Holy thread resurrection!
How do you all find this stuff behaves in the summer? Does it gum up with dust horrifically or fulfill what other wax based stuff promises and flake off cleanly?
Just as it does in winter - perfectly, but for longer.
Cheap fat fryer from Aldi and one tin of Putoline and you are good to go for rest of your cycling days.
Also, your SO does not go balistic as you drip it around the kitchen.
Wally + 1
I tend to clean the excess off the outside of the chain whilst still hot in summer* as wet weather and rusting is less of an issue.
It's just like any other wax lube, only significantly harder and more of it.
*those big thick red work gloves, several layers of workshop paper and be careful, it's still ~200C!
In winter I leave it on, the outer layer of crud keeps the rust away.
I'll bring this thread back from the dead (again) to ask a quick question: Putoline users, when you buy a new chain, do you degrease it before waxing it for the first time?
(Actually, two questions - it sounds like cleaning the chain is more or less removed from the equation when you use Putoline, but when you rewax, do you still degrease the cassette and chainrings?)
No, I just chuck the chain straight in the fryer whether it's got old lube or mud on it.
Washing it in white spirit works, and stops the fryer filling with a layer of grit, but that grit just stays in the bottom of the fryer (much like it stays in the white spirit).
The only thing to be careful of is water, NEVER put a chain in the putoline after hosing the bike down, always let it dry first (or give it a swish in white spirit). Same if you've used water based degreaser (muck-off etc rather than a jar of alcohol / petrol / white spirit). The water boils and you end up with a workbench covered in a foam of putoline!
I wash the bike then stick the chain straight in the fryer basket as is. Then I turn the fryer on, maybe this is why I haven't (so far) swum in Putoline foam
Can't comment on cassettes etc as I have a gearbox
if the cassette was all greasy from a different lube I would degrease it - mainly for the aesthetics but also to stop old oil getting everywhere. with putoline your cassette stays clean so no cleaning needed. With a new chain its pre lubed so I run it until it needs to be lubed then putoline it as usual
Cool, thanks all. I'll try my best to avoid a Putoline foam party...
Does the chain look clean while running this long lasting lube or grimy?
IME clean if you wipe the excess of the outside
This is a pic of my rear cassette after several muddy rides - just rinsed off with water. It looks like there is no lube left - but twist the chain you can feel the lube is still where its needed - in the rollers. Running totally smooth and if you run a finger along the chain you get two lines of wax where its between the inner and outer links so still plenty of lube.
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is the stuff in the tin solid or liquid at room/garage temperature?
And tj, is your axle snug in tehe drop out? Looks like it might be a bit out?
Aye - it don't look right in that pic. Dunno why.
Its solid at room temp Thats why it stays on the chain.
Thought so, just a bit confused by the "chuck the chain in the basket then turn the heater on" comment.
What's the best way of getting into a fryer for the first time? heat and pour or get the cutlery on it while it's cold?
What’s the best way of getting into a fryer for the first time? heat and pour or get the cutlery on it while it’s cold?
Definitely scoop it out cold. Doing it hot would be inviting disaster
What’s the best way of getting into a fryer for the first time? heat and pour or get the cutlery on it while it’s cold?
Definitely scoop it out cold. Doing it hot would be inviting disaster
Maybe not disaster, but a real ball ache of a clean up
I did it hot, just wear gloves.
I read somewhere of a ‘homebrew’ Engine oil/turps mix (could have been meths) that appears to work. Guy said he kept returning to it after trying commercial brews. Store my chains in engine oil after sonic deep clean.
