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One trick I have used to filter the dirt is a coffee filter paper.
Found cleaning chains a real pain and usually let the chains sit for a few weeks with an occasional shake. Don't understand why you would wax the chain wheels, understand the idea that the jockey wheel center and central pins being lubricated, I just smear some grease. Should i smear some wax on the chainwheels or cogs.
lynx-
Tried coffee filters. Doesn't work well enough to continue, at least not with turps or the paraffin.
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I don't wax the other parts, there was already oil on them, I put on a clean chain, added UFO Drip, it picked up oil left on chainring and jockeys, then I rewaxed this chain without cleaning it properly = dirty wax. Also, because I was doing loads of chains and cassettes I never cleaned up my degreaser 100% so I was waxing chains and stuff that weren't as clean as possible.
hippy
Because 'someone' didn't clean the chainring or the jockey wheels before putting the chain back in. Also, I was reusing dirty degreaser that I hadn't let settle out long enough so I think the earlier cleans weren't the best.