1993 raleigh dynatech xc50

[TheRadioGuyUK]

Well, clearly you’re motivated to making a decent job of restoring/resto-modding it.

But you’ve probably realised, maybe even used in places, stuff that’s not necessarily in the common list of cyclist purist ‘approved’ cleaners/degreasers/de-oxidiser jellymound ‘must use’ variety. More often than not, *cue gringing of teeth by the purists*, some of the alternatives you can actually buy (sometime hole in the wall retail) are just as effective if not more so, but you avoid being fleeced for say a quarter litre overpriced ‘cyclist market branded’ item that’s easily substituted for something equally safe, at a container size that’ll pay for itself over time and still have change left vs the preferred purist approved cycle market stuff.

Whatever you actually used, you clearly took time and made a good effort which reaped obvious rewards.

If the rest of the progress mirrors progress so far, it’ll probably look great, if not better than it looked new.

So good luck, keep the faith in doing the job right, and be proud of the results, irrespective of peer opinions. It’s your animal, you call the shots at what it should end up like, and that’s the only benchmark you need compare your progress to/by.

 

[longun]

Washing up liquid, sponge, scrubbing brush and elbow grease haha

 

[TheRadioGuyUK]

Washing up liquid, sponge, scrubbing brush and elbow grease haha

Well that traditional combo was never not bombproof - as long as you remembered (bearing in mind we didn’t often realise the salt content of household detergents) to flush a few times with clean water and wipe it dry fully. The onset of advanced vehicle rust, where steel was predominantly present, wasn’t helped by what we often used for cleaning back then - but usually a Sunday afternoon vehicle clean was more often rushed on autopilot whilst you were listening to your favourite station on the radio.

We all have been there, at some time, and used the classic combo etc. But even if we had known better, nothing would have changed because it was a handy and easy cheap cleaning combo.