I have no idea what happened here, but I ran out of chain cleaner, and I read online that vinegar works well, so I mixed water, vinegar and dish soap and cleaned my chain with it. Afterwards I rinsed it with water and let it dry for about 2 hours and came back to this. I already cleaned most of it off, but there’s also some on the cassette. Any idea why this happened?
by Raijincraft_
4 Comments
Acid. Blank steel.
Did you dry it manually or just wet it and let it dry?
If you did the latter that’s the issue, chains should be manually dried with a rag or air compressor to blast the water out.
You then need to lubricate it when it’s dry as soon as you can letting it sit dry or with water in it is also bad for the chain.
Vinegar will easily strip protective coatings off metals and even damage it over time. So unless you oil your chain the instance you’re done vinegaring it ,it’ll oxide very quickly.
Vinegar ? You would be better off just using some dishsoap water and elbow grease.