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  2. "luvjava" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:

    What have other users of White Lightning found is the best way to remove the residue prior to
    reapplication of White Lightning?

    Water works great.

  3. Ken said:

    "luvjava" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:

    What have other users of White Lightning found is the best way to remove the residue prior to
    reapplication of White Lightning?

    Water works great.

    Especially if you add some dishwashing detergent. Not the kind for machinewash, just the normal old
    fashioned kind 😉

    Sometimes I also use the same degreaser that I use before washing my car.

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    Perre

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    I use a citrus cleaner in a chain cleaning machine. Wash w/ soap an = water after let dry in sun.
    Reapply White Lightning. I do this every 2 - = 3 weeks. Gets the grit out & chain is nice and clean.
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    Be very careful with citrus cleaner. It's acidic and can mar the nice = shiny finish on your
    expensive aluminum/titanium components. I cleaned = a cassette with citrus cleaner and it wrecked
    the finish on the = lockring.

    Blue Dawn dish washing soap is about the best (and safest) degreaser = there is.

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    "]news:[email hidden]... I use a citrus cleaner in a chain cleaning
    machine. Wash w/ soap an = water after let dry in sun. Reapply White Lightning. I do this every 2 -
    = 3 weeks. Gets the grit out & chain is nice and clean. "luvjava" <[email hidden]>
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    some extent self cleaning, but I = sometimes I must transport my bike Inside my car, and really dont
    want = to trash my back seats with gunk.

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  6. Try Pledge. That's what I use with Pedro's Ice Wax.

    Mike Yankee

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  7. [email hidden] (MikeYankee) wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:

    Try Pledge. That's what I use with Pedro's Ice Wax.

    I use tap water with Pedro's Ice Wax. Washes right off.

  8. luvjava-<< What have other users of White Lightning found is the best way to remove = the residue
    prior to reapplication of White Lightning? >><BR><BR>

    Hot water and dish soap. Then use somethin else, like Prolink...We see so many whitelightening
    systems really gunked up.

    Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302
    (303)440-3535 vecchios.comvecchios.com "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

  9. luvjava said:

    I know that White Lightning is to some extent self cleaning, but I sometimes I must transport my
    bike Inside my car, and really dont want to trash my back seats with gunk.

    What have other _users_ of White Lightning found is the best way to remove the residue prior to
    reapplication of White Lightning?

    Bill

    We currently use White Lightning Raceday on our Bike Friday tandem and have the same
    transportation/handling needs.

    The best method so far has been a thorough wipe of the chain with a cloth moistened with methylated
    spirit prior to handling or re lubing.

    I rarely bother to immersion clean chains. If a chain is extremely muddy I usually clean it with hot
    water and dishwashing detergent, spray rinse with water and then re apply lube.

    Alan.

  10. Alan Hutchison said:
    luvjava said:

    I know that White Lightning is to some extent self cleaning, but I sometimes I must transport my
    bike Inside my car, and really dont want to trash my back seats with gunk.

    What have other _users_ of White Lightning found is the best way to remove the residue prior to
    reapplication of White Lightning?

    Bill

    We currently use White Lightning Raceday on our Bike Friday tandem and have the same
    transportation/handling needs.

    I bought a bottle of White Lightning Raceday and when trying to apply it I couldn't squeese anything
    throught the tiny opening. When checking inside I noticed that there where tiny small white
    particles floating around. I could not get rid of these by shaking and had to pour it on my chain
    through the big opening. Messy and wasteful. Have you ever seen these clots and been able to get rid
    of them? I tried shaking lightly according to instructions and of course vigourously after getting
    peed off 😉
    --
    Perre

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  11. I have used Prolink and it does work well, but it seems to get dirtier faster. I have heard good
    things about Boeshield. Anyone have any experience with this lube?

    "Qui si parla Campagnolo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    luvjava-<< What have other users of White Lightning found is the best way


    to

    Quoted message said:

    remove = the residue prior to reapplication of White Lightning? >><BR><BR>

    Hot water and dish soap. Then use somethin else, like Prolink...We see so


    many

    Quoted message said:

    whitelightening systems really gunked up.

    Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302
    (303)440-3535 vecchios.comvecchios.com "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

  12. Per Elmsäter said:
    Alan Hutchison said:
    luvjava said:

    I know that White Lightning is to some extent self cleaning, but I sometimes I must transport my
    bike Inside my car, and really dont want to trash my back seats with gunk.

    What have other _users_ of White Lightning found is the best way to remove the residue prior to
    reapplication of White Lightning?

    Bill

    We currently use White Lightning Raceday on our Bike Friday tandem and have the same
    transportation/handling needs.

    I bought a bottle of White Lightning Raceday and when trying to apply it I couldn't squeese
    anything throught the tiny opening. When checking inside I noticed that there where tiny small
    white particles floating around. I could not get rid of these by shaking and had to pour it on my
    chain through the big opening. Messy and wasteful. Have you ever seen these clots and been able to
    get rid of them? I tried shaking lightly according to instructions and of course vigourously after
    getting peed off 😉
    --
    Perre

    You have to be smarter than a robot to reply.

    Yes, the stuff is a pain to apply. Heat is the answer. Either stand the bottle in the hot sun if
    there is any or put it in fairly hot water for a while and then shake the bottle. As the solution
    cools, the nozzle will start to block again, so it is best to apply it quickly.

    Alan.

  13. "Alan Hutchison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Yes, the stuff is a pain to apply. Heat is the answer. Either stand the bottle in the hot sun if
    there is any or put it in fairly hot water for a while and then shake the bottle. As the solution
    cools, the nozzle will start to block again, so it is best to apply it quickly.

    Great tip, Alan. Shaking for a lon long time works too, but this sounds easier.

    SteveC

  14. I just cleaned my White-Lightning'd chain with a citrus degreaser. I had been using Simple Green.
    The Citrus stuff (Mr. Orange, I think) did a much better/faster job of cleaning the chain. (And I
    clean the chain at least every 150 miles).

    Then I applied Boeshield. My ride this morning was whisper quiet. The White Lightning never
    provided, for me, a quiet ride. I've become a Boeshield convert.

    Gary

    JimP said:

    I have used Prolink and it does work well, but it seems to get dirtier faster. I have heard good
    things about Boeshield. Anyone have any experience with this lube?

    "Qui si parla Campagnolo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    luvjava-<< What have other users of White Lightning found is the best way


    to

    Quoted message said:

    remove = the residue prior to reapplication of White Lightning? >><BR><BR>

    Hot water and dish soap. Then use somethin else, like Prolink...We see so


    many

    Quoted message said:

    whitelightening systems really gunked up.

    Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302
    (303)440-3535 vecchios.comvecchios.com "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

  15. Alan Hutchison said:


    Yes, the stuff is a pain to apply. Heat is the answer. Either stand the bottle in the hot sun if
    there is any or put it in fairly hot water for a while and then shake the bottle. As the solution
    cools, the nozzle will start to block again, so it is best to apply it quickly.

    Alan.

    Thanks.
    --
    Perre

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