ACF 50 alternatives

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Jelly
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Here's a cheap alternative. Smother your bike in this. :lol:

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And if you break down and are waiting hours for a recovery truck, you can lick your mudguard to sustain you. :silly:
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ACF 50 alternatives

Post by WrongWaySteve »

If it's good enough for the RAF fast jets its good enough for me lol.

Buy a gallon jack (several places m&p, busters etc have offers at moment)

Buy an empty "£1 / home bargains" type atomising bottle like a kitchen cleaner bottle and spray onto the places u can't reach.

For the places u can reach spray onto a cloth and wipe. Saves a lot of wastage over an indiscriminate aerosol....
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S660z wrote:If it's good enough for the RAF fast jets its good enough for me lol.

Buy a gallon jack (several places m&p, busters etc have offers at moment)

Buy an empty "£1 / home bargains" type atomising bottle like a kitchen cleaner bottle and spray onto the places u can't reach.

For the places u can reach spray onto a cloth and wipe. Saves a lot of wastage over an indiscriminate aerosol....
Or spray onto a clean paint brush, use it on an old faded Givi topbox and it comes up like new.
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Jelly wrote:Here's a cheap alternative. Smother your bike in this. :lol:

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And if you break down and are waiting hours for a recovery truck, you can lick your mudguard to sustain you. :silly:
Mmmmm lard
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Nippy Normans and the like usually have it on offer come spring which is when I stock up for year end ;)
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there is no alternative B) its the nuts
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dusz
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Post by dusz »

Have used ACF50 for the past 4 years - the large bottle and the pump pressurise bottle. This year I got a small brush and emptied a small quatity into a small container and then brushed it over the surface. Have put the brush in a plastic bag so it can be reused. Down side is the bike is not shiney, plus side it is protected.
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Try reusablematerials.net for some cheap alternatives. Not tried the duck oil copy but at £5 for 5litres could be worth a try? ACF is good stuff.
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Post by desertraider »

eh ! What take it out on cold wet salty roads ! No , my baby is rapped up in her nice warm garage with the heater on next to her, only thing she gets covered in is love lol :)
finchy
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Post by finchy »

Mad Cow wrote:I've seen this from Toolstation suggested as a cheaper solution elsewhere, not used it myself but at only £3.48 a can it might be worth trying

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Automot ... 795/p41925
i have just used this on my bike before trip around austria/germany. Ridden through snow/ice/rain and SALT !! jet washed bike while away and the 'waxy' stuff is still on there so it looks like its doing the job and for that price its a bargin, toolstaton do loads of good value cans of spray stuff, carb cleaner , white grease :-)
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