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hippy
What did I do wrong? I cleaned the chain in petrol, then degreaser, then meths. Melted the paraffin wax and left the chain in for a while made sure there were no rising bubbles, took out, fexed the chain and wiped off excess wax deposits, chain showed signs of rust in a week's use!