Originally Posted by
pdlamb
For what little it's worth, when I tried waxing chains, they lasted about 2,000 miles. When I use oil, they last about 2,000 miles. The difference, now that I'm commuting, is that I don't have to play with the wax bucket every other week and can go for a long bike ride.
There is a guy in this article respond thread getting 5000 miles out of a paraffin waxed modern slim chain (10000 miles on older chains!). Note that the article states the chain needs to be broken and soaked for 20 minutes--that is false if you use my drape method.