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INOX MX3 as Chain Lube?
Have recently come in to a huge supply of the stuff - more than I can
ever possibly use. Seems to penetrate well and, unlike WD-40, the maker claims lubrication properties: http://www.inoxmx.com/inox/mx-3-lubricant/ Consistency similar to Pro-Link. Going to try it as a chain lube.... just wondered if anybody has been here before -- Pete Cresswell |
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On 8/23/2016 4:28 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Have recently come in to a huge supply of the stuff - more than I can ever possibly use. Seems to penetrate well and, unlike WD-40, the maker claims lubrication properties: http://www.inoxmx.com/inox/mx-3-lubricant/ Consistency similar to Pro-Link. Going to try it as a chain lube.... just wondered if anybody has been here before The description sounds good, it doesn't have a solvent base like WD-40. Of course now WD-40 also makes a chain lubricant which may have the same properties as Inox MX3. It claims to contain no wax which is good, but doesn't talk about the base stock. The big issue with chains is getting the lubricant inside, between the rollers and the sleeves. That's why foaming chain lube is used on chains https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UKH86Y. |
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:28:49 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote: Have recently come in to a huge supply of the stuff - more than I can ever possibly use. Seems to penetrate well and, unlike WD-40, the maker claims lubrication properties: http://www.inoxmx.com/inox/mx-3-lubricant/ Consistency similar to Pro-Link. Going to try it as a chain lube.... just wondered if anybody has been here before Just a comment: See http://www.inoxmx.com/msds/mx3-technical-data-msds/ The Timken Test of 1.4kg. doesn't indicate a very high pressure lubricant. -- cheers, John B. |
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On 24/08/16 00:38, sms wrote:
On 8/23/2016 4:28 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Have recently come in to a huge supply of the stuff - more than I can ever possibly use. Seems to penetrate well and, unlike WD-40, the maker claims lubrication properties: http://www.inoxmx.com/inox/mx-3-lubricant/ Consistency similar to Pro-Link. Going to try it as a chain lube.... just wondered if anybody has been here before The description sounds good, it doesn't have a solvent base like WD-40. Of course now WD-40 also makes a chain lubricant which may have the same properties as Inox MX3. It claims to contain no wax which is good, but doesn't talk about the base stock. The big issue with chains is getting the lubricant inside, between the rollers and the sleeves. That's why foaming chain lube is used on chains https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UKH86Y. Synthetic sperm oil! Eeeuch! |
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On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 12:51:55 AM UTC-7, Tosspot wrote:
On 24/08/16 00:38, sms wrote: On 8/23/2016 4:28 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Have recently come in to a huge supply of the stuff - more than I can ever possibly use. Seems to penetrate well and, unlike WD-40, the maker claims lubrication properties: http://www.inoxmx.com/inox/mx-3-lubricant/ Consistency similar to Pro-Link. Going to try it as a chain lube.... just wondered if anybody has been here before The description sounds good, it doesn't have a solvent base like WD-40. Of course now WD-40 also makes a chain lubricant which may have the same properties as Inox MX3. It claims to contain no wax which is good, but doesn't talk about the base stock. The big issue with chains is getting the lubricant inside, between the rollers and the sleeves. That's why foaming chain lube is used on chains https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UKH86Y. Synthetic sperm oil! Eeeuch! Not that kind of sperm dummy. |
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Per John B.:
See http://www.inoxmx.com/msds/mx3-technical-data-msds/ The Timken Test of 1.4kg. doesn't indicate a very high pressure lubricant. Any idea what a typical number for a chain-specific lube would be? 2x? 10x? 100x? -- Pete Cresswell |
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On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 11:18:50 AM UTC-4, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per John B.: See http://www.inoxmx.com/msds/mx3-technical-data-msds/ The Timken Test of 1.4kg. doesn't indicate a very high pressure lubricant. Any idea what a typical number for a chain-specific lube would be? 2x? 10x? 100x? -- Pete Cresswell hot where I ride.....Epic appears to throw off...Epic sez it doahn throw off enough is there by design... so I went to Valvo Synth manual transmission oil at 80-140...no offensive odor...sticks all day...super chemistry....basic lube...from the lab not the basement. then I poured Ford limited slip diff 'friction modifier' ( Amamzon) into the diff n has to strat over caws its so slippery I cudnah hold the tube.... this I have not tried on a chain but look at the wonder chain oils available as FM's offspring. gotta lock or slide mechanism ? http://www.homedepot.com/p/3-IN-ONE-...0074/205864344 |
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:18:42 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote: Per John B.: See http://www.inoxmx.com/msds/mx3-technical-data-msds/ The Timken Test of 1.4kg. doesn't indicate a very high pressure lubricant. Any idea what a typical number for a chain-specific lube would be? 2x? 10x? 100x? The Timken test is a rather outmoded test for the film strength of a lubricant and I'm surprised that a manufacturer would use it today, but in comparison Timken LC-2 grease tests 55. But as bicycle chains run in a somewhat hostile atmosphere I don't know what is, if any, the single redeeming characteristic of a chain lube is. Is it lubricity? Easy cleaning? Easy application? Doesn't leave "tattoos" on my leg? I've heard chain lubes extolled for all of the above. My guess is that anything that is easy to apply, doesn't get the tire all greasy and doesn't leave a black streak down the back of your jersey is a far better choice that something that takes some arcane ritual to apply, and thus doesn't get applied except on months when the moon and sun are in conjunction :-) -- cheers, John B. |
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