Quote from: Sahana on April 04, 2011, 05:46:45 PM
See, where I grew up in North Carolina every gas station sold kerosene as well; we used kerosene heaters. Here in Florida, though, I haven't seen a single place that sells it. My boyfriend's been riding for almost 20 years and he uses chain cleaner; he said kerosene works great on the chain but isn't so good for anywhere else on the bike you might end up with some. I've only had to clean & lube my chain once (I've only owned my pretty lady for 5 weeks) and the chain cleaner did seem to work pretty well in combo with a chain brush, but it's time for me to do so again so... Also, how much kerosene does it usually take (I need to know how big the container I'd have to buy should be)? Anybody use a spray bottle?

You can use diesel if kerosene is hard to find there.
How much per each time depends on how dirty the chain is, I think I use about 100ml per time in general. Probably more than necessary, but it's cheap, so I don't really care to save it.

Quote from: Sahana on April 04, 2011, 05:46:45 PM
See, where I grew up in North Carolina every gas station sold kerosene as well; we used kerosene heaters. Here in Florida, though, I haven't seen a single place that sells it.

Have you had a look in Walmart or any hardware store? How about your local supermarket. If you can get it in those places in Australia you can sure as anything get it in those places in the USA.

Michael

Apparently kerosene can also be found at some paint stores, I discovered today.

Quote from: chilloutdamnit on April 03, 2011, 12:05:55 AM
You can use a pickle. I've heard good things about this method. The only complaint was from someone who said it made his chain smell like pickles. Not sure why anyone would be sniffing their chain, but to each his own. 

http://www.webbikeworld.com/t2/chain-pickle/

Buy a jar of sliced pickles and you have a good supply of small buffing pads.

Camp stove fuel/white gas/Varsol/mineral spirits/paint thinner/lighter fluid/pretty much anything that burns well.

A liter (American quart) should be good for a few cleanings.

...ken...