Fabric conditioner and merino / other cycling gear

[Polar Bear]

Don't knock them until you try them - with an open mind.

[hellymedic]

Don't knock them until you try them - with an open mind.

and closed nostrils...

[clarion]

I find it hard to fault Ecover products.  Their hand scrub is by far the best thing for removing bike grease - better than Swarfega.  I don't see that they are any less effective than the overhyped mianstream brands.

[Sergeant Pluck]

Their hand scrub is by far the best thing for removing bike grease

I agree with that wholeheartedly - excellent stuff, the best I have tried. Effective in small amounts too, a tube lasts for ages.

[Polar Bear]

The problem Ecover has in the markets is the natural scepticism that brand chasers have, alternatively, the budget that value brand shoppers have.   What's worse though is just how much otherwise intelligent people are taken in by the hype. 

Don't knock them until you try them - with an open mind.

and closed nostrils...

You're welcome to pop round our gaffe any time to prove your point   

[Rhys W]

I find it hard to fault Ecover products.  Their hand scrub is by far the best thing for removing bike grease - better than Swarfega.  I don't see that they are any less effective than the overhyped mianstream brands.

I like this stuff but I had to buy some "natural" Swarfega because I couldn't find the Ecover stuff - Sainsburys used to stock it.

[Adrian]

I like this stuff but I had to buy some "natural" Swarfega because I couldn't find the Ecover stuff - Sainsburys used to stock it.

Swarfega very bad for skin.

[hellymedic]

If you want to clean your hands 'naturally', use butter or mayonnaise, rub in well, wipe with paper towel then wash off with washing-up liquid.

[Polar Bear]

When I'm all greasy after a major fettling session I run a bath, especially as my hair will have streaks of fettling poo through it.   Shampoo not only restores my shining locks but miraculously removes every last trace of fettling poo!      

[Basil]

If you want to clean your hands 'naturally', use butter or mayonnaise, rub in well, wipe with paper towel then wash off with washing-up liquid.

I use kitchen cooking oil.  Works very very well.

[hellymedic]

If you want to clean your hands 'naturally', use butter or mayonnaise, rub in well, wipe with paper towel then wash off with washing-up liquid.

I use kitchen cooking oil.  Works very very well.

Indeed, but mayonnaise now comes in 'handy' squeezy bottle and little pub butter pats have utility when taking a break on a ride...

[Basil]

 little pub butter pats have utility when taking a break on a ride...

Great tip.    I hadn't thought of that one.

[hellymedic]

 little pub butter pats have utility when taking a break on a ride...

Great tip.    I hadn't thought of that one.

 

Do not pocket little butter pats for future use...
...use the little mayo sachets.

[rogerzilla]

If you want to clean your hands 'naturally', use butter or mayonnaise, rub in well, wipe with paper towel then wash off with washing-up liquid.

I use kitchen cooking oil.  Works very very well.

I have been known to use white spirit 

[hellymedic]

I've used white spirit but I thought we were trying to reduce our use of volatile organic compounds.

[Jaded]

Bacon tastes terrible cooked in white spirit.

[rogerzilla]

It burns many people's skin.

[Rhys W]

If you want to clean your hands 'naturally', use butter or mayonnaise, rub in well...

This is what my dad made me do as a kid when I'd been messing about with the oily parts of a bike. The smell of lukewarm melted butter made me 

BTW, I bought Swarfega Natural, not as chemically nasty (or maybe it just smells nicer) as the original stuff.

[Sergeant Pluck]

I find it hard to fault Ecover products.  Their hand scrub is by far the best thing for removing bike grease - better than Swarfega.  I don't see that they are any less effective than the overhyped mianstream brands.

I like this stuff but I had to buy some "natural" Swarfega because I couldn't find the Ecover stuff - Sainsburys used to stock it.

Homebase stock a lot of Ecover stuff including the hand scrub.

[mattc]

I just read on their site that only Homebase and Waitrose stock it (of the big chains)!

Still, useful tip, I'll buy some soonish.