carb cleaner will destroy the decals on a bike, it will just melt them away.... learned that one the hard way...LOL!
Very true........! I try to blow as much dust off as I can before I use any solvents to clean it, been thinking about getting one of those little cheap electric cash wash machines, seen them for around $80, my luck it would only work a couple of time and then burn up.....LOL I would be a bit PO'd.Blasting your bike with air pressure after washing is a real time saver.
I was just going to suggest hot water and detergent. Not sure which brand of brake cleaner Map is using but what I use is like paint remover. In fact I've used it for that. It is a highly aggresive solvent that, yes, will cut dirt, grease and grime but will also attack most any painted surface. Read the label.Just had an idea........BING!
maybe I'll just get out one of my old pump up sprayers, fill it with HOT water add a little dish soap and bingo......semi high pressure hot soapy water sprayer...... gonna have to try this one now.....! cheap, easy.... and no electric power required... my own pump up bike wash..LOL!
map
Easy to keep them that way when all they see is pavement, thats the only bad thing about living in the country, nothing stays clean, but I will have to say that is the only thing bad about living in the country, personally I'll take my dirty cars, trucks and bikes and living on 150 acres in the nice quiet ful natural setting of the country life over clean vehicles, traffic, crime, noise and neighbors any day of the week...... it's nice to go into town but I can't wait to get back home after a short time there, just different strokes for different folks, but its all good, just me the wife, the chickens, the cats and all the rest of the animals in my neck of the woods but I like it.No worries Tom. When people see our nicely maintained bikes, I'm sure some of them would like to know how we keep them that way.
All I see more then half the time is pavement and my bike still looks like crap.Easy to keep them that way when all they see is pavement, thats the only bad thing about living in the country, nothing stays clean, but I will have to say that is the only thing bad about living in the country, personally I'll take my dirty cars, trucks and bikes and living on 150 acres in the nice quiet ful natural setting of the country life over clean vehicles, traffic, crime, noise and neighbors any day of the week...... it's nice to go into town but I can't wait to get back home after a short time there, just different strokes for different folks, but its all good, just me the wife, the chickens, the cats and all the rest of the animals in my neck of the woods but I like it.
I'll have to say that when I see all you fellas nice clean classy looking pics of those bikes, it does make me wish I could keep mine that clean and I would if I could for sure, just aint never gonna happen out here in the sticks though.....LOL!
Well off to assemble a pull behind farm sprayer I just bought at tractor supply a while ago, dang grasshoppers are about to eat us out of house and home out here this year, the pump up sprayer just ain't gonna cut it anymore, I guess thats what we do out here instead of dealing with burglars and such, we get invaded with insects sometime...... gonna poison the heck outta those suckers.....!
Map
I third this comment. I used rust oleum "12oo BBQ" paint and any time even a drop o fuel got on it I had to re paint it because it just ate straight thru the paint. This thread is going to help me choose my next engine paint so school me guys! Lots of great input so far.I've had the same experience myself, some paints just dont stand up to the fuel and any other chemicals well for some reason, it sucks when you think it will and then BAM............! paint gets lifted and you are ready for a new paint job on something.
i live in the country too,dirt is a way of life,if it isnt raining,the dust control on the roads is just as bad -if not worse.Easy to keep them that way when all they see is pavement, thats the only bad thing about living in the country, nothing stays clean, but I will have to say that is the only thing bad about living in the country, personally I'll take my dirty cars, trucks and bikes and living on 150 acres in the nice quiet ful natural setting of the country life over clean vehicles, traffic, crime, noise and neighbors any day of the week...... it's nice to go into town but I can't wait to get back home after a short time there, just different strokes for different folks, but its all good, just me the wife, the chickens, the cats and all the rest of the animals in my neck of the woods but I like it.
I'll have to say that when I see all you fellas nice clean classy looking pics of those bikes, it does make me wish I could keep mine that clean and I would if I could for sure, just aint never gonna happen out here in the sticks though.....LOL!
Well off to assemble a pull behind farm sprayer I just bought at tractor supply a while ago, dang grasshoppers are about to eat us out of house and home out here this year, the pump up sprayer just ain't gonna cut it anymore, I guess thats what we do out here instead of dealing with burglars and such, we get invaded with insects sometime...... gonna poison the heck outta those suckers.....!
Map
Hawks? I love 'em. They keep down the pigeon population. I hate pigeons. If they roost on a building down town they're pigeons. If they're out here in the suburbs people call them, "morning doves". Bull, they're pigeons and I hate that stupid noise they make. The Colorado red tailed hawk takes care of a lot of the problem and I help them out with my BB gun.
What was Mother Nature thinking when she made pigeons and squirrels? Two of the most useless, nasty and destructive creatures in the world.
Wow, talk about highjacking a thread.................
Tom
Actually NO morning Doves are not true pigeons, but they are in the same family(taste the same), here in central Texas we have the little spanish dove which we call morning doves, we have the regular medium size gray dove which we call the regular native to around here dove, we also have what is called the white wing dove which is a little smaller than a grown pigeon but bigger than a regular gray dove, we also have the ring neck doves which are larger like the white wing dove, yes they are all in the pigeon family but doves don't live in building and hang out under bridges like pigeons do thank goodness..........!!! for that.DAMN.
The morning doves are pigeons?!
I always thought they looked retarded when they flew off for a reason!
VHT & Dupli Color engine paints and high heat header paints are completely fuel resistant once they are cured good, same is true for the equipment enamels at tractor supply, not as big of a color choice in those but plenty of basic colors.I third this comment. I used rust oleum "12oo BBQ" paint and any time even a drop o fuel got on it I had to re paint it because it just ate straight thru the paint. This thread is going to help me choose my next engine paint so school me guys! Lots of great input so far.