Originally Posted by
Dr. Jakal
After that, melt down some candles, add a pinch of graphite lube, dunk your chain in... let it harden, and break the chain so it can move again. As you ride the first 5 miles or so the rest of the excess wax will come off. This will seriously help you keep from having dust and grime collect on and in your chain.
It will keep out dust and grime but doesn't do much for lubing the chain moving against itself. Also, maybe you don't mind, but wax creates such a hard to clean mess all over you chain rings and derailers. Ive had to clean many a messy wax clogged bikes before.
You see wax does not flow. When one chain part moves against another on a waxed chain, it creates a mark groove whatever in the wax. The wax is permanently scraped away. The next time the chain moves in the same way, there is nothing between metal and metal. With a liquid lubed chain. The lube flows back into any areas that it has been displaced from almost instantly, ready for another cycle of lubrication.
The down side is yes a liquid holds more particulate matter. Thats why I suggested frequent wipe, and application of Tri-Flow.
Just my .02