Dang Grump,
Ya should have seen nobby's chain! Moe, I says, is there a chain under all this black gunk? Well, I can say that Shaun's chain had no rust! I cleaned his chain up with, yes, kerosene and his chain looked brand new. Two or three hours I seem to recall…
Maxim's chain wax. I use it. Will always wipe off as much as I can after application. Will even spot-wet a rag with it and wipe off the chain ring teeth too. Never had the problem you have had. But have been told that I spend too much time detailing Vera!
Any spray-on chain lube will do as you have described Maxim's product as having done. Build up is build up. PJ-1 built up on my chain before I made the switch to the Maxim wax. Shaun used PJ-1 too? Chain lube conditions the outside of the chain's o-rings and keeps the chain from rusting. Wipe off as much as you can after application. No matter how much you apply you should never be able to penetrate the chain's o-rings seals with any lubrication. That's the whole idea behind o-ring/x-ring chains...Factory seal is impenetrable. Ya want to keep the o-rings conditioned so the o-rings maintain the factory seal. When I was using PJ-1 I used kerosene a lot! Seems like I cleaned the chain all the time. Then with a new chain and sprockets, I switched to Maxim’s wax (thanks dinqua) and started to wipe the lube off after application. Since then, I have yet to touch the chain with kerosene.
Every time I lube the chain I’ll use up two or more rags…
