04-03-2009, 10:46 PM
I just used regular liquid laundry detergent and let it dry hanging in the sun and it worked just fine. Of course being steel, you'll get black residue back from the rings rubbing together, so it'll never go away and isn't all due to the oil or whatever might be on it.
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