Chain Wax
 

Anyone use a spray on chain wax?

I’m thinking of trying this:

https://www.amazon.com/3M-Self-Heali...7&sr=1-12&th=1

that product might gunk up the jockey/idler wheels as well as the smaller cogs, but if you try it out, let us know how it goes.

Maxima Chain Wax. i began using it in the 80s.. and it smells like apple pie. :)
adjust your spray amount by only partially opening the valve and you can lube a hundred chains or so... and at under 15 bucks for a big can, it's a bargain!
https://www.motosport.com/product/?c...&cc=us&variant[MXM000Q]=MXM000Q-X001-Y001&cc=us&product_id=MXM000Q-X001-Y001&gclsrc=3p.ds

If you have disc brakes or value your lungs, I would give that a hard pass.

If you don't want to melt wax and soak a chain, Squirt (which is just paraffin, slack wax and water in a dropper bottle) is likely your best bet.

That looks like it’s *entirely* designed for a different application

I don't see how surface spraying wax is going to get it into the rollers and pins where it is needed.


Have you considered immersing the entire bike in a vat of melted wax?

Aerosol wax has a volatile solvent to keep the wax in a liquid form until application. After application, the solvent evaporates, leaving the wax behind. While still in the liquid state, it can penetrate into the rollers and pins, though IME not as effectively hot wax immersion.

Maybe. Just seems like a substance that is a solid at room temperature isn't going to get in as far as an oil when the solvents are designed to dry fast.

For the same $40 you can purchase a near lifetime supply of solvent based wax chain lubricant from Jenson. Less mess and more effective as well as significantly cheaper.

The solvents used don’t dry that fast. Mineral spirits takes several minutes per gram to evaporate. They are there long enough for the wax they carry to penetrate. The aerosol application does present the problem of overspray and inability to more precisely direct the application of the lubricant. That’s a problem with all aerosol lubricants and the general reason that people avoid using them. Using a drip wax will allow for better application without losing a bunch of material to the air.

That is not a chain lube and does not look like it is designed to be a chain lube in any sense of the word. I don't see the need to use alternatives when chain lube or actual hot wax exists. I am always baffled by people trying to find a "solution" to something that isn't even a problem or has been solved long long ago and is well peer reviewed and well documented. Just get a chain lube from your local shop whatever they recommend is probably pretty good and make sure it is a drip lube. Spray lubes are really only good for off the bike applications or someone who is beyond extremely careful and is fine with wasting lube.

Maybe after a traditional wax is used & for a wet ride, that product might be useful... pending if enough time is given for it to "cure" .

The fact that it says it stays soft makes it sound like a poor replacement for wax lube.

However, it sounds like a decent Frame Saver replacement.

I used an aerosol wax based product called Chain Saver, by DuPont, iirc. It's available at Walmart in the motorcycle supply area for about $10, or at least it was a while back. You need to make a cardboard shield that fits over the left (non drive) side of the rear wheel hub to protect the brake rotor and caliper. I found it works, but I tended to over apply it and accumulated some waxy residue in the chain links and in between the cassette cogs.

I moved on to a different aerosol from the PB Blaster company, called Silicone (in the auto supply area of Walmart). I do that same trick with a cardboard shield for the rear brake rotor and caliper, and use the little red plastic straw for a careful foaming application. I started using it to lube my trike chain, and my chain stays so clean that my wife asked me to use it for her DF bike chain. I reapply it every hundred or so miles, because it's so easy to do. I don't know how durable it is, but the chain stays very clean and I don't have the oily sludge that used to accumulate on the chain. Is it as wonderful as dipping the chain in melted wax? I don't know, but it is a heck of a lot easier than removing and reinstalling the chain on a recumbent trike.

Just the back half of the bike. It worked great 👍

That way you won't get any wax on your tuxedo when holding the front wheel.