Originally Posted by
MyRedTrek
I think you and I were in the same place - *why* does it need to be slobbered on like that only to be wiped off?
I used R and R Gold for the first time recently.
I didn't think much of the instructions either because it left me in doubt as to whether the usual pre-cleaning was still necessary or was not necessary as the product says it cleans as well.
If the latter, I imagine the rationale is : you saturate the dirty chain, the solvents run through the rollers and link plates and pick up the debris. transferring it to the outside, then you wipe off the excess product together with the debris. Or that's the theory I expect.
Be great if it was this simple but I doubt this can clean a chain properly. At least not without using a bottle of chain lube per application...
It simply is not stated anywhere that I've seen that by following this product's instructions, you can omit the previously done chain cleaning.
1/10 for the instructions, 10/10 for the product.
p.s. I pre-clean.