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hippy
I’ve been putting the chain in a jar, pouring over some boiled water, let it sit a few mins, giving a couple of gentle agitations then pouring away. And doing this a couple of times before wiping dry, leaving the hot chain to air dry fully before waxing.
If you dry the chain properly you can just dunk it in and out the wax in seconds. If you don’t ….. you’ll probably see bubbles that’ll continue (sometimes for an hour or so) as wax works it’s way in.
I’m not sure the hot-water jar-clean is doing anything other than keeping the liquid wax cleaner for longer. Hippy’s method (chain goes straight in the wax, scrape off settled dirt from the cooled wax block) might be 80% as effective for 20% the effort 🤷♂️
I figure if the chain is squeaking it’s wearing (stretching and wearing cassettes). I try and avoid that on the geared bikes. Fewer fucks are given on the fixed chains.