surprising.

I might need to improve my on bike chain cleaning technique.

[slimj]

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