(the Putoline involves completely cleaning hte chain, then putting the can of wax on the stove til it melts, soaking the chain in it, taking it out, letting it cool, etc. it could not possibly be more faffy. But it works better than anything else I’ve used, and not by a small amount)
You can apparently do it in a deep fat fryer to reduce faffage. And you don’t need to meticulously clean the chain either. But yea, it’s a faff.
Read on a roadie forum that loads are using a 1:3 mix of engine oil and odourless spirits (which I think is Ammerican for white spirit?), the latter lets it seep into the chain, then evaporates. Guess it probably works better on californian roads away from mud and water.
IME some of the expensive lubes are pretty good, muck-off C3 wet is quite long lasting compared to generic wet lube, not tried the dry or the £16/bottle dry though! Anyone tried Fenwicks stealth?
I’m frit of using it myself just in case it damages the chain – is there such a thing as a lube which causes damage ?
WD-40 (or GT85, or TF2 spray), because they’re not lubricants, the clues in the name, Water Dispersant! WD-40 was actualy developed to help protect the fuel tanks on nuclear missiles from corrosion which were made of such thin metal they had to be kept pressurised to avoid deforming!
They make good cleaners, but rubbish lubes.