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Old 02-15-24 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Duragrouch
I looked online at the stuff, read this:


Hmm, polymer chemistry is not my forte. Maybe. There's no heat involved, but perhaps via friction and oxidation? Often, polymerization of an oil at room temp results in stickiness. But my guess would be, it consists of a light carrier liquid which has affinity for metal for anti-rust, but the lube part is microparticles of plastic like PTFE ("Teflon"), that builds up in the joints with subsequent applications.
My experience has been 4 to 5 applications, but each application extends the frequency of relubing. Not sure what it contains or how it works, all I know it does work. It doesn't remain as clean as a waxed base lube such as Rock N Roll, but if you wipe the chain off after every ride the chain remains fairly clean, but even with Rock N Roll you were still suppose to wipe the chain down after every ride.
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