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fastasfuck123

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Cheap degreaser wanted

Used to use paraffin to degrease parts that were to beyond cleaning with a brush, detergent  and water

Since suppliers now require a licence to stock it, most have chosen to take it off the shelf and those that do charge a fortune (used to be less than £2 a gallon, now £7.99 per 500ml)

Will be using it to clean swingarm, sprockets etc so needs to be O-ring friendly

Any cheap alternatives?

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mostlyslowly

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mostlyslowly says:

Red Diesel

should do the trick, I think. About £3 a gallon, sometimes sold as marine diesel

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Barney Fartpants

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home heating oil

If you have a tank out the back get a bean can and some string. Sure it's just paraffin anyway.

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hawk750

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hawk750 says:

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lee711

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lee711 says:

This

Stuff is fantastic !!!!!!!

Rockoil De-Greaser

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fastasfuck123

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Thanks for all the replies, will probably go with the deisel simply based on price. OK so it may not be the most green option but one gallon in the old dissued dyke at the back of my gaff isn't going to cause an environmental disaster

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smoto5

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smoto5 says:

That depends where the dyke drains away to

into the ground water and from there maybe to a bore hole, pumping station, reservoir, who knows, that's if it doesn't just flow away into the nearest river in the next heavy rainfall :blink:

I think a figure often bandied about is that a litre of oil will contaminate a million litres of water, so who knows with the above solvents, it might be less severe, might be worse :blink:

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fastasfuck123

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Hundreds if not thousands of gallons get spilled on the roads, garage forecourts, work shop floors etc every day. I'm not saying its OK to add to that total but at the end of the day I'm going to use less than a litre once in a blue moon and I'd sooner spend my hard earned on fuel rather than environmentally friendly?????? cleaners.
Sorry but that's the way it is!

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downshift

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downshift says:

Gunk GREEN

They were out of regular gunk at my nearest halfords so thought I'd give Green a go, bio degradeable, safe for use on paint plastic and rubber. Says not to use on lacquer but I was slap dash with it and it's done no damage to my lacquered surfaces.

I am very pleased with the results, and its safer to use as well, so I'm only every buying this from now on. Stripped the grease off my swingarm and chain in 5 mins. Just cleaned up all the gears on my bicycle too! :smile

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