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Title: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: shina on December 20, 2013, 09:20:46 pm
Whats the best cleaner for a carbon pole?
I need to get mine sorted this weekend.

Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: ben M on December 20, 2013, 09:27:56 pm
water in your shower or bath!
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: PoleKing on December 20, 2013, 09:48:04 pm
WD40.
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: ben M on December 20, 2013, 10:01:38 pm
WD40.

dry PTFE only
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: PoleKing on December 20, 2013, 11:02:16 pm
WD40.

dry PTFE only

Why quote me on that?
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: rosskesava on December 20, 2013, 11:31:56 pm
Furniture polish. i.e. Mr Sheen or similar.
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: Tadgh O Shea on December 21, 2013, 12:31:05 am
magic eraser pad damp with water to deep clean your poles, then wipe off with a damp microfiber cloth to absorb all the loosened soils.
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: robert mitchell on December 21, 2013, 08:00:42 am
seriously , just hose the grit and carbon dust off , thats all it needs.
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: Mike #1 on December 21, 2013, 08:03:00 am
WD40.

dry PTFE only

Why quote me on that?



Darren you should not use any oil based products on a Carbon pole , Sir Alex will tell you the same  ;D ;D ;D . Mike
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: dazmond on December 21, 2013, 08:28:34 am
I flushed out my extreme 25 the other week.took all sections apart then dried them off.

Then I lightly sprayed all sections with clear car lacquer.left it for a couple of hours then re assembled.

Poles like new again now ;D
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: andyM on December 21, 2013, 09:17:54 am
magic eraser pad damp with water to deep clean your poles, then wipe off with a damp microfiber cloth to absorb all the loosened soils.

No mention of a little waffle microfibre cloth?
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: 8weekly on December 21, 2013, 09:23:36 am
magic eraser pad damp with water to deep clean your poles, then wipe off with a damp microfiber cloth to absorb all the loosened soils.

No mention of a little waffle microfibre cloth?
I thought that too. Mpost unusual.
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: James Bulton on December 21, 2013, 09:34:24 am
I have usd car none wax polish. The glaze  polymer/silicone type that build up on paint work will give you a good hard  with a bit of a shine.
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: ben M on December 21, 2013, 11:22:51 am
WD40.

dry PTFE only

Why quote me on that?
i think you have your answer now ;)
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: dannymack on December 21, 2013, 11:25:39 am
Daz is spot on lacquer and pole will be like brand new, seen it done on you tube 👳👳👳
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: PoleKing on December 21, 2013, 12:14:12 pm
WD40.

dry PTFE only

Why quote me on that?



Darren you should not use any oil based products on a Carbon pole , Sir Alex will tell you the same  ;D ;D ;D . Mike

Yeah, I know Alex says that but I've not heard an explanation as to why...
I've been using carbon poles for 7 years and never had a single issue with WD40.
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: robert mitchell on December 21, 2013, 01:31:26 pm
I have usd car none wax polish. The glaze  polymer/silicone type that build up on paint work will give you a good hard  with a bit of a shine.
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Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: andyM on December 21, 2013, 01:48:31 pm
I have usd car none wax polish. The glaze  polymer/silicone type that build up on paint work will give you a good hard on with a bit of a shine.
  :P
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: Tadgh O Shea on December 21, 2013, 04:07:33 pm
Little waffle microfiber glass cloths are to good and to expensive for wiping down poles, that is why i recommended using a bog standard microfiber cloth.
Title: Re: best cleaner for carbon pole?
Post by: Alex Gardiner on December 21, 2013, 10:25:52 pm
The best cleaner for carbon is good old water  :)

After that you can of course treat the surface with many different things as some of the above comments show. We always recommend dry-film PTFE spray as this is very easy to use and will provide a safe and non-sticky protection.

We cannot recommend using a oil based PTFE enriched lubricant such as GT85 or WD-40 as these are designed to be penetrating and could cause de-lamination of the carbon fibre material. If you speak to any of these lubricant manufacturers they will tell you the same thing. They also can cause the failure of bonding agents used to stick the clamps to the pole.