In my opinion, the key step in those instructions is starting with an absolutely clean chain. Bare metal clean. Then your results ought to be very good.
On May 17, 8:34 am, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > I've found that if you "stew" the chain in the melted wax for half an hour > the chain won't squeak as quickly as it does if you keep it in for just a > few minutes. Half an hour is not a period scientifically determined, but it > does work better than five minutes. > > "Stewing" -- this also keeps the chain from stretching; must affect the > molecules in a good way. > > So stew it before you give up on it. > > And, finally, an old crockpot with your neighbors' old ornamental candle > ends works very well. I put a small grate on the bottom to keep the chain > off of the dirt that sinks to the bottom of the pot, and simply toss the > chain onto the cold wax and turn it on "high" and walk away, coming back in > half an hour or more. Haven't burned anything down yet. > > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 08:18 -0700, doug peterson wrote: > > > I wax my chains & do so on my Atlantis just before each tour. I can't > > > recall the chain ever squeaking or given other indication of lack of > > > lube. A tour a couple of years ago was in the fall & we had rain > > > quite frequently, often heavy. You won't know how it works for you > > > unless you give it a try. It's a simple, inexpensive experiment & not > > > nearly as much trouble as people suggest. > > > I tried waxing the chain once, on my commuter. Next morning it began > > raining as I was riding to work. I got 0.1 mi down the road and the > > chain began squeaking. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] > (505) 227-0523 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
