Originally Posted by
smd4
Yeah, Frank Berto was writing about waxing chains in his 1988 book on upgrading your bike. But he wasn't a sissy about it, using double boilers or crock pots.
Wax is flammable and also degrades if brought to high in temps. I can walk away from a crockpot with it on low outside with the chain in there and come back at my leisure.
Those are really the only two very safe ways of heating wax for idiotic sissies like me.