Originally Posted by
prj71
Even if you don't ride in dirt using an oil based chain lube will pick up fine particles from the road and eventually you will have grime.
Im not so sure wax isn't also picking up dirt. Testing squirt on a glass plate to see what its like, it dries to consistency very similar to what new chains come packed with (!) - A soft waxy substance that will easily take a finger print and hold on to random "dirt" I could find in my apartment (ground coffee). Agitating with a finger, its readily absorbed into the wax. Im betting, after several applications and several hundred miles a wax lubed chain will be full of dirty wax, just like a chain with factory grease*.
*why is factory lube always referred to as "grease". Im betting it actually is wax. At least there is a video on YT showing how chains are lube at the factory. Looks like a bath of hot wax to my eyes.