Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site yale.ARPA
Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!yale!dw
From: dw@yale.ARPA (David Wittenberg)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Vetta Chain Cleaner (and Lube for chains)
Message-ID: <966@yale.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 09:43:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: yale.966
Posted: Mon Jul 29 09:43:50 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 31-Jul-85 23:26:15 EDT
References: <2086@iddic.UUCP> <880@yale.ARPA> <1136@druri.UUCP>
Reply-To: dw@yale-comix.UUCP (David Wittenberg)
Organization: Yale University CS Dept., New Haven CT
Lines: 27

Summary:
Expires:
Sender:
Followup-To:
Distribution:
Keywords:

In article <1136@druri.UUCP> jhs@druri.UUCP (ShoreJ) writes:
>
>When it came to oiling/greasing/lubricating/gooping a chain, I used to
>be of the old slosh-it-on-until-it-drowns school. Now I clean the chain
>as David recommends [although I use `alcohol' instead--sorry, David. :-)],
>empty the Vetta Cleaner, then re-fill it with Vetta's conditioner, and
>slowly cycle the chain through it once. When done, I drain the stuff back
>into the bottle through a funnel/fine filter (cheesecloth works well, too).
>It then gets very inexpensive; one bottle could last a full summer or more.
>
>-- Jeff Shore at ..!ihnp4!druri!jhs
>
I just started using parafin on my chain.  It's cheap (<$2 / lb), you need
very little, it's supposed to last a long time (so far I only have
150 miles on it) and it's VERY clean.  (I put my chain back on the chain
ring, reached for a rag to wipe my hands, and realized that I didn't need
it.  You really can put your hands on a waxed chain and have no noticeable
grease come off.

To apply, simply melt the wax in a coffee can (in a double boiler), swirl
the chain around in it for a while, and then hang (from a coat hanger)
until it solidifies.  The chain will be stiff until you break some of the
excess wax, but that happens in the first 2 or 3 crank revolutions.

	-David Wittenberg   wittenberg@yale (csnet or arpa)
			   decvax!yale!wittenberg  (uucp)