Cleaning Carbon Fibre Bike Frame

For the most part you can and should care for your carbon fiber components no differently than you do your painted surfaces.

Cleaning carbon fibre bike frame.

You should never use aggressive solvents as these can damage the paint finish or even the frame material itself in some cases. Like many of you here at gcn we love to keep our bikes clean and shiny. Been using wd40 sprayed on to a cloth to polish clean up my carbon frame for a while. Pressure washers will not damage carbon fibre materials themselves but they can force water into places it would not.

Cleaning and washing it s fine to wash carbon bicycles and components like you would any other using warm soapy water and a hose. Yet as with any bike it s never a good idea to aim the water directly at bearings headsets cranks etc because that can wash the grease out. Rinse again with a low pressure hose. Once rinsed use mud honey a foaming bucket wash along with our madam palm microfibre wash mitt to clean the bike fully.

For a very dirty bike rinse with a low pressure hose to remove the majority of mud and grit. You wash them the same as you would paint you can polish them to remove swirls and increase gloss and you can wax and seal them just the same as well. Effetto mariposa makes a carbon protector. Riding buddy tells me this is a bad idea but other than lots of threads saying it is a bad idea i can t.

Generally mild soap and water are the best cleaning agents for a carbon fibre composite bike frame.