3-In-One Oil

[tulip]

Back in the day, we used to remove our chains, clean them in kerosene (sometimes in gasoline ) and then heat up paraffrin wax and dip the chain in. The wax would seep into the little nooks and crannies and provide long-term lube. At least that's what we believed.

I'm terribly lax in the chain cleaning and lubing department, too. Probably because I have some mental block stemming from the kerosene and wax days. That was at least a two hour job.

[jesvetmed]

I just had to replace my chain and they told me I wasn't doing a good enough job lubing -- they showed me all the rust! .

I was using something that was too light, and I was lax about doing it. I almost never cleaned it in ANY way (wiping, let alone soaking). AND the few times I really go serious about it I used a degreaser.

So new chain in place, they gave me a brand new lube and a brush thingy I run the chain through every few rides. Hopefully my new chain, lube and I will be happy for a long time!

[pfunk12]

[QUOTE=tulip;467292]Back in the day, we used to remove our chains, clean them in kerosene (sometimes in gasoline ) and then heat up paraffrin wax and dip the chain in. The wax would seep into the little nooks and crannies and provide long-term lube. At least that's what we believed. /QUOTE]

Tulip - Your post just brought back memories of my days in the Peace Corps when I would clean my motorcycle chain in gasoline. We were taught to use gasoline because there really wasn't anything else available. Just thinking about it...I can smell the gasoline. Yuck.