I would never, ever use a water-based solvent on a chain. It's just not worth the hassle of trying to dry it out afterwards. As others have pointed out, the benefits of zealous chain cleaning are already debatable. Choosing a method that causes even more extra work and can actually be harmful if done improperly defeats the purpose entirely, IMHO. If you don't like mineral spirits and like the chain to look clean, try a self-cleaning dry lube like White Lightning Clean Ride.

Oh, and if I would never, ever use water on a chain, I would never, ever, EVER use gasoline. Not really interested in paying for some facial reconstruction surgeon's new Ferrari.