Originally Posted by
Duragrouch
Do you use White Lightning "Dry" or "Wet" formula?
It looks like the dry formula is available on amazon in quarts for less than 1/3 the unit price as the small bottles.
I looked up the SDS for White Lightning, it only indicated heptane as the majority constituent, so the solvent, I wondered what the lube part is, so if I could easily duplicate with my hard wax and solvent. Says online, wax dissolves in toluene and xylene, not cheap, also dissolves in vegetable oil (non polar) but I know from experience that gets sticky with time, plus I don't want my chain smelling rancid.
I might try white lightning.
I use the dry. It appears to me to be a saturated solution of wax in solvent perhaps with divided Teflon in it, although that part is questionable. On my fingers, it doesn’t leave any kind of sold residue. Wax should dissolve in mineral spirits as well. Heptane, hexane, mineral spirits, toluene, xylene are all similar enough in properties to be used.