Chain Waxing

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velohobbit

This is tremendously useful - god I love this forum. What are people using for melting? Electric jobby with a thermometer, slow cooker?

Very useful tips on cleaning as well, I try and make a thing of washing the bike and chuck on some music so chain re-waxing the chain each proper wash (few 100km) isn’t a huge deal.

What’s the deal with cleaning the chain before re-waxing?

Fretting enough about this god help me when I find myself I the tubeless thread

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Sergeant_Pluck in reply to @velohobbit

What’s the deal with cleaning the chain before re-waxing?

For previously waxed chains, I just use a microfibre cloth to wipe off any dried dirt or flaky old wax, in my case there is never much to clean off, and then re-wax.

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se1derful in reply to @Sergeant_Pluck

For my commuter that barely gets any mud/crud, I barely do this now, and just put the chain straight back in the wax. I've not died yet!
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ghostface in reply to @Sergeant_Pluck

Covering chain with boiling water can also be an option then drying before submerging in wax

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