Originally Posted by
beebe
I use paraffin, with the crockpot method. I don't know if it makes my chains last longer, but it does make sure I don't get oil on my pants. Considering that my two chains have about 2-3k miles and no indication of wear, I'm sure I'll get enough use out of them. I get at least 400 miles between waxes. If I had to do it every 200 I might switch back to oil.
Yep I know I could wait longer between waxing but my procedure of just draping my unbroken chain into the wax take so very little time--200 miles is just once a week. It's my routine so I don't forget.