Ihave used this product for a few years now and been generally happy, apart from using quite a bit of it. I cannot resist retreating the bike every time I wash it in the winter - despite the fact the maker suggests that this stuff last upto 12 months?
I have been told recently I'm doing it all wrong, washing the bike with a pressure washer after a ride out on winter roads. Apparently I should just use a garden hose and the ACF50 will survive it?
I had another few hundred miles to do this week across the chilly northwest and the bike was well blethered in salt when I got back. Given that it had been well coated in ACF50 after it's last trip out a couple of weeks ago, I just had a go with the garden hose this morning. First impression: the bike still looks like it just came up a farm lane with lots of road dirt/grit apparently stuck in difficult places. The sort of thing a pressure washer would shift....
I don't mind the bike looking a little used over winter so long as it isn't dissolving slowly under this residual dirt and grit - but how can I be sure?
How do others use ACF50 and what can it survive by way of washing? I'm not completely convinced it survives a hundred miles up a wet M6!
Dave
I have been told recently I'm doing it all wrong, washing the bike with a pressure washer after a ride out on winter roads. Apparently I should just use a garden hose and the ACF50 will survive it?
I had another few hundred miles to do this week across the chilly northwest and the bike was well blethered in salt when I got back. Given that it had been well coated in ACF50 after it's last trip out a couple of weeks ago, I just had a go with the garden hose this morning. First impression: the bike still looks like it just came up a farm lane with lots of road dirt/grit apparently stuck in difficult places. The sort of thing a pressure washer would shift....
I don't mind the bike looking a little used over winter so long as it isn't dissolving slowly under this residual dirt and grit - but how can I be sure?
How do others use ACF50 and what can it survive by way of washing? I'm not completely convinced it survives a hundred miles up a wet M6!
Dave