Finally got to wax the MTB chain. I'm starting with a used chain that I prepped with the Silca chain stripper. The chain was in pretty clean shape to begin with. It's been lubed with mostly rock n roll gold so it wasn't super greasy and gunked up. Still, there was plenty of cleaning needed, see pics below.
I started with a mineral spirit soak, acetone rinse, then water rinse. Since I already had everything on hand and ready to go, I figured it couldn't hurt. I let it soak in OMS while I cleaned the cassette so it wasn't really wasted time.
I then went to the chain stripper, ~10 mins of soaking with a few minutes of agitation along the way. I took it out, rinsed it, and determined it needed another round. After the second round of chain stripper I figured this was as good as it would get without a whole lot more effort. I was also running short on time, so into the wax it went. I'll take it out after the kids get to bed tonight and put it all back together. I was able to clean the chainring and one derailleur pulley during the two rounds of chain stripper, so all in all it was a pretty quick and easy process even starting with a somewhat dirty chain.
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