Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I would point out that the "grease" that comes on a chain isn't "grease" in the traditional sense. It's a soft wax that does not resemble the wet lubricants people put on their chains. It does resemble the wax based lubricants, however.
The chains I have had, had factory lube that closely resembled ordinary grease. From my experience bicycle wax lubes are too viscous to properly penetrate the chain and they tend to wash off easily. Factory grease, in contrast, stays put and so does grease dissolved in petrol, once the petrol evaporates.