Cleaning Titanium chainrings

[mtbdave]

Hi is there any particular degreasing products or just clean in the sink with washing up liquid?

Pointers would be appreciated

 

[mtbdave]

No one knows?

 

[mdvineng]

Just the usual degrease, nothing special for Ti.

 

[BlackCat]

Wd40 was originally engineered by the military specifically to clean metals like titanium.

I use it when refinishing Ti components and frames to rub them down after scotchbrite.

 

[mdvineng]

WD40 is water dispersant recipe number 40
Mostly wax in solvent with small amount of oil.

https://www.wd40company.com/our-com...953, in a small,use in the aerospace industry

 

[mtbdave]

They arrived today, and the seller cleaned them before they were mailed out, must say they look ace.

 

[Chopper the ex Copper]

WD40 is water dispersant recipe number 40
Mostly wax in solvent with small amount of oil.

https://www.wd40company.com/our-com...953, in a small,use in the aerospace industry

The WD40 company are notoriously tight lipped about the recipe, but spectrographic analysis shows its actually hydrotreated heavy naptha, petroleum base oils, petroleum naphtha, various grades of trimethyl benzene, xylene, mixed isomers, and 2–4% carbon dioxide propellant.

As such, its perfectly suitable for use on titanium.