Using coke to clean bits

Coke used to bring the folks’ silver up nicely – would it work just as well on metal bike bits, i.e. rotors, chains, cassettes, sintered brake pads?

it really depends what brand you use. Where did you get that tip, off Aggie on How Clean is your House?

muc-off prolly tastes better

We did that in Primary school with a 2p. Came out very clean indeed!

Can’t see why that wouldn’t work, just give the stuff a rinse afterwards or the sugary residue will attract dirt.

Don’t do it. Coke cleans because it has phosphoric acid in it. Acid and metal bike parts really don’t mix. Precious metals like silver are precious because they’re shiny, and they’re shiny because they’re unreactive and hence won’t be corroded by a dip in acid. Aluminium and steel will.

Muc-off is pretty corrosive. Thats why you have to rinse it asap.
Can’t imagine coke is any worse. Probably cheaper.

Degreaser and a scrubbing brush on chains, cassettes and rotors, coke is a total nightmare to get off cos it’s really sticky.

*pedant alert* Silver actually reacts with air, or the sulphide in air when it tarnishes. And silvers reactive properties to light are presumably what led to silver being used in camera film, natural silver is never shiny. Gold is pretty inert though.