Originally Posted by
Racing Dan
If the chain is filthy to begin with, sure. But a new chain doesn't pollute a block of wax.
Well, the chain oil is going to go somewhere.
However, I do sometimes just use the chain out of the package for a few hundred miles, then wax it for the first time. Either way, the wax cleans it and gets some contamination. It just takes quite a few of these 'dirty' soaks to ruin the wax as a lube.