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On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 11:31:06 a.m. UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/9/2021 8:52 AM, William Crowell wrote: I agree with Andrew: a stronger solvent than mineral spirits or alcohol works much better. Mineral spirits leave a residue. I use either lacquer thinner or automotive pre-paint degreaser, which works the best, IMHO, because it is specially formulated for this. But don't get the lacquer thinner on the sidewalls of your tires; it might do something bad to them; not sure. I've never tried brake cleaner for cleaning braking surfaces. I should have thought of that. But I often use acetone when I want a solvent that cuts most anything. -- - Frank Krygowski But will any/all of the suggestions posted in this thread clean off the WAX that the OP was asking about? Cheers |
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On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 15:22:43 +0000 (UTC), Ralph Barone
wrote: Perhaps I’ll move up to brake cleaner or acetone if last night’s scrub fest hasn’t helped. Do you ever manage to get the rims to the state where nothing more comes off, or do they just get asymptotically closer to actually being clean? I haven't had a reason to try these but I suspect that floor wax stripper or car wax remover would work: https://www.google.com/search?q=wax+stripper&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=car+wax+remover&tbm=isch or mix your own: https://www.tipsbulletin.com/homemade-car-wax-remover/ Looks like it's 70% rubbing alcohol. -- Jeff Liebermann PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272 Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 08:50:43 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot
wrote: But will any/all of the suggestions posted in this thread clean off the WAX that the OP was asking about? Cheers Good question, especially since Ralph didn't mention the brand or type of wax he used to lubricate the chain. My guess(tm) is that he used a paraffin derivative wax. Any non-polar solvent will remove such wax. Acetone, ethanol, gasoline, and such are NOT non-polar solvents. They won't work very well. Isopropyl alcohol is mostly non-polar and should work. Toluene, xylene, and n-hexan are all non-polar and should also work, if you can find them. They're all VoC's and banned in California. Ralph: What brand and type of wax are you trying to remove? Better cycling through chemistry. -- Jeff Liebermann PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272 Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On 6/9/2021 10:49 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 08:50:43 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot wrote: But will any/all of the suggestions posted in this thread clean off the WAX that the OP was asking about? Cheers Good question, especially since Ralph didn't mention the brand or type of wax he used to lubricate the chain. My guess(tm) is that he used a paraffin derivative wax. Any non-polar solvent will remove such wax. Acetone, ethanol, gasoline, and such are NOT non-polar solvents. They won't work very well. Isopropyl alcohol is mostly non-polar and should work. Toluene, xylene, and n-hexan are all non-polar and should also work, if you can find them. They're all VoC's and banned in California. Ralph: What brand and type of wax are you trying to remove? Better cycling through chemistry. Yes, who would have thunk that you need to be an electrical engineer and a chemical engineer in order to maintain your bicycles. I guess you could drive up to Reno to pick up some VoC solvents if really necessary. I can understand the ban on large quantities of these solvents, for industrial use, but banning the sale of quarts, for personal use, is a little extreme considering that there is often no good alternative. |
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Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 08:50:43 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot wrote: But will any/all of the suggestions posted in this thread clean off the WAX that the OP was asking about? Cheers Good question, especially since Ralph didn't mention the brand or type of wax he used to lubricate the chain. My guess(tm) is that he used a paraffin derivative wax. Any non-polar solvent will remove such wax. Acetone, ethanol, gasoline, and such are NOT non-polar solvents. They won't work very well. Isopropyl alcohol is mostly non-polar and should work. Toluene, xylene, and n-hexan are all non-polar and should also work, if you can find them. They're all VoC's and banned in California. Ralph: What brand and type of wax are you trying to remove? Better cycling through chemistry. I’ve been using a standard paraffin wax on my chain. |
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On 6/9/2021 12:37 PM, Ralph Barone wrote:
Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 08:50:43 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot wrote: But will any/all of the suggestions posted in this thread clean off the WAX that the OP was asking about? Cheers Good question, especially since Ralph didn't mention the brand or type of wax he used to lubricate the chain. My guess(tm) is that he used a paraffin derivative wax. Any non-polar solvent will remove such wax. Acetone, ethanol, gasoline, and such are NOT non-polar solvents. They won't work very well. Isopropyl alcohol is mostly non-polar and should work. Toluene, xylene, and n-hexan are all non-polar and should also work, if you can find them. They're all VoC's and banned in California. Ralph: What brand and type of wax are you trying to remove? Better cycling through chemistry. I’ve been using a standard paraffin wax on my chain. But what kind of lubricant to you add to the wax in order to lubricate the chain? |
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On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 8:22:48 AM UTC-7, Ralph Barone wrote:
AMuzi wrote: On 6/9/2021 12:28 AM, Ralph Barone wrote: The rear canti brakes on my touring bike were being less effective than before (I was guessing that when I waxed my chain, some stray wax flakes got onto the rear wheel brake track), so I spent a half hour cleaning my rims. 1) Is there a best way to do this? I just spun the wheel while I wiped the brake track with a paper towel dampened with mineral spirits. 2) Do they ever actually come clean? I was at it for a half hour and the paper towel was still turning black where I was wiping the rim (although possibly a more silvery black). And does it really matter, or is it just good enough to take off any chunky bits and grease stains? Try brake cleaner. Also, open the brake and look at your pads, they're likely contaminated. Clean those and if they're deeply gouged pass a file or emery across the surface. Perhaps I’ll move up to brake cleaner or acetone if last night’s scrub fest hasn’t helped. Do you ever manage to get the rims to the state where nothing more comes off, or do they just get asymptotically closer to actually being clean? Ralph, unless you have some sort of synthetic oil on the rims normal soap and water on the rims and brake shoes should work as well as anything. One thing will make the brakes because VERY inefficient - it the braking surfaces on the rim are highly worn, they will bend away from the shoes. You can check this usually by laying a straight edge across the braking surfaces, It there is more than a couple of mm showing REPLACE the wheels. Or have new rims installed. This is a dangerous condition since I watched the entire braking surface of a wheels break off on a guy when he was going downhill. Nice crash - he went off of the road and into a pasture with deep grass and suffered no injuries besides his dignity as we mentioned that again and again on every group ride. |
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On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 12:37:16 PM UTC-7, Ralph Barone wrote:
Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 08:50:43 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot wrote: But will any/all of the suggestions posted in this thread clean off the WAX that the OP was asking about? Cheers Good question, especially since Ralph didn't mention the brand or type of wax he used to lubricate the chain. My guess(tm) is that he used a paraffin derivative wax. Any non-polar solvent will remove such wax. Acetone, ethanol, gasoline, and such are NOT non-polar solvents. They won't work very well. Isopropyl alcohol is mostly non-polar and should work. Toluene, xylene, and n-hexan are all non-polar and should also work, if you can find them. They're all VoC's and banned in California. Ralph: What brand and type of wax are you trying to remove? Better cycling through chemistry. I’ve been using a standard paraffin wax on my chain. It would take and awfully lot of that to effect the braking. The heat on the shoes is normally enough to vaporize wax. |
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On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 19:37:10 +0000 (UTC), Ralph Barone
wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 08:50:43 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot wrote: But will any/all of the suggestions posted in this thread clean off the WAX that the OP was asking about? Cheers Good question, especially since Ralph didn't mention the brand or type of wax he used to lubricate the chain. My guess(tm) is that he used a paraffin derivative wax. Any non-polar solvent will remove such wax. Acetone, ethanol, gasoline, and such are NOT non-polar solvents. They won't work very well. Isopropyl alcohol is mostly non-polar and should work. Toluene, xylene, and n-hexan are all non-polar and should also work, if you can find them. They're all VoC's and banned in California. Ralph: What brand and type of wax are you trying to remove? Better cycling through chemistry. I’ve been using a standard paraffin wax on my chain. Well, it's Wikipedia approved for lubricating bicycle chain. See third bullet point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraffin_wax#Other_uses Perhaps an acetone and kerosene mix? "Paraffin solvents" https://patents.google.com/patent/US2741596A/en "We have discovered that a particularly effective solvent can be prepared by mixing acetone with a light petroleum fraction having a specific gravity on the order of that of acetone, namely, about 0.78 to 0.81. Petroleum fractions of this kind are commonly known as kerosene. We find that such a mixture of acetone and kerosene will dissolve paraffin wax more effectively and rapidly than any other solvent hitherto known, and that the wax, when so dissolved, will remain in liquid condition indefinitely. Neither kerosene nor acetone is an effective solvent by itself. Kerosene alone acts very slowly and is unsatisfactory, and acetone, while re-acting with paraffin to some extent, appears to have a tendency to convert it into a gummy substance. We are unable to explain the reason why our improved mixture works so efficiently, but the addition of acetone appears to tremendously speed up the solvent action of the kerosene, and the kerosene seems to counteract the tendency of acetone to form a gummy material." -- Jeff Liebermann PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272 Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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Jeff Liebermann writes:
On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 08:50:43 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot wrote: But will any/all of the suggestions posted in this thread clean off the WAX that the OP was asking about? Cheers Good question, especially since Ralph didn't mention the brand or type of wax he used to lubricate the chain. My guess(tm) is that he used a paraffin derivative wax. Any non-polar solvent will remove such wax. Acetone, ethanol, gasoline, and such are NOT non-polar solvents. They won't work very well. Isopropyl alcohol is mostly non-polar and should work. Toluene, xylene, and n-hexan are all non-polar and should also work, if you can find them. They're all VoC's and banned in California. (Current) automotive brake cleaner seems to be mostly light alkanes, and possibly some aromatics. These are non-polar solvents. Brake cleaner, isopropanol, and acetone all have the advantage of rapidly and completely evaporating. Mineral spirits might leave more residue. https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediaw...9lxtD7SSSSSS-- http://downloads.consumables.com/doc...1-9673_SDS.pdf |
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