The Premier Lube is made from a blend of emulsified wax (waxes suspended in water) with nano particles of Tungstun Dysulfide "WS2" (a friction reduction modifier).
The reason we use nano particles of WS2 is so that we can get the friction modifier small enough to imbed in the very small valleys in our micro surface engineered chains.
In the past, to produce our Optimized chains, we smoothed the pins, plate and rollers down from a manufacturing tolerance on the chain components from an Ra of 16-18 micro inches (peak to valley average roughness) down to Ra of 3.75. After this physical treatment of the chain, we run it through a cycle impinging the WS2 and then hot wax the chain like others do. This is how we physically make our chains smoother and last a lot longer than a simple wax job.
Back a few years ago we used regular friction modifiers like MSO2 and/or PTFE (because the particles size of those friction modifiers are not small enough to get into a lower (better) Ra treatment on our chains - we did not bother to smooth the chains further. The friction modifier particle needs to partially sit in the surface valley like a scoop of ice cream on a cone. So you only smooth the surface to a level that the particle size of the modifier can remain effective (hold on the the part).
When we found a company that made nano particles of WS2 - it then made sense to further process our chains down to 1.75 Ra and change the friction modifier to take advantage of both smoother surfaces and better friction modifier.
We also use that same friction modifier in our lube.
Dan Kennison
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