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I have tried pocket rocket and dw40 in the past and have stuck with gt85 for bike stuff as its just better all round. ....... never had a ktm fastener go rusty using gt85.

If memory serves, pocket rocket smells really unpleasant.

As an alternative to gt85 l'll use morris md4 - same qualities as gt85, just heavier, like duck oil.

400ml is the general size for gt85, but they do do the larger ones sometimes.

 

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Well, as a yoof, l used to use parafin mixed and a splash of engine oil as a general 'WD40' type brush on and nothing sinister happened ........

 

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Bad news on the GT85 front - all my stock is from a bulk buy a couple of yrs back ....... l'll buy a can of the woke stuff and see if its any cop.

Oh, IME, Fluid Film/Lanoguard is stacks better than ACF50 (but l like the grease for 'lectrics)

If the new GT85 is pants, it'll be MD4.

 

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I have emailed GT85 direct ....... just to double check. Will report back if they reply.

Why oh why do manufacturers have to mess with stuff.

 

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On a related theme - does anyone have a known safe method for fitting a shraeder valve to a used aerosol ...... so you can make your own spray can (if buying a 5 litre tub of product)?

 

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Yeh, I've made several of them now.

These are the best valves I've found, though any valve can be used.

Pardon our interruption...

This guy shows the method pretty well.

I drill mine, if you do then be really careful when drilling the can because if you nick the straw inside, it won't work.
Also I use a blow torch to solder them in because I don't have a soldering iron that big.

Brilliant - thank you for that ...... better get 'soddering' ....... make an MD4 aerosol 👍🏻

 

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Project farm did a very good review of similar, l'll see if l can find it. If memory serves, Steve has posted before.

 

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Car based and american, but, still of interest imo.

I have beèn using lanolin products for a while now on 4 wheelers and its good stuff - just using some now on a bike over winter (started using lanoguard, but also trying fluid film out of curiosity after seeing this)

 

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I think the carlos fandango ones are, on balance, a bit rubbish. I have ordered the £5 valves that T.S posted above - saves going to the tyre place and cutting rubber - and going the DIY route ......

I was going to go for the valve on the bottom, but the valve stem rubber wont like being continually submerged in jollop. ............

 

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Fluid Film beats ACF50.

 

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I bought a can today - going to compare with the original with PTFE in it.

Still waiting for my email reply from GT85 🙄

 

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@TrouserSnake - matey on youtube said 100psi was ok as he had tested to about 200! ....... but ..... l would probably err on the side of not getting shrapnel face.

 

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Good call on wheelie bin testing.

Hopefully the valves l ordered will turn up soon and l can try it out.

 

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Well, no response from WD40/GT85 regarding the removal of PTFE from GT85 - 2 emails and a voicemail left with their tech department, nothing back.

I bought a 'new' GT85 and compared it with an old one with PTFE.

Completely different in terms of smell, lubricity and ability to free jammy fixings (an old landrover spare wheel hanger).

In my opinion, its more or less just blue tin WD40.

So, my current stash will be used on the best stuff and MD4 for everything else, then just MD4 once GT has run out.

The winter road bike has a clarting of Fluid Film and imo its better than ACF50 (2yrs of lanolin products on 4 wheelers tells me it kills rust whereas ACF50 did not [on ktm bolt heads exposed to road splash])

 

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Edit - 2 minutes silence for the passing of an old friend, GT85 🙄

 

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@Burner my understanding is that you clart ACF50 on at start of winter, then leave it on till you do a spring clean.

If this is on your dirtped, l would use something else - like a WD40 type spray - after the post ride clean up.

If this is for the road bike, l would just spray it on and leave it till a spring clean.

Main thing is to get the ACF50 warm before you dpray it, otherwise it just gobs on with lumpy coverage.

 

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Fluid Film! No, l dont have shares. Just a convert to lanolin stuff since using lanogard on the landrover.

If lanolin is good enough for the MOD for long term storage .......

 

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I just warm it and use a normal pump up brake cleaner sprayer, the cheapo plastic sort.

 

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Out of your options though, middle one would be best, but no need to get the compressor involved really.