Originally Posted by
Duragrouch
I think you're right. My memory is more fresh with regard to pulling off a filthy oiled chain with oil sludge. 20-30 years ago during my waxing period, it was faster, and that was using a chain tool instead of the quicker master links now used on narrow chains. It's the oily sludge that slows things down.
If your chain was that coated in oil and “sludge,” you weren’t lubricating your chain properly.