Greasy black chains
Stuart46
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It is amazing how your chain can become black and greasy in just a short time, not sure where it comes from, but I think I have found the solution, using a mixture of 65% paraffin wax and 35% paraffin oil.
You have to remove the chain and degrease it, and then immerse in the melted mixture, remove drip dry, and replace on you bike.
I did this with my road bike a month ago, but with my MTB I just cleaned it and relubricated in the normal way.
My road bike I ride everyday, my MTB only a couple of times,
But my MTB chain is black and greasy, my road chain is not it still looks clean.
You have to remove the chain and degrease it, and then immerse in the melted mixture, remove drip dry, and replace on you bike.
I did this with my road bike a month ago, but with my MTB I just cleaned it and relubricated in the normal way.
My road bike I ride everyday, my MTB only a couple of times,
But my MTB chain is black and greasy, my road chain is not it still looks clean.
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I just use Squirt. No oily chains.I don't do smileys.
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Oxoman. Yeah but they use grease which picks up dirt like crazy, paraffin wax repels it.0
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Crazy thought - how about cleaning your chain. Would that solve the problem?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
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Stuart46 wrote:Oxoman. Yeah but they use grease which picks up dirt like crazy, paraffin wax repels it.
A chain treatment that actively repels dirt?? You could patent that if you hadn't already come on here and divulged your commercially sensitive knowhow on a public forum...0
