View Full Version : Hard as %$@# to clean!


snowy
05-21-2007, 04:31 PM
Right near the end of last season I put my bike cover on before i went to bed and when i woke up i took the cover off and my bike was covered in these weird dots! They are all over the bike, every part that is yellow and the decals...Everything! I have no clue what they are and they are impossible to get off!

this crap has been on my bike for like almost a year now.. minus a little every now and then when I feel like picking at it with my hands and scrubbing like fuck with a rag and a random cleaning product.. I was wondering if anyone else ever has had this problem and if so how did they clean it? click the pic to see it better..

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/322/dscn0210nd1.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn0210nd1.jpg)

Sachi
05-21-2007, 04:33 PM
It's bug sh*t. :)

Alex
05-21-2007, 05:10 PM
Ouch! I wish I knew how to help you.

snowy
05-21-2007, 05:25 PM
it is such an insanely frustrating problem

Ken
05-21-2007, 05:34 PM
It almost looks like mildew dots. Have you tried some diluted Simple Green?

Sev
05-21-2007, 05:46 PM
Dilute CLR???!!

ranger5oh
05-21-2007, 05:52 PM
bug and tar remover... works wonders.

rndthought
05-21-2007, 10:50 PM
I'd try that orange clean stuff (says organic, active part of the cleaner is citrus oil called delimaline(sp?)) Works well for me, smells good and doesn't kill your hands. I get mine at the bicycle shop at the corner. It's more expensive than crack but it works on most things.

FireMan30
06-18-2007, 03:24 PM
Yea sounds like mildew or mold from moisture trapped under the cover.