running a chain with pledge?
04-21-05 | 08:02 PM
#26
all about the rhythm
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: chicago-land area
Bikes: too many...
pro-link is my best friend.. great stuff! it cleans / lubes with no build-up. plus you dont have to be a ninny about application just saturate and wipe... its light also!
04-21-05 | 08:09 PM
#27
Retrogrouch in Training
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Knee-deep in the day-to-day
Plated or stainless chains are THE BOMB (if ya don't mind my dragging out some vintage late 90s slang). My road conversion and track frame both sport one and it makes it just so convenient. Stop worrying about lubrication unless you actually NEED lubrication. No need for lube-as-preservative.
On the other hand, this winter my ordinary 3/32" mtb chain got seriously messed up just a few days after being freshly slathered with nasty wet lube because of all the snow and salt.
On the other hand, this winter my ordinary 3/32" mtb chain got seriously messed up just a few days after being freshly slathered with nasty wet lube because of all the snow and salt.
04-22-05 | 05:53 AM
#30
Banned
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Maryland
Bikes: rockhopper, delta V, cannondale H300, Marin Mill Valley
Hey, at last they found a use for Pledge! I would not take my bike to a mechanic who owns a can of Pledge, not knowingly... Is his workbench lustrous and dust-free?
04-22-05 | 06:33 AM
#31
I used to have a homebrew recipe for dry lubes with wax. The ingredients were wax, oil and white gas (the stuff you put in Coleman stoves and lanterns). The idea was the gas dissolves the wax to make the mixture liquid. When applied to the chain, liquid penetrates all parts of the chain. The white gas evaporates and leaves a waxy residue. I used this for a while and it worked very well.
It did not last as long as straight oil and could not stand up to the rain. It was much cheaper than White Lightning. You had to apply it more often but it was cheap and easy.
I currently use 10-30 or whatever I have laying around.
It did not last as long as straight oil and could not stand up to the rain. It was much cheaper than White Lightning. You had to apply it more often but it was cheap and easy.
I currently use 10-30 or whatever I have laying around.
04-22-05 | 06:46 AM
#32
Banned
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Maryland
Bikes: rockhopper, delta V, cannondale H300, Marin Mill Valley
10w30!? Melt paraffin in a double boiler and put your chain in, swirl around, remove, wipe down with a rag, careful it's hot! Hang dry. Install with the proper pin or a connecting link.
04-22-05 | 07:58 AM
#33
SuperstitiousHyperrealist
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 433
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From: Boston
Bikes: unknown road conversion, half built Benotto track
Originally Posted by captsven
I used to have a homebrew recipe for dry lubes with wax. The ingredients were wax, oil and white gas (the stuff you put in Coleman stoves and lanterns). The idea was the gas dissolves the wax to make the mixture liquid. When applied to the chain, liquid penetrates all parts of the chain. The white gas evaporates and leaves a waxy residue. I used this for a while and it worked very well.
04-22-05 | 08:08 AM
#34
Your name wouldn't be Ted Kaczynski by any chance would it? That sounds like some dangerous stuff!
It is not dangerous but as the gas evaporates, it smells up your house (I keep my bikes inside). The other problem I had was the container I stored it in. It was an old Pedros eye drop lube bottle. The gas would evaporate out of the bottle and the lube would get thick. I would keep the cap on tight but it would still evaporate. I had to keep adding the white gas to keep it thin enough to apply.
