Matt black bikes

[ozboz]

My GF has a Matt black Trek ,she just washes it as usual, then with clean water and a microfibre cloth wipe all frame and wheels and it will come up nicely

 

[classic33]

Nowt new about matt paint on bikes. I'd a matt pearl white Raleigh frame resprayed matt black back in 1988.

Rode back from, Ellis Briggs in Shipley, just over 12 miles on the powder coated(black) bike. Took it there the same way. By bike.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Skippy is a bit like a stuck vinyl record when it comes to his opinions on bicycles, same old rant over and over again.

What's that Skippy there's a bike down the mine that needs rescuing?

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I think matt black looks great. Easy enough to keep clean although at the end of the day it's only a bike and I'm not going to go gaga just staring at the thing like a work of art.

 

[screenman]

My Canyon is Matt black, out of all my bikes it is the one that seems to come out to play the most.

 

[Mrs M]

My new Matt black Trek got orange juice spilled on her today
Cleaned it off with fairy liquid and warm water, worked ok and no lasting marks.
Bought this for future use

 

[screenman]

I use tfr (traffic film remover) £15 for 25 litre, mix it about 20 part water to 1 part tfr, it has a lot in common with some very expensive bike cleaning products.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I think matt black looks great. Easy enough to keep clean although at the end of the day it's only a bike and I'm not going to go gaga just staring at the thing like a work of art.

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Hang on a minute all I can see is a bike shaped church gate. That camo paint is good.

 

[Tom B]

I use tfr (traffic film remover) £15 for 25 litre, mix it about 20 part water to 1 part tfr, it has a lot in common with some very expensive bike cleaning products.

Is that stuff blue like screenwash? If it is we call it truck wash or acid wash around here and we used to use gallons of it washing down engines and the back of bin wagons. Good stuff..

 

[screenman]

Is that stuff blue like screenwash? If it is we call it truck wash or acid wash around here and we used to use gallons of it washing down engines and the back of bin wagons. Good stuff..

Yes, it comes in different colours though. No acid in most of them though.