Old 02-01-21, 02:48 PM
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John_E
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Originally Posted by ls01
I use wax and ptfe, don't know if it helps or not but it certainly cant hurt.. I get between 400 and 500 miles out of a treatment with wax. The chain stays clean the entire time. And as long as you don't contaminate the wax with oils and grime,, you don't have to clean your chain after its initial cleaning. Drop it in, swish it around a bit. Hang it to cool. I use a 1 quart crock pot for my wax.
I use some lamp oil to soften the wax, so it's not so brittle.
I don't know about the tungsten mix. If you can get it,, you could add it in. Regular old paraffin wax works great all by itself.
Already using the same method. One Sram rest KMC chains. A website on waxing (zerofrictioncycling I think) stated that they didn't recommend KMC chains since their coatings. My re wax intervals are around 200miles. The chain becomes a bit noisy when I am pushing after around 100 miles but it never chirps. It is claimed that PTFE significantly increases re-waxing intervals. I was wondering if WS2 even further increases it.

How do you decide when to rewax your chain ?
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