Chain Wax Discussion thread

[rlb]

9 out of 10 people ask where the WD40 is while looking around the store for Chain Lube.

Sell them a waxing, they won't know.

 

[shrpshtr325]

9 out of 10 people ask where the WD40 is while looking around the store for Chain Lube.

 

[tonyride]

Wow, $100+ for a waxed chain. I got a bargain by buying one off this forum a few months back for like $25 or so.

 

[mwlikesbikes]

The chain is already covered in grease when you pull it out of the package, isn’t that good enough for the first 938 miles???

 

[Steve Vai]

The chain is already covered in grease when you pull it out of the package, isn’t that good enough for the first 938 miles???

I get around 1,000 miles per single Dumonde Tec Lite application, luckily I'm not fast enough to need the extra Watt.

 

[stb222]

I get around 1,000 miles per single Dumonde Tec Lite application, luckily I'm not fast enough to need the extra Watt.

 

[Steve Vai]

I'm only allowed to use lube when I go north of rt22 so by the time I get through all of my bikes it could be even more.

 

[Oey12]

Question in regard to this chain waxing process…

Should I remove the X number of links prior to waxing? Or can I clean and wax THEN remove the unneeded links? I am not talking about the quick link. My new chain is longer than my old one.

 

[rlb]

Question in regard to this chain waxing process…

Should I remove the X number of links prior to waxing? Or can I clean and wax THEN remove the unneeded links? I am not talking about the quick link. My new chain is longer than my old one.

Cut the chain before, it's going to be a PITA to do it after you wax it. Chain will be too stiff until you ride it for a mile or 2

 

[Oey12]

Cut the chain before, it's going to be a PITA to do it after you wax it. Chain will be too stiff until you ride it for a mile or 2

Thank you!

 

[rlb]

I used my 20v DeWalt leaf blower to dry the chain a few times, seems to work well. Not as targeted as the compressed air but I keep it blowing on the cassette and backpedal a bit and it comes out dry pretty easily. And it's always right there ready to go.

 

[jShort]

I used my 20v DeWalt leaf blower to dry the chain a few times, seems to work well. Not as targeted as the compressed air but I keep it blowing on the cassette and backpedal a bit and it comes out dry pretty easily. And it's always right there ready to go.

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I use my leaf blower too. It works good enough

 

[Glenn Rides After 4 PM CST]

I used my 20v DeWalt leaf blower to dry the chain a few times, seems to work well. Not as targeted as the compressed air but I keep it blowing on the cassette and backpedal a bit and it comes out dry pretty easily. And it's always right there ready to go.

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I use my leaf blower too. It works good enough

Same. Works good enough.

 

[Bike N Gear]

I used my 20v DeWalt leaf blower to dry the chain a few times, seems to work well. Not as targeted as the compressed air but I keep it blowing on the cassette and backpedal a bit and it comes out dry pretty easily. And it's always right there ready to go.

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Hmm. I was about to drip some Prolink on my chain. But this seems so much simpler.

 

[rlb]

Hmm. I was about to drip some Prolink on my chain. But this seems so much simpler.

F riding today, just wax it.

 

[Steve Vai]

I did it. So many marginal gains and drivetrain noise now 😂

Silca suggests running it through the process twice the first time, and I only did it once because it took like an hour. I’ll do it again tomorrow. It seems to be a billion times cleaner than any pre-waxed home mechanic chains that folks have brought in.

 

[jShort]

It seems to be a billion times cleaner than any pre-waxed home mechanic chains that folks have brought in.

You could eat off my chains.

I have doubts about that Silca thing. I don’t see how it can absorb the factory grease into the wax and make it stick to the chain well, and keep it from picking up dirt. I guess you’ll be a good tester. Although you don’t have a good baseline.

 

[Steve Vai]

You could eat off my chains.

I have doubts about that Silca thing. I don’t see how it can absorb the factory grease into the wax and make it stick to the chain well, and keep it from picking up dirt. I guess you’ll be a good tester. Although you don’t have a good baseline.

I didn't do the chocalate bar thing, I degreased and ultrasoniced the chain the normal way. I also did my track chain which has never been lubed so it was super clean already. I'm gonna do my Force chain and see what that one is like because that has a ton of miles on it, and it's also a lot quieter normally. The track drivetrain is a bit rackeitty normal.