Garth's method doesn't work well in very sandy or dusty environments. Oils grit the chain up immediately; most "dry" lubes build up into waxy gunk, and in any case, applying liquid lube over a gritty chain just leaches grit into the innards.
With the Molten wax I described just now, you clean your chain for the initial application, and just melt and dunk thereafter. BTW, use an old crockpot, $5 at Goodwill. But a small one, and one that has a removeable ceramic pot, which makes cleaning easier, once you have to replace the wax. On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 6:30 AM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Search google for *hot wax chains cycling . * > > Scroll .... Pick and choose a link . > > Asking if it's worth it or not , you will get yes it's worth it and no > it's not. No surprise . > > A lube is a lube is a lube ..... those that claim "mine is best" are > simply defending their choice only. The "best" is the one you got. I've > done hot wax, Squirt Lube water based wax lube, White Lightning Clean Ride > petro based wax lube, and the usual plethora of oil based stuff. What I > found rather silly is that apply wax lubes ... you must clean the chain > first thereby contradicting "not cleaning the chain" ! Seems like a > perfectly good waste of factory lube already there. Clean Ride and Squirt > are the only wax ones that you never ever clean the chain for the life of > the chain past the initial cleaning, you reapply as needed. Hot wax needs > reapplied, pita if you ask me, time and effort . > > Anyways, I've gone back to just slapping on the new chain, wiping it every > so often, blow debris off with a compressor and reapply on bike with > whatever oil. The most important part of a chain is INSIDE , and once you > use solvent and remove it, it's not so easy to get it back it at all. > Factory lubes are done with heat and pressure, to penetrate the links. No > one can do that at home. > > For myself ... "time" spent cleaning and lubing a chain frequently .... is > not "free" . Only FREE is free, no exception, no debate, no alternative. > > This all said, I don't ride in the rain if I can avoid it. This is just > one perspective .... viva la Infinity :-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
