Originally Posted by
wolfchild
That's absolutely ridiculous to have to wait for so long before being able to take a bike out for a ride...and the faster solution seems to involve stoves, pots and pans, crockpots and double boilers and the wax doesn't even last that long to justify going through such a long process ....No thanks, I'll stick with my oil based lubes.
Cool. I agree on the wait time for drip wax. Seems like you'd have to get in the habit of doing this as soon as you come home from a ride.
Hot waxing isn't nearly as complicated as you want to make it seem. The process has been discussed in this thread several times already.
You do need to buy a crock pot (I got mine for $15), but you just turn it on and stick the chain in it on the hard block of wax. Come back in 45 minutes or so and the wax will be melted, swish the chain around for a minute or two in the liquid and then pull it out.
I've never used a stove, pot, pan or double broiler for any of this. I'm not even sure what a double broiler is, TBH.