im_no_pro wrote:Super Cheap Auto sell it as well.
This place has got EVERYthing!
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:51 pm
im_no_pro wrote:Super Cheap Auto sell it as well.
Postby im_no_pro » Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:58 pm
master6 wrote: Moderators are like Club Handicappers; I often think they are wrong, but I dont want the job.
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Postby mick243 » Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:20 pm
Postby mitzikatzi » Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:57 pm
or Flea baymick243 wrote:the molybdenum disulphide poweder can be sourced from CBC bearings in 500gm tins, its very exxy, and you need maybe 2 gramms.... the sub micron size is better than the 4.7 micron size.
both the moly and the teflon will settle out of solution over time.
Postby Nobody » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:37 pm
Postby Cruiserman » Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:22 am
Postby jacks1071 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:55 am
Everything I've read said not to use bees wax although some people advocate combining it with parafin wax at various ratio's but 80% parafin 20% bees wax was recommended by at least a few people.Cruiserman wrote:Has anyone tried bees wax. it is softer and hence more flexible than paraffin wax - may stay on the chain longer as a result.
Postby QuangVuong » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:43 pm
Postby jacks1071 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:24 pm
I've been thinking exactly the same question.QuangVuong wrote:With the replacement chain, are you gonna degrease and wax when new?
Dunno whether I should do that for my new chain.
Postby QuangVuong » Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:36 am
Postby coffeeandwine » Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:40 am
Each supermarket now has an APP for smartphones (even the local Foodworks). Scan the barcode in and it will tell you which aisle to find it in (most of the time it is right). Aisle 5 in the central Ballarat Coles store Tim.barefoot wrote:Ah, the million dollar question.sparco wrote:Which supermarket and isle did you get this from? It is not coming up from Coles online.barefoot wrote:the wax I get comes in round plastic take-away food containers. Looks like this:
...which says that it's 200g per serve. Should be about $3 each at your supermarket.
They seem to move it around the supermarket in a random manner.
I don't think they really know how to categorise it, and what stuff to put it with. Sometimes it's in the health food section, sometimes in the baking goods along with flour and sugar (and pectin and baking soda and citric acid and... paraffin wax, obviously).
I tend to wander aimlessly through the supermarket for several grocery trips until I see it, then I grab a few tubs of it to see me though until next time I find some. I have asked a worker before, and they had no idea at all - even after I found some and showed the same kid, he just looked blankly at me.
I usually get it at Coles, where I'm in the habit of grocery shopping, but I've sporadically seen it in Woolies and IGA and MaxiFoods before. Every time I see it I do a mental stocktake of whether I might need some soon, just in case they hide it again when I really do need some
tim
Postby RonK » Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:55 pm
Postby jacks1071 » Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:14 pm
That's crazy dude, get yourself a cheap crock pot from ebay or your local $2 shop. My wife asked her waxing lady and they never turn off their crock pot full of wax, it stays on 24/7 and has done for several years without issue.QuangVuong wrote:The chain arrived, and I chose to wax it new, as the factory lube was quite sticky.
Didn't have a good time with melting the wax though. I pulled out the old stove and went outside, as I didn't want to stink up the house. Somehow I hit the flash point, and I had to put it out with water. Lost quite a bit of wax, but at least my chain wasn't in there at the time. With the remaining wax, I continued with more issues. Loose gas pipe caught fire , but died right away after I turned off the gas.
Didn't wanna risk it anymore, so I went up to the kitchen and continued successfully.
NOTE: if the wax goes a brownish colour, its getting too hot! It'll soon hit its flash point,so cool it ASAP before that happens.
Postby QuangVuong » Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:42 pm
Postby jacks1071 » Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:00 pm
Postby QuangVuong » Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:40 pm
Postby barefoot » Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:35 pm
You only need a very small amount of wet lube on a between-waxings chain, because the voids in the chain are mostly filled with wax and there's nowhere for the wet lube to go.QuangVuong wrote:The reason I began waxing my chains was because RnR Gold makes the drive train dirty as. I think Ill keep mine only wax, and see how far it goes.
Postby QuangVuong » Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:50 pm
Postby jacks1071 » Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:57 pm
How were you using the RnR?QuangVuong wrote:The reason I began waxing my chains was because RnR Gold makes the drive train dirty as. I think Ill keep mine only wax, and see how far it goes.
Postby QuangVuong » Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:26 pm
Postby jacks1071 » Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:54 pm
The way I use RNR.QuangVuong wrote:I removed the chain, and hung it up. Pretty much poured the lube starting up top then headed down making sure I lubed each roller. Wiped off after 5 mins or so, then reinstall on the bike. I dunno, but its always ended up dirty.
So far Im happy with the cleanliness of waxed chains.
Postby QuangVuong » Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:17 pm
Postby ianK » Tue Jan 20, 2015 10:43 pm
barefoot wrote:Like I said in my post - teflon-based engine treatment.jacks1071 wrote:Can anyone tell me what the best (readily available) source of PTFE would be? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; would be?
From what I've read thats the absolute best stuff to put into your wax. I bought the "friction facts" report and the guy there does a parafin wax brew but doesn't disclose the exact recipie however it seemed that PTFE was the key additive.
I'm firmly of the belief that PTFE (teflon) is a bad thing to put in an engine, but given that they do, it's an easy source.
I use Fowlers Vaccola canning wax, which comes from the supermarket in ~200g tubs (like a takeaway food container) for a couple of bucks. One of those blocks with about 1/3 bottle of Nulon engine treatment (~$15) does me fine.
tim
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