Originally Posted by
cyccommute
And, I’ll say it again, why the complicated multi step process? Have you tested your seven step process and found it to be superior to a single step…shake in mineral spirits…process? Does your overly complicated system give you improved mileage? And by how much? Does it double, triple or even increase chain life by 10 times? Or do you get just about the same mileage as most others who do a lot less work? My money is on the latter.
Leaving a bunch of chains in mineral spirits and then shaking in isopropyl alcohol is "complicated"? This is maybe five minutes total "work". Doing six chains is the same amount of work as one chain, so it's not something you have to do often either. It's also the suggested method from basically every "expert" (lol). I filter and reuse the mineral spirits and you need only a little isopropyl alcohol so it's not particularly wasteful.
Is it "necessary"? Who knows? Does this process give you a very clean chain that wax will readily stick to? Yes, absolutely. Maybe I could save five minutes of my time, maybe I shouldn't mess with success?