Lube!

I started off with Finish Line Pro Road and when that finished I got myself some Finish Line Wet Lubricant. The wet stuff seems alright but I was doing a bit of research and I found someone who uses motor oil and white spirit mixed 50/50. That makes a hell of a lot of lube for not a lot of cash. I'm not in the business of using loads of lube anyway but I thought it might be worth a shot. His rationalisation is that the white spirit makes the formulation thinner and able to penetrate into the rollers where it's needed. The white spirit, being the volatile component, evaporates to leave just motor oil in there. The usual 'apply, wipe, leave overnight, wipe' technique is how he goes about it.

Any opinions?

after using the wax for a bit, i find it still gets gritty as hell.
also the volatile part of your idea, same as with the wax in some ways, carries the dirt into the chain.
You cant win it seems, only sort of washing the whole chain in a bath of petrol/diesel really cleans it.

i bought a ton of 1/8 chains from parker international for 1.95 each + free post.
any wear, I throw away and replace. much easier.