Must have for detailing/cleaning?

[lilbilly]

What are your favorite products/tools etc for detailing and cleaning your bike?

[loudest143]

My wife's toothbrush.

I'm here all week, tip your waitresses and bartenders.

But seriously folks, I like the toothbrush and Purple Power cleaner. Engine brite to get the goopy gunk off the bottom of my motor. Yes, I'm still cleaning it. For polishing, I just bought a cheapie drill from Harbor freight and a aluminum polishing kit from there also. I'm getting good results with it, and it's a low cost alternative to some other stuff out there.

loudest143

[northwoods]

I love my dremel.

[loudest143]

Dremel, good call! There's a little scrubby wheel that I used... I gotta look that up, and link it. It's the right stuff for getting the engine case looking good.

loudest143

**found it**

http://www.dremel.com/en-us/AttachmentsAndAccessories/Pages/AttachmentsDetail.aspx?pid=512E

[jabberjoe87]

never dull for the un-painted stuff

[bwringer]

Dunno...

...ride in the rain?


I'm severely cleaning-impaired, but trying to change my ways.

Simple Green on the grungy bits, a bit of manual scrubbing and rinsing of really filthy bits, then go over the shiny bits with (paint, plastic, chrome, glass) with Honda spray wax, and that's about all I can stand to do for a couple of months.

[Griffin]

I'm a "Purple Power" then garden hose kind of guy myself. I do take good care of the body parts, and they really shine. But the engine and frame stuff - well, if you ride much and get caught in the rain a time or two, it's pretty much futile to try real hard.

[lilbilly]

Dunno...

...ride in the rain?


I'm severely cleaning-impaired, but trying to change my ways.

Simple Green on the grungy bits, a bit of manual scrubbing and rinsing of really filthy bits, then go over the shiny bits with (paint, plastic, chrome, glass) with Honda spray wax, and that's about all I can stand to do for a couple of months.

I'm with you man. I would love to have this sparkling bike all the time, but I just can't stand to spend hours cleaning it all the time. Wipe down the tank, tail, side covers and aluminum cases and I'm done.

[hp1000s]

never dull for the un-painted stuff

+1 on this stuff...it's in my must-have for boats, too. No applicator needed, and very easy buff-to-shine. Great for anything stainless or chrome.

[Cassius086]

Baby bottle brushes for getting in between the fins on the engine!!!

[lilbilly]

Baby bottle brushes for getting in between the fins on the engine!!!

That's a good idea right there. With 2 young ones, I might just be able to steal one of those out of the kitchen unnoticed!

[uudfourty]

Gasoline.

It cleans everything, whether you want it to or not.

[Monty850]

I use a Dremel and toothbrushes too.

I use "Awesome". It's cheap and better than any other cleaner/degreaser I have seen, including Purple Power, Simple Green, Green Magic etc...

I use Nevr Dull and Mothers for my polishing needs.

For the waxes, I am a Meguiars man.

[mighty13d]

i think i'll try some of that monty. I used to use simple green, found purple power and that it works better, now this. i'll order it up and give it a try.

[Monty850]

You can find it at most Wal-marts and Dollar Stores.

I clean my hands with it
My wife uses it for laundry stains.
It has LOTS of uses.