Originally Posted by
Polaris OBark
Exactly. The chain doesn't get dirty. I guess it can't hurt to run it through a rag or paper towel, but I've never seen any dirt or residue come off, so I don't bother. The wax eventually gets kind of grey, so I just dump it into the trash and stick a new block in.
Well, if the wax is changing colors it's getting contaminated with foreign materials with each redipping. Maybe you should add cleaning the chain before redipping, or not. Each person has a method that works for them.
I don't wax my bicycle chains because waxing is not recommended for the chains on my forklift. I did put some ceramic bearings in the chain rollers/pulleys. Didn't notice any difference in the performance of the lift going up/down.