How to clean white bike tires

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12/25/2019

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Updated:

27/07/2020

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Contents of article

• How to clean a wheel - step by step instructions
• Rubber Cleaner - Tools and Consumables
• Popular tires
• How to prepare a home remedy for car dirt

The right technology and the right detergents will help get rid of brake dust and gravel stuck in the tread, improving the safety of the car, driver and passengers.

How to wash tires we will tell in this article.

How to clean a wheel - step by step instructions

To clean the wheels from dirt, dust and oil residues, you will have to act according to the following plan:

• At the first stage, you need to treat the car tires with a jet of water under pressure, washing away the dried mud and knocking down especially dense lumps.
• Next, you should prepare a solution that will clean the surface due to active chemicals.
• The next step is to apply this solution to the rubber. To clean dirt from a tire with a deep tread, the solution will have to be rubbed into the rubber with a hard-bristled brush.
• Gasoline and oil stain remover is highly reactive and should be rinsed off the rubber after you have finished removing the dirt. If this is not done, the rubber will lose its qualities, causing premature wear of the tires of the car.
• Cleaned from the cleaning agent, the car rubber is wiped dry with a microfiber cloth. The wheel should not be treated with the same napkin as the car body. Traces of solvent or oil will stain the cleaned rubber.

In the final, the wheel is applied with a protector that protects the tires from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation.

Rubber cleaner - tools and consumables

To clean dried-on dirt from rims and wheels, you will need a machine that generates high-pressure water. Such installations are produced by American and European companies, so they are quite expensive, but they can be replaced with an ordinary hose and a special nozzle that accelerates the water jet to a pressure sufficient to clean the car.

To remove residual dirt, you will need a medium-hard bristle brush and a cleaning solution that is used to treat wheels and rims. This solution can be prepared from household chemicals found in the kitchen or bathroom, or bought at an automotive store. Moreover, store products are divided into universal foam cleaners and solutions based on weak acids, which can only process car rims. By the way, if you don’t know how to wipe rubber off a car, try this solution.

To wash the wheels of cleaning products, you need the same high-pressure apparatus or a hose with a nozzle. But as a napkin that will wipe off the remaining water, you need to use only clean microfiber from the package.

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How to make a homemade car dirt remover

To prepare a solution that can clean dirt from tires, dilute in a small amount of water to half a standard bottle of dishwashing detergent. Pour the resulting concentrate into a container into which it is convenient to dip a car brush. Thanks to the abundance of surfactants found in dish detergent, a homemade solution will clean tires as well as a factory cleaner.

Rules for the use of home remedies that can clean wheels are similar to the recommendations of manufacturers of commercial drugs. Before treating tires and rims with home remedies, make sure you wash the tires. Otherwise, brake dust and gravel residues will turn into abrasive particles that can scratch the tread when you scrub it off dirt with a brush or sponge. Do not try to clean the wheel with an old cloth that has been used to clean the engine compartment or bodywork - it will stain the wheel with oil or gasoline.

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How to competently and quickly wash a bike

Edited: 02/07/2020

We will not convince anyone that it is necessary to wash a large one - this is already clear.

Dirt not only interferes with riding and gets dirty, but also contributes to the rapid wear of parts of the bicycle (especially rubbing ones) and metal corrosion. By the way, those who believe that aluminum, titanium and carbon do not corrode like steel, and therefore such bikes can be washed less often, are completely wrong. They certainly do not rust, but transmission elements and other moving parts wear out very quickly.

After all, what is mud - it is sand, clay, earth and other abrasive elements that will very quickly erase the chain, stars, brakes and rubbing parts. The gearshift mechanism and brakes generally stop working when heavily soiled. And driving without brakes is almost a guaranteed tragedy...

And looking dirty in the eyes of others is not very pleasant.

It is not necessary to wash only in the same condition as in the photo above. If there was a long trip on mountainous or country dusty roads, then dust and dry dirt will accumulate on the chains and transmissions, dramatically increasing their wear. And at the next stop it is better to clean them, at least dry.

Well, you definitely need to wash your iron horse well before putting it in winter or just long-term storage.

Where to wash the bike

There can be several washing places:

• In the yard of a private house.
• In the garage.
• At the car wash.
• In nature.
• Houses in the apartment.
• On the landing or under the entrance.

Let's start with the ideal option - there is a private house or a garage.

Here you can safely wash your bike without fear of getting dirty, using a hose or just a bucket of water. It is possible that especially advanced bikers, besides motorists, even have small-sized Karcher sinks. Washing them is very fast and convenient, although there are some nuances, which we will discuss below.

You can also wash your bike at a car wash. It cannot be said that this is a very common service (although I personally saw some of it in the price list), but often car washers take on this simple task for them. The nuances are the same as when working with homemade Kerher.

In nature - next to a river, lake. Most often, this is an intermediate option to clean your iron horse on a hike or after a muddy section of the road. They usually wash away the main dirt and road dust, especially the wheels, transmission and frame. You do not need to completely throw it into the water - just put the wheels in the water and wash it calmly.

As for trying to wash the bike in sea water, it is probably clear that doing this is highly undesirable because sea ​​salt, after drying, will continue to work as an abrasive and dramatically increase the possibility of corrosion. Well, or, at least, having washed off the main dirt with sea water , be sure to thoroughly wipe the bike with fresh afterwards to wash out the remaining salt.

Washed, put on the shore so that must dry out before the next stage of the journey, and rest ...

Yes, and do not forget to lubricate it after drying.

Washing in the apartment or on the landing. The most inconvenient, but frequent option.

In this case, you need to be careful and immediately clean up after yourself.

When we were kids, we used to wash our bikes under the porch. They took out water in a bucket, rags - and the whole crowd scrubbed all the bikes at once. This method had two big advantages: Firstly, it was not necessary to put things in order after ourselves, and, secondly, while the bike was washing and drying, we continued to fool around. And dragging one or two buckets of water on the elevator (they still worked fine everywhere) or even running away on foot was no problem for us.

Washing in the bathroom, in my opinion, is quite real, but not the most convenient option.

First of all, the bathroom and the bathtub itself is simply often too small to break in with a bicycle, dragging it around the apartment without getting anything dirty.

Secondly, most often you need to disassemble the bike or remove at least the front wheel - otherwise it simply won't fit into it. At the same time, try not to scratch the bathroom itself with a fork without a wheel.

Third. After washing the bike, you will also need to wash the bathroom from dirt. Consider one more thing: if the wheels are covered with cheap rubber tires (not branded), they can leave black marks on the tile or on the white surface of the bath itself when the wheel “strikes” against the bathroom wall or on the tile.

And fourthly. Not every hostess will be happy that in the bathroom, besides her, a bicycle is also washed.

Those who like to bathe in the bathtub with a bicycle would like to sincerely wish to move to the next stage in cycling as soon as possible and start washing not a bicycle, but each other in the bathtub. In my opinion, it has much more benefits...

So everyone decides for himself - where and how to wash his iron friend.

Bike wash

What you need to wash your bike:

• Naturally water.
• Detergent.
• Sponge (preferably double-sided).
• Stiff bristled brushes, narrow space toothbrush or special cassette brush.
• Soft cloth.

When washing large, in addition to water, it is good to use ordinary laundry soap (dissolve it in water) or any ordinary household detergent. Fairies are most often recommended, but others are also suitable. Although, to be honest, in our childhood we always washed only with water, without any Fairy and Gala. But after that, the hands were washed with soap at home.

I do not recommend washing with various detergents. They often leave divorces, which are then not so easy to get rid of.

Car shampoos can also be used instead of detergent or for a final wash after the main dirt has been washed off. They are softer and form a protective wax film on metal surfaces, which has additional protective properties and gives the bike a peculiar shine.

There are also special detergents for bicycles, for example, Pro-clean, Pedro's, etc. , which not only wash away dirt, but also various bitumen, oil and other stains of an unknown nature.

At the present time, in bike or online stores you can buy ready-made kits for cleaning, lubricating and washing your bike, which includes everything you need: detergent, brushes, sponges and cloths.

For rinsing off stubborn dirt, when washing by hand, use brushes or the hard side of a sponge. We rub stains and streaks with the soft side of the sponge. At the end, wipe the bike with a clean, dry cloth.

Be sure to check that no water remains inside the frame tubes - it will dry there for a very long time and cause rust.

How to wash your bike

If there is a lot of dried dirt, wet it and clean off the already wet dirt. It is best, of course, to wash it off with a pressure of water or, if I wash it with my hands from a bucket, then brush off the dirt with a brush. You can use the hard side of the sponge, but then carefully.

Wash from top to bottom.

Try to wash off the maximum amount of dirt with water, so as not to scratch the paint on the bicycle parts with the remaining particles when working with a sponge.

Then wash as usual, nothing special. Try not to clean off the dirt with any wires, knives, sharp pieces of iron - take care of the paint and varnish. To do this, there are brushes (including an old toothbrush) and a jet of water. In some places on the bike, dirt can only be removed with an old toothbrush.

A common mistake when washing is forgetting to wash the chain stays, the down tube of the frame and especially the bottom bracket from below.

If the bike is stored at home, then the tires, of course, are washed more thoroughly, if in a garage or elsewhere, this is optional. But still try to wash as much dirt out of the tread as possible - otherwise its adhesion to the surface will be poor.

Often we washed the wheels by simply placing them in a basin of water and slowly turning it in the water to wash away all the dirt.

The wheels (rims and spokes) are not afraid of water, but after washing with a jet, it is still better to wipe them again with a sponge, and then with a dry cloth.

Bushings, cassette, carriage need to be washed, trying not to get water inside, especially if it's some kind of Auchan bike.

Thoroughly wash off any dirt in the rear and front shift mechanisms.

The hardest part of washing is the transmission: chains, cassettes and systems. We will not dwell on this here, since everything is described in the article “How to properly wash and lubricate a bicycle chain”.

If your bike has a suspension fork, wash your feet carefully to prevent water getting under the dust boots.

After washing it is essential:

1. Wipe the bike dry with a clean cloth.
2. Let it dry completely .
3. After complete drying, be sure to lubricate the chain, cassette, bushings, bottom bracket.

Washing the bike at a car wash or using a Kärcher home portable washer.

As for me, this is one of the fastest, highest quality and easiest ways to wash your miracle of technology. BUT, and this is very important, needs to follow some specifics of :

1. Remove all attachments (bags, computers, flashlights, etc.) before washing. No matter how hard you try, water will still get on them. If the fenders and saddle are easy to remove, it's best to remove them. It’s generally better not to wet the saddle once again, and it’s easier to wash the wings separately.
2. Wash at the lowest water pressure. Why? A very powerful jet can deform the disc brake rotor and some transmission parts. If you feel that the jet is too strong, even at the lowest pressure, just move a little further away from the bike and wash with the edge of the jet in quick movements.
3. Another challenge is to avoid getting water into the bushings, bottom bracket, cassette, under the seals on the suspension forks. Try not to get water inside the frame - especially steel and carbon bikes. If you have single-speed or high-quality mountain models, then almost all of them are protected from water and there is nothing to be afraid of.
4. Be sure to dry the bike well after such a wash and lubricate the chain, sprockets, cassette, bottom brackets and bushings.

If you are not sure about the ability of the guys at the car wash to properly wash the bike - explain to them how to do it right, or even better watch.

If black bituminous spots appear on the bottom of the bike (on the down tube, chainstay, bottom bracket), then they can be washed off manually with the special chemicals mentioned above (Pro-clean, Pedro’s, etc.).

Features of washing a bike in winter.

The opinion of young and lazy bikers that “it is not necessary to wash the bike in winter” is deeply mistaken.

The main danger in winter is the salt that is sprinkled on roads in the city, and when traveling in nature, fine dirt, earth, sand, which stick together with dirty snow on the bike, and after the snow melts, remain on its parts.

It is best to wash the bike in winter immediately after the end of the rides, until the snow that has stuck to it begins to melt and the dirt accumulated on it does not flow into the mechanisms. Naturally, adhering snow must be cleaned as much as possible.

The whole washing technology is exactly the same as when washing in the warm season. The main thing is to dry and lubricate the bike well after that. And if in summer it can be left in the sun and wait until it dries itself, then in winter it will not work so easily. If you wash your bike in a warm room, you can also leave it to dry for a while. If the washing process takes place in an unheated room, then a household hair dryer, an infrared heater or an electric blower, etc. can be used to speed up drying.

The answer to the question “Is it possible to wash my bicycle outside in winter?” is as follows.

First you need to understand that the very phrase "in the winter on the street" varies greatly in place and temperature.

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