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caught in rain on way home. Dried of chain with towel and come back to the bike next day and a lot of corrosion
I hate to say "I told you so", but I told you so
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It doesn't look like there's a lot of wax on that.
What brand of chain? I read that KMC chains are difficult to get wax to adhere to.
White spirit is effective but leaves a film. I think turps is recommended as last-wash before waxing.
I'm going to give this a go myself at some point this week, so keen to know your experience.
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@motoko
I’ve been really unimpressed by my first experience with chain waxing.
Did the full effort of application. Worked great for one ride, but caught in rain on way home. Dried of chain with towel and come back to the bike next day and a lot of corrosion .
Figure wax has a time and place but UK weather isn’t conductive for it unless you want to take off the chain and immediately rewax to flush out and residual moisture.
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