White Frame

[Tek]

Hey... I have a white frame on my bike. Tonight I just spent about 2 1/2 hours trying to degrease and clean the chain, etc....

The frame has a lot of dings on it but I think it is still very solid. My only question is if there is a way to make a white frame look a bit fresher ? There are still some dirt spots that the degreaser didn't get out. I used a rag and some muscle to get the rest out but I was wondering if I might be missing something?

[spazzdog]

Jubilee furniture polish... the old fashioned white stuff. Good for taking the scuffs off white patent leather shoes and white bikes.

[snapdragen]

Of course, you never ride a white bike after Labor Day.





















Sorry! I couldn't resist :D

[Tek]

LMAO

Thank you.

Next bike I buy WON'T have a white frame.

[spazzdog]

Clean it really good (with the Jubilee) then wax it like a car.

Be careful to not get the wax on anything plastic or rubber (like brake hoods) and if it's a carbon fiber frame, ignore everything I just said.

Otherwise, shine that puppy up. The wax will make it easier to wipe future spooge off.


Def: spooge - yuck from the road, bug guts, etc.

[smurfalicious]

Have you tried Simple Green? That's my miracle cleaner for everything!!! Speaking of white patent leather shoes, I always used Windex or Armorall wipes to get the scuffs off. Might be worth trying?

love and cookies
-smurf

[bounceswoosh]

You roadies are weird. My mtb uses mud as a "protective coating." *grin*

[Maine-iac]

My mtb uses mud as a "protective coating."

Somehow I think I should have a quirky response to this, but I don't:) But then again, why be normal? I wear me weirdness with pride.:D

[smurfalicious]

Heh, my MTB gets a spit polish almost every icky ride. Well, not every but every other. The time we rode through BLM land that still had cattle on it, she got a bath. But she's new! She's my baby! Sucks too, because part of her is baby blue and I can so relate to the white frame. Fortunately, most of her "exposed" parts are dark blue.

So my girl is spoiled....

love and cookies
-smurf

[Tek]

Heh...

I'm not sure why a company would think that white makes a good color for a cross frame. But oh well. When I become rich and can afford a new bike, she will be a road bike with a BLACK or Dark frame.!!

[Irulan]

Originally posted by bounceswoosh
You roadies are weird. My mtb uses mud as a "protective coating." *grin*

I still wash my bike after every mud ride. It's horrible for your components even if you think it looks cool.

Irulan

[bounceswoosh]

There's washing to keep the bike functional, and there's washing to make the bike pretty. I do the former, but not the latter. If there are daubs of mud left on the seatpost, down tube, etc., life goes on =)

[MightyMitre]

I'd like to confess to being a roadie with a dirty bike. :p

I'm so slack - I hardly ever wash my bike. It's bright blue so the dirt doesn't show up that much but I think I could do better.

I think it must run in my family because by brother, who has a very well worn black road frame said he once went over a year without washing his. He got to the stage where he was scared to wash it as he thougth the dirt was probably keeping it together! :D