Silicone Spray

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I've seen people mention using silicone spray on the
bike's frame to stop muck sticking to it before. Does it
work well, and does it bugger anything up? I know it does
bad things if you've got it around when you're painting

a

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car, but that's about it.

A friend used to spray his mtb with it and it seemed to work
well. It has no real lubrication properties and while it
won't wash oil off chains and stuff neither will it suffice
as a lubricant (probably obvious to you but I've seen the
results to machines inadvertently lubricated with it :-(
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Regards, Pete

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Re silicone spray:

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It does help on sticking conveyors in my experience, but
that's not the

same

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thing as lubricating mechanical bits. I was thinking more
to just keep mud from sticking rather than as some sort of
lubricant.

Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. My mate used to spray his
mtb frame with it to make it easier to clean and not as a
lubricant and it seemed effective (he didn't have to pay for
the silicone ;-). I only mentioned the fact it's not a
lubricant in case you didn't already know and meant that if
you accidentally spray it onto the chain, say, it probably
won't hurt but won't help either.
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Regards, Pete

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I only mentioned the fact it's not a lubricant in case you
didn't already know and meant that if you accidentally
spray it onto the chain, say, it probably won't hurt but
won't help either.

I thought that it was a very effective lubricant - currently
using TF2 or GT85 - Super Spray Lube was the best but seems
to be unavailable now.

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Peter B said:

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Re silicone spray:

Quoted message said:

It does help on sticking conveyors in my experience, but
that's not the

same

Quoted message said:

thing as lubricating mechanical bits. I was thinking more
to just keep mud from sticking rather than as some sort of
lubricant.

Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. My mate used to spray
his mtb frame with it to make it easier to clean and not
as a lubricant and it seemed effective (he didn't have to
pay for the silicone ;-). I only mentioned the fact it's
not a lubricant in case you didn't already know and meant
that if you accidentally spray it onto the chain, say, it
probably won't hurt but won't help either.

Have used silicone furniture polish and 'Back-to-Black' car
trim polish stuff on cyclo-cross frames. It certainly does
help drop the mud off, but not necessarily any better at
keeping the bike 'super clean' - the residue picks up dust.
Keep it away from bearings.

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Originally posted by Doki
I've seen people mention using silicone spray on the bike's
frame to stop muck sticking to it before. Does it work
well, and does it bugger anything up? I know it does bad
things if you've got it around when you're painting a car,
but that's about it.

a new product used in the motorbike industry has been recently launched into the cycle industry with success.....

here's the link....i hope it helps...

http://www.scottoiler.com/mcn.asp