salty roads and metal work - prevention is better than cure

[gandy666]

any tips on protecting chrome \ metal work from all the salt thats going to be in the roads over the next few weeks.

have posted earlier regarding my header pipes and getting them cleaned up. probably very little I can do about keeping the exhaust shiney due to the heat.

however regarding engine casings. fork tubes, wheels etc - any suggestions on what I can do to prevent rust \ tarnish \ corrosion getting a hold?

was thinking WD40 everywhere, or an slightly oil rag over all exposed metal work to give it a layer of protection.

I had a CZ once where I coated the casings in a mixture of petrol and grease. that made a real mess and took forever to get off, so wont be doing that again.

do you guys have any cunning tricks up your sleeve?

[eastanglianbiker]

acf50 or similar is a winter spray to help look after the bike it can be used on everything except the exhaust headers as far as i know

[Throttled]

WD40 is better for cleaning than protecting. ACF50 or GT85 is for protecting. ACF50 lasts longer but GT85 has a lovely smell and is cheaper.

[Uncle Meat]

ACF50 for me. Just coated the bike from head to foot.

***Warning***

Keep it well away from the brakes, tyres and the foot rests...!!!

[dex]

ACF50.

[Throttled]

ACF50 is not for use on plastics, as it it a waste as plastics don't corrode. I was at a dealers admiring the shine on their second hand bikes and was told that good old furniture polish is what they use on the plastics as it has a degreasing agent.

[asharin]

***Warning***

Keep it well away from the brakes, tyres and the foot rests...!!!

I forgot to cover my footpegs when I coated the bike last week, oops.

Feet kept slipping off lol, got home and cleaned 'em off

[Mrbarry]

Good old furniture polish is cheap and 90% silicone, that's why they use it. Don't put silicone near anything you might need to paint in the next 300 years. It's horrible stuff and banned from my workshop.

[Nogin]

I use Scott oil FS365, but only put it lightly on metal work that might rust.

Paint work is polished and black plastic is treated with back to black.

[Phil]

Good old furniture polish is cheap and 90% silicone, that's why they use it. Don't put silicone near anything you might need to paint in the next 300 years. It's horrible stuff and banned from my workshop.

 

Agreed! The missus once tried to spice things up with a tube of silicone lube, took weeks to get it off everything

[Mrbarry]

Hahahahaha, good old KY washes off easily lmfao

Or if you're stuck try butter hahahahaha (jokes)