Originally Posted by
Proofide
The Singer stuff gets my vote over the WD-40!
+1
There may be better stuff, but at least it's designed to "cling" and not to evaporate. It will, however, attract dirt like nobody's business.
But that said, please realize that there are many of us that hold that soaking or washing a chain is counterproductive. You can wash more dirt into the rollers than you remove. Remember that dirt on the
outside of a chain is not indicative of dirt on the
inside, where the wear occurs. All the external dirt threatens is your pant leg, so just wiping it down to get the worst off is all you need to do.
Likewise, a dry lube that doesn't attract much dirt is preferable. I use White Lightning predominately, and add some wet lube about once month.