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I m planning buying a chain degreaser for my bike, I gone to two bike shops and they sell different brand of degreaser. First bike shop i went to is the shop where I got my ATX fromand He sells wd40 chain degreaser, the second shop i went to they sells some weltite brand lubes and dirtwash cirtus degreaser. I m wondering if there is any difference in performance between these two degreaser. I have used the WD 40 Chain degreaser before and it performed really well, but I havent tried the Dirtwash Citrus degreaser spray and i wanted to see which one worth buying.

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    I believe citrus degreasers have much lower environmental impact than a petroleum based product, BUT I'm unfamiliar with WD40's dive into specialist products, (hence comment)
    – Criggie ♦
    Commented Dec 7, 2019 at 11:31
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    Coming from a bike shop it might be overpriced, but it won't be watered down and useless and will do the job. Ask the mechanic what he uses and if you can, buy that.
    – mattnz
    Commented Dec 7, 2019 at 20:01

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Degreasing chains and other metal components is not unique to bikes. There are way to many degreasing products out there to list. On aircraft, we mostly use varsol, but on my bikes, motorbikes included, I have used dish soap and thoroughly dried the chain then oiled it. Lately I've been washing chains in gas mixed 2 cycle motor oil, hehehe, works good. Dirtwash Citrus degreaser spray is natural environmentally friendly degreaser that is soluble in water, and reasonably easy to rinse off. WD40 chain degreaser is more of a surfactant with petroleum additives. They say it is environmentally friendly, but it contains butoxyethoxy, isopropano, propane, n-butane, and proprietary surfactants.

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    Welcome to Stackexchange. The question from OP is "What's the difference between Weldtite Dirtwash citrus de-greaser spray and the WD40 chain de-greaser?" and while your comments are interesting they're also tangential, there's no answer to the question in there. Could you use edit to increase the relevance to the question?
    – Criggie ♦
    Commented Dec 12, 2019 at 18:44
  • thank you for that edit, much improved - have a +1
    – Criggie ♦
    Commented Dec 14, 2019 at 0:57

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