Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Or you could go with
Gulf wax for $8 and get, perhaps, marginally worse results. I’m sure that “secret formula” increases results by at least 0.1%. But your wallet will be lighter so there is that
One ingredient that they aren't keeping "secret" is
WS2 .
From wikipedia:
Although it has long been thought that WS2
is relatively stable in ambient air, recent reports on the ambient air oxidation of monolayer WS2
have found this to not be the case. In the monolayer form, WS2
is converted rather rapidly (over the course of days in ambient light and atmosphere) to tungsten oxide via a photo-oxidation reaction involving visible wavelengths of light readily absorbed by monolayer WS2
(< ~660 nm; > ~1.88 eV).[8] In addition to light of suitable wavelength, the reaction likely requires both oxygen and water to proceed, with the water thought to act as a catalyst for oxidation. The products of the reaction likely include various tungsten oxide species and sulfuric acid.
Like you, I think I'll stick with cheap, boring, non-secret paraffin.