How do you get dirty bike grease stains out of clothing ?

[998420]

OK, so like most of you I guess, I have an ever increasing collection of clothes with black bits, stains and various smeggy smears adorning them and wondered if anyone has discovered the secret of how to get rid of them ?

[Gavia]

Buy new clothes and either use old ones, or cheap Tesco /Asda (other cheap stores are available) t-shirts to wear when working on the bike

[mygoldfishbowl]

Good grief man buy some overalls.

[998420]

We use the bike to go out a lot, the chain spits drops of grease up her back, and mine, it is not just for working on the bike... So crap clothes is not the solution

[kev b]

I use dry chain lube, Wurth/Fuchs, problem solved.

[sjtscott]

998420 said:

We use the bike to go out a lot, the chain spits drops of grease up her back, and mine, it is not just for working on the bike... So crap clothes is not the solution

less posing with posh stuff on more bike gear is the solution.. you don't clean that or trying changing to dry chain lube

[peterg1955]

998420 said:

We use the bike to go out a lot, the chain spits drops of grease up her back, and mine, it is not just for working on the bike... So crap clothes is not the solution

Fit a chainguard... or as above, use chain wax rather than oil/grease and don't put too much on, it's there to lubricate not decorate! ;-)

[998420]

kev b said:

I use dry chain lube, Wurth/Fuchs, problem solved.

Yes, will do, thanks, a handy reminder, rarely see it on sale so had forgotten about it

sjtscott said:

less posing with posh stuff on more bike gear is the solution.. you don't clean that or trying changing to dry chain lube

Not so practical as it's hot here a lot of the time and anything you take to the city is stole enthusiastically by light fingered tts

peterg1955 said:

Fit a chainguard... or as above, use chain wax rather than oil/grease and don't put too much on, it's there to lubricate not decorate! ;-)

It has its standard chain guard, going to find a wax as above.


So, thanks, a handy reminder to eliminate the cause of some of the stains... But how do you remove them once they are there ?

[briang9]

this works well

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01BTBE2WK/ref...

[Wedg1e]

Washing clothes??? Isn't that what wimmin are for?



...and while she's at it, where's my dinner?

[darkyoung1000]

A good soaking in biotex works for most oil stains.

[Wedg1e]

mygoldfishbowl said:

Good grief man buy some overalls.

...as long as they're black. If they're white you look either like an Umpalumpa or a BAE Systems employee (i.e. spotless because they never do any work), orange and you look like you're fresh from a derailment and blue makes you look like every dreary factory worker on the planet... while green would see you locked up for impersonating a paramedic.
No, they have to be black. Black says I am a professional, a spanner ninja, I eat old bike chains like spaghetti. Along with a micrometer in the top pocket it bespeaks skills and talents that would take too long to discuss with mere T-shirt wearers.
If the Milk Tray man wasn't such a manicured ponce but the sort of real man a woman truly wants to trust her gusset and flange with, he'd wear black overalls. Probably the sort with a rollneck, which haven't been invented yet.

[998420]

briang9 said:

this works well

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01BTBE2WK/ref...

darkyoung1000 said:

A good soaking in biotex works for most oil stains.

Many thanks, will try these

[998420]

Wedg1e said:

Washing clothes??? Isn't that what wimmin are for?



...and while she's at it, where's my dinner?

Well obviously, but when the lady concerned cannot do her job properly, I thought it would be gallant to step in and help