alexgold123
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September 2
Roy07775:
Northern Latitude/ Colder Climates
I’m London Lat 51.5…It’s cold and wet here ALOT. I’ve experimented
with adding Paraffin Lamp Oil. Just enough to soften the mix. It works
by adding a film that seems to combat wet conditions and not producing
rust. It does mean more attraction of dirt and sooner re application but
allows it to be used in wetter conditions. It needs an additional IPA
wash to get it clean after boiling water before the next re wax but
seems to allow Winter use of wax lube.
Any one want to put their thoughts?
I came here to ask almost the same question. I was waxing last year,
good success and good longevity, chains did alright in the wet. I bought
some new wax which was very ‘white’ - the old beads were more yellow. I
thought this would be an improvement as it must be more pure.
Since changing batches I’ve noticed the wax is very brittle, it seems to
all flake off straight away. The chain goes orange if left even slightly
wet, and if I get caught in the rain it’ll sound horrible. All of these
things are new with the new batch of wax. The last one was more
resilient, and seemed to cling on more (leaving a waxy residue on the
jockey wheels for instance which the new one doesn’t).
I was thinking of adding something (maybe white spirit?) to the mix to
soften the wax as it seems too hard. Anyone had similar issues and
solved them? Thanks,
Hi Alex,
Have a look at the Oz Cycle YT Vids. How to make your own chain lube.He
talks about using Paraffin Oil and how to add to get the right
consistency.If you’re using just wax with no expensive additives try
doctoring your current batch. If it goes wrong chuck it out and start
again with a fresh batch.
During the depths of winter last year I siphoned some off into a small
old Muc Off oil bottle.I put the bottle in a pot of hot water to make it
very runny and applied it like a oil lube.When set i partially cleaned
the excess wax off leaving some on the outer plates.Yes it got dirty
quickly but wet riding wasn’t an issue.
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