joshatsilca wrote:
Insilvis, you can definitely hot wax and then use SSCL to 'top off' that wax every few hundred miles.. the best results we've seen in our testing come from doing a hot melt SILCA wax every 1000 miles with SSCL topping off every 200 miles or so. We have test chains at 20,000 miles that are nowhere close to the 0.5% stretch limit. You can also use straight SSCL and replenish every 200 miles or so with ~90% the same results.
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Josh, while we have you here, I'm wondering if there are any issues with mixing SSCL with the wax. In particular, I think you have said that SSCL has some slack wax, which I know has some oil. It seems like we should degrease a chain which has has SSCL before putting it into the wax pot. Is that correct?
In contrast, I know that with MSW, you only really need to clean the chain if you've had a ride in the wet, and their protocol says boiling water is sufficient for that.