Originally Posted by
Duragrouch
Unfortunately, evidently NOT mineral *oil*; I have a couple big bottles of tiki torch fuel bought cheap at the end of summer, it's mostly that plus a little citronella; It makes a great chain cleaner, I put it in the Park on-bike chain cleaner, works great. But I put some in a sealed canister along with a couple chunks of wax, months later the wax was still not dissolved.
One would think that white lightning dry ("Clean Ride") has gotta have something else in it besides heptane. Probably wax.
Paraffin wax wouldn’t show up in the SDS because it is considered a non-toxic product.
I’m not surprised that the mineral oil wouldn’t dissolve the wax (much). Heating it would probably help but it would likely crash out when the mixture is cooled. White Lightning probably uses heptane now (they have used a mixture in the past) for better control of the dissolution.
[QUOTE]EDIT: White Lightning Wet Ride contains petroleum lubricating oils, and sulfonic acids, the latter of which help polar and non-polar materials (water and oil) combine (think a soap or detergent).
I tried Wet Ride once and didn’t like the result. It was very much like using TriFlow and not worth the effort.