Based on the title I thought this thread was going in a completely different direction.

Is this typical or do I need a new crockpot.

Get a mini deep fryer and use the wire basket that comes with it.

Based on the title I thought this thread was going in a completely different direction.

"KELLY CLARKSON!"

(quote from 40 Year Old Virgin)

Decided to try waxing my chain. Had an old crock pot at the house.

Turned it on to high, added the wax. Waited about 1/2 hr, the pot itself was lukewarm but the heating section underneath was red hot so I know it's working. After 50 minutes or so, the pot was still lukewarm and the candles hadn't melted at all. Is this typical or do I need a new crockpot.

Whenever we used the crockpot in the past, we would always cooking something for 5-6 hours so never noticed how long it took to warm the pot up.

It was on high. The base of it was really hot, the heat just didn't transfer to the pot too well. After 40 min I pulled the pot out and dumped the candles in the base. They melted pretty quickly but there was hole in the base. Wax started to melt out through it so plugged it with a bolt. Everything was melting nicely, looked under the base and there was wax seeping through 3-4 different areas so I turned it off.

Just bought a new crock pot. Will see how it works tonight.

Decided to try waxing my chain. Had an old crock pot at the house.

Turned it on to high, added the wax. Waited about 1/2 hr, the pot itself was lukewarm but the heating section underneath was red hot so I know it's working. After 50 minutes or so, the pot was still lukewarm and the candles hadn't melted at all. Is this typical or do I need a new crockpot.

Whenever we used the crockpot in the past, we would always cooking something for 5-6 hours so never noticed how long it took to warm the pot up.

You said melting a candle.

Think surface area. Maybe buy a cheapo cheese grater and grate the wax before heating it.

Reminds me, I need to do mine this weekend too. I just use a $10 stovetop pot from walmart and the big blocks of paraffin canning wax. Melts in 15min at medium-low heat. Also, after you get it all waxed up, pull your chain out and put it on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil and a couple paper towels. Then turn your oven on the lowest setting (~170F) and let the residual wax drip off. All you need is the thinnest of films; that extra wax just ends up everywhere. Granted, it's way easier to clean up than greasy lube, but it takes the mess to about 10%.

I am amazed how inventive people are at taking a quick, cheap, no mess process and making it harder, time consuming, messier and a pain in the arse.

Used the new crock pot today. Still took an hour to melt everything but maybe the candles had to melt and they weren't fully contacting the bottom. Will see once it cools and I use it again. If it's still an hour, I'll get a rice cooker.

Cleaned the chain in an ultrasonic cleaner. About 50% water 50% simple green. Cleaner for 20 min. Washed off and wiped it down. Put it in the wax for about an hour (forgot about it while watching a movie). When I went to pull it out, the liquid wax was a dirty color. Assuming whatever grease/dirt was still in the chain leaked out into the wax? Pulled the chain out, hung it up and gave it a quick wipe down once. Seemed to be a bit of dirt/grease on the shirt I used.
Is this typical?
Did the wax force the grease out of the chain and that's why the crock pot is dirty?
If I wax again in a couple of weeks, can I re-use the wax or is it dirty now and should put some clean wax in?

Let the wax in the crock pot cool and harden. Looked at it this morning. It is a tan color vs. the white wax I put in originally.

Waxed 2 chains. Both were used. Cleaned both in the ultrasonic cleaner with 50/50 water/simple green then washed in water and wiped down with a rag.

Waxed the 1st chain then dropped in the 2nd to wax. When i went to pull the 2nd chain out, I couldn't see the chain the wax was so dirty/dark?

Let both chains dry. Installed the first chain on my tri bike. Turned the crank for a few minutes to loosen the chain up. The little pieces of wax falling off all look a little dirty. Should I strip the wax off the chain and try to clean again using MSPEEDWAX protocol you linked? Would the mineral spirits strip the wax off or do I need to use something else?

Was my first time using the ultrasonic cleaner also. Should I be running it for a while then dumping the dirty simple green, add fresh simple green and clean again. Essentially do the mspeedwax steps but in the ultrasonic cleaner. I thought the logic behind the ultrasonic cleaner was it got all the dirt/gunk in the nooks an cranies out vs. just shaking the chain in a bottle full of mineral spirits but maybe I need to do a 2-3 step clean process?