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Found all three of my lubes to be empty today,so ended up lubing my chain with mineral brake fluid applied with a cloth. Not only did it clean up my chain it worked bloomin well.
Now tell me my bikes gonna dissolve or something.
Shouldn't be a major problem, might get a bit sticky though. At least it wasn't DOT fluid, then your bike and lower legs would have melted.
shimano mineral oil? Winner! (though not a cheap way of doing it?)
DOT fluid? Bad news brown
you'd have been better off using olive oil, but it [i]must[/i] be extra virgin cold pressed
Just thought I'd bring this up again.
My middle ring needed replacing and I was getting chainsuck. After using the fluid the suck wasn't so bad. Then I went out on it Wednesday night and today when I went to clean it the chain and cassette were still clean and lubed. It seems to do a great job, unless applying it with a cloth helps.
I notice the American cross riders use Pam which I think is a cooking spray?
[i]you'd have been better off using olive oil, but it must be extra virgin cold pressed [/i]
first pressing, of course. Or do you want to wait until everyone else has had their fun with the olives? Fourth pressing. Yeah, like that’s gonna be a party on your chain, I don’t think
Have you been smokin that there mari jew ana boy.
It might clean it up well, But all brake fluid mineral and DOT type are hydroscopic wich means it absorbs water! so not what you want sucking moisture inside the links. You'd be better with used engine oil as the carbon in it will help prevent rust.
Not listening. 🙄
mineral oil is not hydroscopic
From memory does brake fluid not remove paint quite well?
Once stripped the varnish from a door by brushing over it in my overalls having been bathing in brake fluid under a car!
Long time ago but Dad was not pleased.
DOT fluid does, but not mineral oil.
The Halfords mineral brake fluid is working very very well still, far better than any proprietry lubes I've used so far.
This is the first winter since 2002 that I've not wintered on a singlespeed, in fact I have just one MTB now so it's getting plenty of use. The fluid doesn't seem to pick dirt up as much.
I'm now applying with a 1/2 brush dipped into a cap fullof fluid.
Very pleased with the results.