Originally Posted by
spelger
hang on a sec...i still clean mine. i use mineral spirits, two baths, first gets the majority of the grime off, second is just a follow up. the spirits are quite dirty which means the chain was quite dirty. i would not dispense with this. but that is the extent to my prep. drop in wax and take the other out for the bike. rinse and repeat.
I thought the odorless mineral spirits (or another petroleum distillate solvent, e.g., naphtha) is only needed for the initial degreasing (i.e., prior to the first waxing) to remove factory grease and/or oil based lubricant? You use OMS to clean before each subsequent wax immersion too? Why? If the chain (and the rest of the drive train) had been thoroughly degreased prior to the initial wax immersion, there should be no more grease to degrease, right?