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  • Cheap alternative to muc off?
  • yetiguy
    Free Member

    In these condition, i wash mine and my sons bike after every ride

    Muc off aint exactly cheap (unless you buy the 25 litre container)

    Is there a cheaper alternative

    Homemade even?

    Tried soap and water and it just doesn't cut it.

    TooTall
    Free Member

    Buy a bigger range of brushes, brush crud off with water, then use less muc off. I only use it for the last bit on the moving parts. A bottle lasts ages that way. Also, buy the concentrate and make it up yourself.

    alexonabike
    Full Member

    Fenwicks concentrate – about a tenner for a bottle that will make about 10 refills of your muc-off spray bottle.

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    greasystain
    Free Member

    +1 for the Feniwicks. 10 times the value.

    mickasaki
    Free Member

    The wife! I cheat and use TFR from the valeting bay at work. Its free!

    z1ppy
    Full Member

    m8 was telling me he reckoned Gunk looked to be pretty much the same stuff…

    Mrtrotter
    Free Member

    Fenwicks is better value for money. Dilute it down or use it neat as a degreaser.

    doug_basqueMTB.com
    Full Member

    Be careful. My dad got me some stuff from a garage somewhere. If you dilute it about 1:30 it's great but get the dilution wrong and it marks the anodising.

    mcmoonter
    Free Member

    Fenwicks caravan cleaner. £6 for 2.5 litres. 1 cap to a bucketful of water. Lasts for ages

    spacemonkey
    Full Member

    There's a bottle of blue liquid you can get off Wiggle – can't remember the name. But a small capfull goes a long way and it works a treat – far better VMF than Muc Off.

    simonm
    Free Member

    dilute muc off by 50% still works well.

    Andyhilton
    Free Member

    another +1 for fenwicks.

    alanf
    Free Member

    Have a look at dbc9mx dirt bike cleaner on ebay.
    It a guy that developed it himself for cleaning his crosser.
    Works a treat, its cheap and last for ages

    JohnnyPanic
    Full Member

    I used to use muc off and I'm currently trying fenwicks concentrate. Fenwicks recommnd a 1:10 dilution but as I have an old 5 litre muc off container the maths were easier to make a 1:9 dilution. At this strength I reckon it's not quite as effective as muc off (though still works) so my next batch will be 1:8. Quite a bit cheaper than muc off.

    JohnnyPanic
    Full Member

    Wow – it would be a long time before you needed to buy anything else.

    nickc
    Full Member

    Fairy liquid*, and a sponge, a brush, a hosepipe, and some elbow grease

    * any minute some-one will come on and say "Ahh, but it's got salt in it" or some other such nonsense. Well, the minute any of my bikes fall apart underneath me because I've used washing up liquid, you'll be the first to know, OK?

    bassspine
    Free Member

    I can't believe noone's recommended Elbow Grease…

    whyter
    Full Member

    Just MTFU and scrub a bit 😉 Car shampoo for me, with no ill effects.

    brack
    Free Member

    What a total gimmick that stuff is….I ride my bike every day for work and get in at least 3 big rides a week.

    Seeing as though I've ridden my 1996 Kona Kilauea since new….and just use a squirt of washing up liquid in warm water…..

    I feel authorised to say that you just do not need it!

    scruzer
    Free Member

    +1 for washing upliquid! +1 for nickc's comment. And, do we not rinse? then this gets rid of any salt in the water anyway. 20 years worth so far and no signs of my bikes failing due to saline treatment.

    IainGillam
    Free Member

    washing up liquid is more expensive than TFR (check my post above) just thought I'd add abit to it: mucoff/proclean etc £5.99 per litre, fairy liquid £3.00-£4.00 per litre, fenwicks £1.00 per litre, TFR £0.20 per litre.

    Iain

    OldGitSurrey
    Free Member

    Fairy is good but any decent wash/wax car stuff is better!

    joolsburger
    Free Member

    I use washing up liquid or nothing at all but then I'm not fussed if my bike is not perfectly clean, I'm past all that.

    woody2000
    Full Member

    Doesn't the wash n wax stuff contaminate brake pads/rotors?

    Brush, warm water and a bit of fairy does for me!

    Iisme
    Free Member

    Be careful with car cleaner and TFR it can have rust inhibiters that will knacker your disc brake pads and the next set if you don’t degrease the rotors. Thats why I use water and a sponge.

    woffle
    Free Member

    the autoglym engine de-greaser works for me for when I've got to clean the drivetrain. About £6 a spray bottle and it lasts for ages.

    It's water based and paint friendly – recommended by the Condor Racing team mechanic no less…

    Andituk
    Free Member

    Slightly strong mixed Fenwicks here. I just hose the bike down, spray on all over (I do use loads though) and then hose off and its perfectly clean.

    Not as good as Muc Off on tyres though.

    timberjack
    Free Member

    I have used tfr on my stumpjumper for the last 3 years and i have always been a bit worried about it, and after reading up on it, you are advised not to use it on anodised alaminium surfaces, thats maybe why the stanchions are donald ducked on my forks. fairy liquid and elbow grease on the new bike me thinks

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