Chain wax?

paraffin. It is in the canning section of the dept store. It is the same stuff used for making
candles, so you can also use a bunch of candles. melt the wax over boiling water, never directly
over the fire. Dip chain in melted wax and let it sit for a few minutes in hot wax. remove and hang
to dry, reinstall.

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KB said:

I remember this stuff used to be sold via mailorder (Nashbar, etc.), but don't see it very often
any more. If I want to wax my chain, what specific types of wax can I use from the local
hardware/department stores, etc.??

Thanks!

Motorcycle shops. A lot of riders like Maxima, a pretty common brand of paraffin-based wax.

chain wax is not my lubricant of choice, however.

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Canning wax from a food store. Candle wax contains stearic acid, which is used to keep the candles
hard when it gets warm and also helps release from the mold. That wax will flake off your chain.

KB said:

I remember this stuff used to be sold via mailorder (Nashbar, etc.), but don't see it very often
any more. If I want to wax my chain, what specific types of wax can I use from the local
hardware/department stores, etc.??

Thanks!

Paul Kopit said:

Canning wax from a food store. Candle wax contains stearic acid, which is used to keep the candles
hard when it gets warm and also helps release from the mold. That wax will flake off your chain.

KB said:

I remember this stuff used to be sold via mailorder (Nashbar, etc.), but don't see it very often
any more. If I want to wax my chain, what specific types of wax can I use from the local
hardware/department stores, etc.??

Thanks!

What was the first reference to someone using paraffin on their chain?

If I had to bet I would guess it was an English reference...

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I remember this stuff used to be sold via mailorder (Nashbar, etc.), but don't see it very often
any more. If I want to wax my chain, what specific types of wax can I use from the local
hardware/department stores, etc.??

The kind you use to make candles works. If you go the wax route, keep in mind that you will have to
re-wax if you get caught in the rain. That is the reason I no longer wax my chain. One summer I kept
getting caught in the rain and I just got tired of rewaxing every week.
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Alex __O _-\<,_ (_)/ (_)

Additives to the wax such as motor oil or graphite extend the duration between wax times and make it
last through rain much better. Recently rode the Skyline and Blue Ridge on one waxing and had two
days of rain. Charlie

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The kind you use to make candles works. If you go the wax route, keep in mind that you will have to
re-wax if you get caught in the rain. That is the reason I no longer wax my chain. One summer I
kept getting caught in the rain and I just got tired of rewaxing every week.
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Alex =A0

That's because you used candle wax instead of canning wax (see earlier post). I've never had trouble
with wash off, even after a couple of hours of southern rain (read: not unlike Noah's flood).

May you have the wind at your back. And a really low gear for the hills! Chris

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The kind you use to make candles works. If you go the wax route, keep in mind that you will have
to re-wax if you get caught in the rain. That is the reason I no longer wax my chain. One summer I
kept getting caught in the rain and I just got tired of rewaxing every week.
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Alex

That's because you used candle wax instead of canning wax (see earlier post). I've never had
trouble with wash off, even after a couple of hours of southern rain (read: not unlike
Noah's flood).

I also used "chain wax", with similar results. One ride in the rain and the chain would audibly
complain. I rather ride than wax, so I oil the chain. I do single drops on each link and then wipe
off as much excess as possible.
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Alex __O _-\<,_ (_)/ (_)

RE/

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I do single drops on each link and then wipe off as much excess as possible.

I recently discovered a pressure can full of special chain lube that my German brother-in-law give
me about a billion years ago. By Castrol...label says "Ketten Spray".

It's unique feature is that as it's dispensed from the little plastic tube stuck into the spray
head, it comes out as a sort of semi-gummy foam. There's zero overspray and it sinks right down into
the links.

I used to swear by White Lightening, but I'm loving this stuff....wipe the chain with a rag, squirt
a little on, wipe the chain again...
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PeteCresswell

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RE/

Quoted message said:

I do single drops on each link and then wipe off as much excess as possible.

I recently discovered a pressure can full of special chain lube that my

German

Quoted message said:

brother-in-law give me about a billion years ago. By Castrol...label says "Ketten Spray".

It's unique feature is that as it's dispensed from the little plastic tube

stuck

Quoted message said:

into the spray head, it comes out as a sort of semi-gummy foam. There's

zero

Quoted message said:

overspray and it sinks right down into the links.

I used to swear by White Lightening, but I'm loving this stuff....wipe the

chain

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with a rag, squirt a little on, wipe the chain again...
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PeteCresswell

I'm ussing supreme black, that's sold over the internet in holland. It's a fluid wax whit graphite.
The first time you have got to degrease the chain. and than drip single drops on each link, this
also sinks in the link and fills up the inner chain, so sand won't have a chance Than wait untill
it's dry. The spill crumbles off when you start pedaling. The dirt won't stick to the chain because
the chain isn't sticky. when you have been driving in the rain. Clean the chain with water, the sand
will fluss away, let the chain dry. and start driping come.tosupremeblackOpen ↗ on each link

works for me

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He doesn't have time to wax his chain, but he can still oil each roller link _individually_?

It only takes me a minute or so to go around and a drop of oil on each roller.

Matt O.

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"Chris Zacho "The Wheelman"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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He doesn't have time to wax his chain, but he can still oil each roller link _individually_?

It only takes me a minute or so to go around and a drop of oil on each roller.

Actually takes less than a minute to do a whole chain. Waxing takes much longer.
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Alex __O _-\<,_ (_)/ (_)

Matt O'Toole said:

"Chris Zacho "The Wheelman"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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He doesn't have time to wax his chain, but he can still oil each roller link _individually_?

It only takes me a minute or so to go around and a drop of oil on each roller.

Matt O.

Removing a chain cleaning, drying, reinstalling, and then lubing takes no less time than waxing in
hot wax. That is even more true if you wax a couple of chains at a time. Lubing with oil is done
less frequently but, if you add the time to cleanup the bicycle, there is no time savings.

KB said:

I remember this stuff used to be sold via mailorder (Nashbar, etc.), but don't see it very often
any more.

Nowadays that silly block of wax has been replaced by silly little bottles of waxy liquid, such as
"White lightning", popularly referred to as "White lightening" by those who slept through elementary
school. It gives all the disadvantages of wax lubrication in an easy-to-use applicator.