Keeping the salt and corrosion at bay

[DaveS]

Washed the bike this Saturday after a couple of weeks of continuous commuting and a previous ACF50 treatment.
God damn that ACF50 attracts the dirt!
Took loads of Muc-off and 2 buckets of hot soapy water to get the bike clean. New sponge is now black.
Got it clean in the end though.
Coated it again in ACF50. Fingers crossed it doesn't start to dissolve.

I have some FS-365 as well to use on a semi daily basis when its a bit wet.

What is everyone else using?

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

Waxoil.
And if you think acf attracts the dirt.....
Still, better dirty than clean [emoji2]

I thought the idea was to leave the acf on & not clean it off until spring?

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[DaveS]

I thought the idea was to leave the acf on & not clean it off until spring?

Yeh, but as I use the bike every day in whatever conditions I worry about the corrosion, so I tend to clean and reapply every so often.
I use a compressor to apply to get an even coating.
I don’t coat the wheels though as acf and brakes don’t go well together!

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

I understand your concern re corrosion Dave but still isn't acf an apply before the salt goes down, wash it after it's gone type of thing, maybe with a quick reapplication on particularly vunerable areas?

That philosophy worked on the old Alp, while generally not a daily commuter, it was used regularly in winter and put away dripping with salt or later in life parked within 100 yards of the sea for months on end.

These are the forks just before I sold it, the wheels were spotless too (it just looked minging).

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[Steve T]

Wheel rims coated with Waxoil mixed with WD40 / ACF 50 for ease of application.

ACF 50 lightly rubbed onto most other parts of the bike.

After every ride the brake discs get a cold water wash from a watering can, then the discs are wiped dry. The chain gets a good lube of gear oil, on top of the stuff deposited on it by the chain oiler
Once a week, when the weather allows, the bike gets a good hose down with cold water. The screen, lights & mirrors get a soapy wipe down.

After the cold hosing, the bike gets a good squirt of WD40 onto all the non moving metal bits, to help disperse the water.

Done this for years on various makes of machine and they all scrub up luverly in the spring after a reet good rub down with parrafin and elbow grease.

Just my mumblings.

Steve T

 

[DaveS]

Good tips there Steve.