And no, I don't want to use it for cooking, I want to it to spray on my mountain bike as its slippery properties help to stop mud sticking. I hope this would be more environmentally friendly than the WD40 suggestion I was also given. Brushing olive oil just doesn't appeal
Does "non stick cooking spray" in a can (similar to US brand Pam) exist in Switzerland? I did the full tour of a large Migros and couldn't find it. I assume it's on the list of items banned under the Swiss Puritan Act of 1973, but I live in hope.
Yes, it's tough to find, not many places carry it. However I did luck out and find it at Megro's next to the cooking oils. Good luck with the hunt.
Aligro has it
Sorry but I don`t have a push bike but could you enlighten us how this process works? I won`t stop you from braking
I thought I saw something like this spray at the SPAR store in Kloten,
Good luck
I'll be keeping it well away from the brakes Just covering the frame and areas of the bike that seem to be mud magnets.
I saw it in local Migros last time I was there..And the Yank store here carries PAM.
..or if that doesn't work too well, would a silicone spray help?
How about Teflon spray
i found a baking spray at COOP --- but I don't think that it works as well as normal cooking sprays (fr cooking), has anyone found a PAM equivalent in Zürich area? thanks!
Speaking of which, guess who's blond ex-wife oiled squeeky brakes on the family jalopy.
Aaand guess how I found out about it.
PAM spray is nothing more than low-grade vegetable oil with a propellant.
For a bike, I wouldn't use it. Vegetable oil gums up on prolonged exposure to air, so your bike would end up a sticky mess eventually. You should use a mineral oil or silicone lubricant, as others have suggested.
If you insist on using vegetable oil, and can't bring yourself to just spread it on with a paper towel, you can make your own "PAM" with a Misto sprayer . (Globus sells them, but only the expensive stainless steel version IIRC.) You fill it with whatever oil you want, pump it, then spray. FAR cheaper than PAM spray in the long run.
I have a non-stick baking spray in stock . Very good for detailed novelty cake pans, saves a lot of time getting into the nooks and crannies.
[sorta off topic]I think it's funny how in USA, PAM spray is advertised as being fat-free. Yet its sole ingredient (not counting the propellant, which doesn't make it onto the plate) is vegetable oil, which is 120 kcal per tablespoon. How does one reconcile these two irreconcilable facts? Well, by not eating any, of course!
PAM makes use of a nutrition labeling loophole that says that if there's less than 1⁄2 gram of fat in a "portion", you can call it fat-free. So you just define a portion small enough to fall under that, like PAM's 1⁄2 second press of the button. It seems to me that many bad foods could be considered healthy, if only you don't eat them![/off-topic]
Well I never found the cooking spray. Did end up using silicon spray, which worked great. Just bounce the bike and the mud slipped off. Not that I need to worry about mud these days. Can anyone recommend an anti static spray to stop trail dust building up on the bike?
Ballistol was mentioned in the WD40 thread; it's environmentally friendly and biodegradeable, and it seems is already bike approved
From their UK site :
"At the turn of the century the imperial German Army (the Wehrmacht) began to look for an all-around oil. The idea was to maintain the metallic parts of the soldier's rifle but also to protect the wooden stocks and his leather gear. The soldier was to use the same oil for the treatment of minor wounds, sores and scratches. "
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"Ballistol is different.
As a plant derivative it is completely non-toxic, bio-degradable and environmentally safe, it has no known carcinogens present and actually has medicinal properties. "
For the cooking/baking spray, if anyone is still interested, Coop has the Dr. Oetker spray in the baking section, and Migros has similar other brand (red/peach colour) in their baking section. I prefer the Migros one, as the sprayer workers better.