• _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    4 months ago

    I don’t think they applied the wax right though, just hitting it with some WD40 isn’t sufficient to completely clean off all the grease. Most people soak the chain in degreaser or even use one of those heated vibrating cleaners to really knock everything off and once it’s completely clean/dry, then submerge it in a wax bath for at least a half hour to make sure it gets into everything.

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      4 months ago

      Silca makes a pretty good degreaser that’s one step and is pretty effective. It won’t work as good if the chain is caked with crap and well used, but it’s quite robust and will certainly do a good job with a newer chain. Anything more is overkill. It takes like 15 minutes too, start to finish, and if you do a good enough job you will only need to wash with hot water in the future.

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      4 months ago

      Yeah, that could lead to pre-mature flaking of the wax. But the question is, is it closer to 200 miles, or the average time most people do between lubes (I do the shorter of 500 miles, every season, or if I went on a nasty wet ride).