Originally Posted by
Evans224
DON"T use gasoline! Gasoline contains benzene, which is a carcinogen!!!!!!!!!!! It is also extremely flammable (duh). Our fathers or grandfathers might have used it for cleaning, but we're supposed to know better now.
Better than what? The stuff works. Something else our forefathers knew was there are dangers associated with
anything.
How you handle these dangers is what proves your wisdom. I use rubber gloves, I wear goggles and I clean the chain by agitating it in an enclosed container. Kerosene, gasoline or plain ole paint thinner is used, most of the time.
I recently emptied a can of moisture displacing compound on the chains, and it worked a treat. SO that is something you might consider.
Once clean, I lube with good old fashioned bar and chain oil after reinstalling.