GT-85 Bike Lubricant 400ml £2.49 and 3 for 2 @ Halfords Instore

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  Smiff2 years, 7 months ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  can't see any cheaper than £2 a can on ebay so 3 for £5 is good.
  
  small niggle: it is isn't exactly a lubricant, more of a water displacer, like WD40 but with teflon (which is a lubricant so it dries and leaves some behind).
  be careful not to spray into bearings - ruined a freehub with this stuff.
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  richardm862 years, 7 months ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  what exactly would you use this for?
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  Gitfinger2 years, 7 months ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  Perhaps the type of woman who hangs around premiership footballers might find it useful?
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  Smiff2 years, 7 months ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  http://www.gt85.co.uk/uses.htm
  
  basically, unseizing things and driving water out of things.
  It is NOT a chain lube. it's almost a degreaser. hence my warning above.
  

  
  Edited By: Smiff on Oct 04, 2010 02:30: blah
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  austinc2 years, 7 months ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  smells lovely this stuff!
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  pannan2 years, 7 months ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  how do you use quidco in store?
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  nickelarse2 years, 7 months ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  paulbrannan

  how do you use quidco in store?

  
  
  Register your debit cards/credit cards with quidco and you get automatic cashback when you use your card in certain stores.
  List is getting bigger everyday:
  
  4.5% Halfords In store
  

  
  Edited By: nickelarse on Oct 04, 2010 10:09: spelling
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  slamdunkin2 years, 7 months ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  The only part of my bike I use this on is to polish the frame....don't get it anywhere near your brake calipers or use it to lubricate the suspension forks as it will rot the fork seals.
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  northerngeek2 years, 7 months ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  i bought 3 cans of this for £5 a few months ago when i saw the deal in Halfords. it looked like good stuff to lube the bike chain as it has teflon in it. dont ever use WD40 for that though...it will wear down the chain and sprockets quickly as i found out myself. the comments by @Smiff make me think if this GT85 is any good to lube bike chains or not...
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  jetski6902 years, 7 months ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  Well my local Halfords could not do this 3 for £5 deal, I did ask but was told £2.49 was half price for the first can only, one per customer next one would be full price, the till was not set up to do the 3 for £5 either so maybe I'm unlucky but good luck to the people who have got it.
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  shanecr2 years, 7 months ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  jetski690

  Well my local Halfords could not do this 3 for £5 deal, I did ask but was told £2.49 was half price for the first can only, one per customer next one would be full price, the till was not set up to do the 3 for £5 either so maybe I'm unlucky but good luck to the people who have got it.

  
  
  Whoever told you that is an idiot.
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  Duggie_222 years, 7 months ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  shanecr

  jetski690

  Well my local Halfords could not do this 3 for £5 deal, I did ask but was told £2.49 was half price for the first can only, one per customer next one would be full price, the till was not set up to do the 3 for £5 either so maybe I'm unlucky but good luck to the people who have got it.

  
  
  Whoever told you that is an idiot.

  
  
  They are a Halfords employee. It's the default setting.
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  Gold Feet2 years, 7 months ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  Make your own basic product, using White Spirit and oil.
  

  
  Edited By: Gold Feet on Oct 13, 2010 20:31: n
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  brj0804022 years, 7 months ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  Gold Feet

  Make your own basic product, using White Spirit and oil.
  

  Mmmmm, interesting. Just everyday white spirit and car oil? To what consistency??
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  Gold Feet2 years, 7 months ago #15Show comment toolsReply

  brj080402

  Gold Feet

  Make your own basic product, using White Spirit and oil.
  

  Mmmmm, interesting. Just everyday white spirit and car oil? To what consistency??

  
  
  I used a couple of cap fulls of 2-stroke oil in about 1/2 liter of everyday white spirit and put it in a plant sprayer. It cleaned off muck and grime as you would expect with White spirit and left behind a film of oil for protection. I was desperate because I ran out of WD-40 and noted a post on a forum claiming WD-40 was basically spirit with a mineral oil. You can experiment with the mix.
  You could also use cooking oil and baby oil!
  Just google WD-40 ingrediants and decide yourself
  

  
  Edited By: Gold Feet on Oct 14, 2010 18:07: n
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  brj0804022 years, 7 months ago #16Show comment toolsReply

  Gold Feet

  brj080402

  Gold Feet

  Make your own basic product, using White Spirit and oil.
  

  Mmmmm, interesting. Just everyday white spirit and car oil? To what consistency??

  
  
  I used a couple of cap fulls of 2-stroke oil in about 1/2 liter of everyday white spirit and put it in a plant sprayer. It cleaned off muck and grime as you would expect with White spirit and left behind a film of oil for protection. I was desperate because I ran out of WD-40 and noted a post on a forum claiming WD-40 was basically spirit with a mineral oil. You can experiment with the mix.
  You could also use cooking oil and baby oil!
  Just google WD-40 ingrediants and decide yourself
  

  Some of the skint flints on here will love you :) Worth a go though for sure. Thanks!

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