Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
Hello,

For those interested in this, after my last inquiry about chain lubing,
I decided to wax my chain by immersing it in a hot mixture of solid and
liquid paraffin (with a ratio of 50% of paraffin oil).

After about 600 km, including some significant rain,, must say it works
pretty well. My chain still runs smoothly, and is almost perfectly
clean. When needed, I can simply wipe it with some paper towel. I do not
know yet when I will have to wax it again, but it seems to hold pretty
well.


I waxed my chain this weekend and finally had the opportunity to take the
bike out yesterday. The chain is very quiet and runs quite smoothly.
Shifting wasn't as precise as it was before, but I'm thinking it should
come back to normal once more of the excess wax flakes off. The only
downside was that I didn't clean the chain scrupulously before waxing it,
and once I started sliding it around in the pot, a black cloud emanated
from the chain and engulfed the bottom of the pot, completely obscuring the
chain. I now have a pot of dark black wax, which I may just chuck in the
garbage. Hopefully the second waxing will be less expensive.