Waxed Chains: Your Beautiful Floors & The Black Crud

Sorry, I missed that you use mineral spirits in the ultrasonic cleaner. I guess your method should get a clean enough result, unless the agitation from shaking the jar is needed to penetrate the rollers.

Have you tried anything else than squirt? I have hade more luck with parrafin wax/oil baths, and just using squirt for occasional re-applying.