Jeff Liebermann writes:

On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 08:50:43 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot
wrote:

But will any/all of the suggestions posted in this thread clean off
the WAX that the OP was asking about?
Cheers

Good question, especially since Ralph didn't mention the brand or type
of wax he used to lubricate the chain. My guess(tm) is that he used a
paraffin derivative wax. Any non-polar solvent will remove such wax.
Acetone, ethanol, gasoline, and such are NOT non-polar solvents. They
won't work very well. Isopropyl alcohol is mostly non-polar and
should work. Toluene, xylene, and n-hexan are all non-polar and
should also work, if you can find them. They're all VoC's and banned
in California.

(Current) automotive brake cleaner seems to be mostly light alkanes, and
possibly some aromatics. These are non-polar solvents.

Brake cleaner, isopropanol, and acetone all have the advantage of
rapidly and completely evaporating. Mineral spirits might leave more
residue.

https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediaw...9lxtD7SSSSSS--

http://downloads.consumables.com/doc...1-9673_SDS.pdf