Originally Posted by
himespau
For the drip ons do you have to clean the chains as rigorously as for the melted wax? Getting a new chain to where I think of it as clean enough takes a while and requires generation of a lot of dirty solvent that I need to dispose.
Initially yes. Easier starting off with a new de-greased chain. Thereafter I rarely de-grease them again unless riding a lot in the wet (which I try to avoid).