I did my first ever waxing for a couple of chains with Silca secret blend, Silca wax pot & Silca chain stripper liquid.
I used the proper 75C temp x 15, did 4 rounds of shaking in the liquid, cleaned the drivetrain.
Chain seems to be noisy after 5km and somewhat dirtier than with a normal lube.
Will be glad to hear the suggestions. Or maybe its “normal”
by Hungry-Biscotti-7179
6 Comments
looks off to me, but I’ve always used a sequence of mineral spirit followed by denatured alcohol fuel to degrease a new chain
Out of curiosity, did you redact the brand, or you have someone’s name printed on the inside of the chainrings?
I would suggest pulling the chain at a hotter temperature ~ 80-85°. You will still have more than enough hot wax in the chain but not as much on the outside (where you don’t actually need or want it). Looks like you‘ve got quite a lot of excess wax on your chain that is coming off.
Edit: If you want to deep dive into “the great wax temp debate”: [https://youtu.be/1OMTdiknyNs?t=785](https://youtu.be/1OMTdiknyNs?t=785) (it’s a rabbit hole …)
Looks like SRAM, my Grail with SRAM Force XPLR is so much noisier with a waxed chain compared to lube. I switched back to live and all is fine now.
I have the idea that using a chip you need much hotter temp
With the chain stripper you need 125C for 10, then set to 75C and let it cool to that temp naturally then pull.