Hi, myself and my friends recently switched to your wax formula from Molten Speed Wax (which we used for 3 years). What i have found is that the chain is less dirty now when it comes to re-waxing. It must be the high amount of PTFE as compared to MSW. Its winter here in the UK and the roads are greasy and salted/gritted. We still get salt and grease stuck to the chain but in smaller amounts. What i have found is that the best way to clean the chain is immerse it in boiled water 3 times, agitating it. Everything just lifts off it. We never use chemicals or cleaning agents - Just hot water. We also find that the cleaner the chain is when re-waxing the more miles we get. Needless to say our cassettes and chain rings are lasting much longer, since we switched to wax. Thanks for your hard work.

More excellent practical advice from uncle Oz. That rear mech drip tray is pure genius. Thank you!

Since I got my road bike I instantly followed your channel and your instructions on a waxed chain. The thing is, a waxed chain is so easy to clean. Even though your video is 20 minutes long, which I'm still going to watch, it is just so easy... and it comes naturally. Once you start cleaning the waxed drive train you automatically realize how much time an process steps it saves you. In summary my road bike is always clean but still since two years it has never seen a full shower, because I don't need it. And I'm riding still during bad weather if anyone is wondering.

Less chemicals down the drain is always a bonus.

Hey Oz, thanks for your videos on wax chain. I switched to wax about a year ago because of you, and it was the best choice! Also thanks for you reviews on chinese frames and wheels :)

Cool guide. I loved it when I started waxing my chain thanks to you, now I can get my drivetrain to also look nice again.

Super exciting video! You converted me to waxing my chain 2 years ago and I will never go back!

Hi, I have been following your method for 2 years, big improvement. I clean the chain using a heat gun, no chemicals, just heat and a cloth. The oven would work too :)

So here's my routine to clean the wax off chains: Rinse the chain 2 or 3 times in boiling water. Wipe it down with a clean cloth. Place the chain on top of a clean cloth and using a Bissell Steam Shot Handheld Cleaner steam clean each link. Wipe it down with a clean cloth. Allow overnight to dry. Rewax. The steam cleaner is also excellent for cleaning chain rings and cassettes. Normally I remove the cassettes from the wheels, the chain rings can easily be done on the bike. This may sound like a lot of work but to clean 4 chains takes about 1 hour and requires no solvents.

Another great simple video! Great stuff!

In August 2020, I bought a new trek Domane. It came with an Ultegra group set and chain. After about 4 months of riding I watched your chain waxing KZfaq’s. I stripped the lube off my chain and started waxing as you described with a Teflon powder and paraffin mix as to your recipe. After a few months I bought a second DuraRace chain so that I could alternate and wax two at at a time. I have since then rode more than 22000 km on a combination of those two chains. Those rides were always on waxed chains. Last week I measured the DuraRace chain and just now reached the .5 mm wear mark. The chain still has not reached the .7 mm mark and the Ultegra chain still is good shape and still cannot measure on the .5. So it could be estimated that only one chain is partially worn out and the other is still good after a combined use of more than 22,000 km. My kilometres have been recorded on Strava. Although I don’t know exactly how many km were done on each chain alone but between the two I can attest to the extended wear waxing provided. I still can reach down at any time and run my hands across the chain and not have any black mess.

I use a hairdryer to simply heat the chain/dirty wax a bit and then simply wipe it clean. Works great!

I never do the old spray down and soapy wash if my road bike. I use a natural spray cleaner regularly then wipe down with kitchen paper followed by a light auto wax spray. I remove my wheels and take off the cassette which i agitate in a solvent bath then air blast. Then I clean the chain removed and soak in wax. The jockey wheel and cassette cleaner you've made Steve is a great idea I'll give it a try👍

As always, brilliant!

For me I will just wipe the chain with a clean cloth and it will turn white and shiny. It's like it's self cleaning which is amazing

Good setup on the catch container. One improvement could be to use a longer bolt and before screwing on the nut put a piece of thin walled rubber hose to protect the derailer.

I find the boiling water method for cleaning quicker and a bit better. Having two chains pretty much assures I will only have the water bath once if I get a really dirty day and just rewax both on Sunday night.

Another Thoughtful and brilliant video

Thanks Oz for the well produced videos. I enjoy your pep personality, great communications, and well thought out information. Your custom built gadgets are a pleasure to see. I will start my waxing procedures as soon as my supplies arrive. Looking forward to your future videos.

The McGyver of the cycling industry 🤪

Running a waxed chain on my Brompton as well now 👍

Great video sir as always Well explained with every detail

Bunnings have a great brush in their "tool shop" which has a wooden handle and long bristles that're around 5cm. It's ideal for getting in between the larger rings of the cassette. The brand is "Josco".

Thanks again, back here after some time... I only needed 2 chains last year, both connex 10so 10 speed chains, they lasted about 5000-5500km before I had to replace them. I think for me that is good, before wax i was at 1800-2000km max. Doing a lot of hills, lots of sprints, i am 89kg and so i guess that does its part. Still happy with the result. Now I tested MSW...and not happy with it. Yes you warned me, others seem to be a big fan of it. Worst part about this stuff is that it is black...and more messy. Will leave marks on clothing. it does withstand rain better (it seems) and it seems to work better in cold weather (slight minus to 10°C). But in every other aspect the simple wax+ptfe seems to be just great. The YBN chain i had to use (no stock of connex) lasted not very long, can´t proof that it was the MSW...my guess would be the ConneX chain is better quality (and for some reason cheaper)

Great videos! Trying to find same cleaner one can get in the USA. Also where can one get that little air pressure spray bottle? Thanks!

Found myself crying tears which surged when he showed the left fingers clean and the right fingers...(gasp)

That's a beautiful looking Canyon.

Glad your back. Great videos as always. You're responsible for me messing the wife's kitchen experimenting with wax viscosity's at 2am 😂 greeting from Belgium 🇧🇪

Great stuff as always, thank you! Maybe a stupid question, but why not just pour some boiling water on the cassette and cranks (carefully and outside obviously), if that works for the chain?

You're the best!

That SS chain is so shiny! :-)

This video is such a change from the "Use petrol and a cut up sieve in a jam jar to clean your chain" of old! :D

Brilliant. Thanks.

great ideas!!

Great videos. Finally going to try waxing my chain. Wondering what is the current 'chain wax in a bottle' formula recommendation, assuming the wax is the 500/50 wax/ptfe mix? The 2/26/2020 video has approximately 3:1 isopropyl alcohol/wax mix. An older video had wax/paraffin oil/xylene in 3 equal parts. Thanks,

What wax and grease remover do you use?

Hey Oz, I started watching your videos a couple years ago and thanks to you, I bought a Connex chain by Wipperman and love it. It has stainless steel inner plates and that clever removeable link. I have been waxing my chain with paraffin and teflon and am extremely happy about it....Questions: How do I know when to change the wax/paraffin mixture? Does the teflon gradually disappear after a few waxings? I've had my paraffin/teflon mixture turn a grayish color in my pot, but no evidence of large pieces of dirt, etc. How many waxings can I expect from this mixture before I make up a new batch? Thanks again for all that you've done...

Thank you for the tips! Any advice on how to keep the wax+ptfe clean? Even though I'm cleaning my chain (1l boiled water in a sieve) before waxing it still leaves a bit of dirt inside the pot when inserted in the hot wax. Thanks again!

Thank you I change the ratio of liquid and solid paraffin according to the weather. When it is too hot and dusty with a mountain bike, I re-wax every three rides, about seven hours of riding in total.

You don't have to wash them in petrol again, just rinse them with boiling water, wipe them off then wax them again. I take normal candle wax without perfume and a wax warmer for hair removal, I then pack a knife tip or 1/6 teaspoon WS2 and 1.6u PTFE and then I can wax again forever, only sometimes there is a little bit of new wax to it and done. Unfortunately, when it's wet, the chains squeak quickly, then dry them off and put the bike in a warm room and move the drive again and again so that it dries as quickly as possible. I simply improved the mudguards so that no more water can splash onto the chain, now they really last forever. And when changing chains I can leave my cycling gloves on, 2 minutes. Whenever the chain starts to chirp. Normal petrol for the car also works, you can use it more often, but then you can take it to the recycling center or you can still use it to clean bicycle parts. I rinse 3x and then have completely grease-free chains. The drive also has to be degreased, just put newspaper and rags underneath and brush it clean with a toothbrush and petrol, it doesn't have to be 100% pure. And for you oz, just get a 20 year old bike made of steel and leave it dirty, its the same functionality, but with style. Clean super modern bikes are not cool, the old dirty ones are.

is this a shimano-exclusive thing? i run a campa-system and i cant fit the box without the bolt/nut getting stuck in the spokes

Hey Oz, thanks for the videos. Do you ever worry about getting wax and grease remover into the hub of your rear wheel? Have these chemicals ever had an effect on the rolling resistance of your rear wheel and/or the jockey wheels (due to breaking down the grease)?

Really helpful video. I've been waxing my road and gravel chains for 6 months now. Quick question. My gravel chain is a SRAM on an Apex 1 drivetrain and has very little wax flake off whereas my road chain is a Shimano and I get a lot of flake off onto the drivetrain and chainstays. I'm using Molton Speedwax on all of my chain waxing as a beginner in this area. Any ideas on why the Shimano chain flakes off more wax onto the drivetrain than the SRAM chain?

Buenas noches , en tu experiencia . Me gustaría saber tu opinión sobre los rodamientos cerámicos . Un saludo desde España.

*Question* - What do you do to clean and lubricate the bushings, inside the jockey wheels? Is it even necessary? I do feel the road grit in them after my bike has dried from a rainy ride. I am new to chain waxing, via your methods, and I am very pleased with the results. As far as the bushings go, I have been disassembling the cage, cleaning and using a drop/smear of general purpose grease. I do this 3-4 times per year.

New to biking, and this is the way!

What about mixing powdered teflon within the wax? Was it an experiment or what?

How come does oz cycle not have a million subscribers shall remain one of humankind's greatest mysteries.

Never mind the wax \ the other PTFE plastics \ etc, it's all about two things: *Teflon & graphene.* The more Teflon in the lube, the better it sheds grime. The more graphene, the better it slides under heavy load. Any other ingredients are mostly just serving as carriers to get this stuff onto your chain\pulleys & to keep it there. Paraffin wax itself is somewhat clingy, causing it to collect particulate; oils don't stay in place well on their own. Graphene dry lube sold for locks can be a decent additive, but Teflon can be a bit harder to find on a label, in some places these days

Good evening, what is the life (in km) of the connex quick links? Thank you

Hi Oz, thanks for all the information on chain waxing. I'm going to attempt waxing my chain with your method today. I've seen pretty much all of your videos on the topic and wrote down the whole process just to make it easier for me. There's one detail I might have missed and I'm now worried about: once you clean the drivetrain and fit the waxed chain, is there anything supposed to be applied on the drivetrain to prevent rusting other than the liquid isopropyl-wax preparation from time to time? If this is the case, how often should I do it? Thanks so much.

You re genius

Hello your videos are excellent. could you do a lesson on the stems of the new Scott sparks. Thank you so much

Henry Rollins does it again. Loved you with Black Flag mate.

Hi Oz, love your channel, I am looking for a value frameset to build around a dura-ace 12-speed groupset. Do you have any recommendations?

Great video! But what mix are you using now? You converted me years ago haven’t had a black leg since lol

The SMOOVE website recommends using either their SMOOVE PREP or a citrus-based cleaner to clean a SMOOVE treated chain. I'm just curious if you've ever tried a citrus-based cleaner and with what result? Thx in advance.

Does your recipe also apply to mountain bikes? What should I do differently in cleaning /reapplying? Does it work for muddy or dry conditions?

What do you use to lubricate the jockey wheels if the wheels are using bushings? Do you wax the bushings as well?

I’m struggling with hot waxing 12 speed chains. What worked with 10 speed for years, does not with 12 speed. 200f wax after spotless clean using gasoline followed by lacquer thinner. I added pfft and had marginal increase in service interval. I use to get 500 to 1000 miles road cycling before roller pin rattling was too much. Now it’s 100-200 miles. This is the new Dura Ace di2 12 speed. My last effort was to try a KMC chain and it was no help. Very frustrating. Anyone using Dura Ace 12 speed road and getting good distance between rewax? Let’s talk

Hi OZ, do you know where you can get a 10 Speed Wippermann Connex Quick Link in Australia at the moment. Is there a shortage? Thanks, Mark

This is so much more work than simply removing the cassette and jockey wheels.

Hey Oz, greetings from Vancouver, BC. It's been a pretty crumby winter out here so I've followed your videos and spent a day doing a full chain, drive train clean, it was a bit of a process. Used like 6 rounds of mineral spirits + iso though to degrease and then clean.. Then waxed and it turned out super clean, quiet, a bit messy as I'm using a trainer, however, brush and vac is fine. HOWEVER, after the first 150km or so I noticed it has got a bit noisy. I pulled the chain off and I'm noticing small black metal fleks. I checked with a magnet. I'm using an ultegra chain. Is this normal? Once I noticed this, I boil cleaned the chain, dried and back into the hottub the chain went. I'm using just plain parafin and plan to add some molybdenum disulfide to try out soon. Thoughts?

hi OZ ive been waxing my chains for 18 mths since i first saw one of ur videos, i get supriisingly 6 to 8 hundred k from a wax,onroad riding and ,after boiling hot water to melt i use a ultrasonic cleaner with simply green to clean ,no wear or stretch ,once youve waxed you never go back lol

Hello Oz. Have you considered using Tungsten Di-sulfide instead of PTFE Teflon mixed with the wax. Apparently it is less harmful than the Teflon. It is what is used with Silka WS2 chain lube. Seen the powder on Ali and is around the same price as the Teflon. I have been waxing using your method and like it a lot. Keep up the great videos.

You're going to wear out your chain measuring tool before the chain!

Hi OZ, can I use a normal degreaser like from muc-off instead of the wax and grease remover from diggers?

Isn't grease and wax remover basically thinners? I use sliding door track brush, it's thin, and comes with a probe for getting between gears.

do flakes of wax make it into the disc brake?

I read somewhere recently that you shouldn't wash the chain in hot water because the tap water can introduce particles into the rollers and then cause the chain to wear. I had been following the wax and clean process detailed on this channel and recently had to change the chain because it was fully "stretched" well before the 13,000 km mentioned here... Is there an alternate to boiling water, should it be filtered, is there a step to clear the chain between water and wax that I m missing?

Started to use wax on my chain after using oil for years. I do agree that oil do make it blacker and maybe more dirtier, but my problem with wax is that when im washing my bike and degrease the wax it keeps being dirty and black. When i let the bike dry after a wash it will drip with this greyish fat liquor what must be the wax. It does that every time even tho i re wash it 3-4 times. So annoying. With oil i just used diesel for 5 mins and everything was crispy dry. Now i use wax and i use sooo much more time on the drivetrain to get dry

Whats the best way to maintain the waxed chain if your on a multi month bike touring trip?

Nice I just did the same ✅

Hi, 👋👋 i want to see if i understood right? After first wax, and than after around 100km, chain needs to be waxed again. And after that do i need to clean and wax every 300km chain ?

Hi. I have an old bike I use as a shopper. Lots of short trips in all weathers in a wet UK and I don’t wipe the chain down after. Would waxing be any good here? All my trousers have oil on the bottom of the right leg!

What the next best thing to diy chain waxing? Currently using Squirt lube but I find that it gets dirty really easily, and it gunks up my chain and jockey wheels Update: I've finally committed to fully waxing my chain, still haven't ridden it because it's been raining all week!

What should I do if the wax isn't sticking very well to the chain from only 1 hot wax bath (new chain). I did the degreasing it fully using the 3 step process but it seems to still have slight residue left. Not sure what to do since there is plenty of wax on the chain but potentially it will come off quick.

how to lube pivot points , high low adjusters etc. without contaminating wax. MO 94 with rag?

"wax and grease remover" of any type does not seem to be available in the UK. Do you know what "Diggers" is composed of?

Does anybody else use Dry Teflon PTFE spray on their chain? I spray it after each ride, spin the chain to allow the PTFE to get into the links then wipe the outside to remove excess. Seems to run beautifully and chain is always shiny clean.😎

Hi Oz, my question is how often do you replace the parafin/ptfe mixture? When you use it up or sooner? Curious.

13K out of that chain is crazy !

Why can't you just using boiler (or near boiling) water?

Hiya, not sure if this has been answered.. but how do i clean an old drive train before putting the waxed chain on?

Always relaxing to follow the small nice bike things in life and not the political madness in the world.

why is your clamp not on the seat post?

After watching your wax lube the chain I went and did it, now when I back pedal the chain comes off the chainring. When at a red light I have this issue and when backing the bike into it's spot the chain comes off the chainring.

I reckon Bunnings should pay him for showing their products

How do you avoid getting rust spots on the cassette after washing, do you just dry it and leave it?

hi mr OZ i have a question, I would like to ask if you know what time of orbea bike i have, do you have any email i can sent the pictures so that you can check it?

Wouldn't citrus degreaser on a MF towel... just like you can use for regular oil based lubes... work the same here? and be quicker and cheaper than a set of chain-specific bottles of cleaning liquid? I'm not sure I'm understanding the necessity to construct a specialty catch-tray or the need to use wax-specific cleaners if the chain is nowhere near during the cleaning. Also, is it truly advisable to pour wax contaminants down a sink drain??

I guess I am still super confused about this whole wax craze. Does this need to be done after every ride? My usual procedure with regular default oil lube is: Go for a ride Rinse bike down with hose and scrub lightly if it got built up Scrub drivetrain Re-lube and wipe off Ride again tomorrow This seems like a simple and straight forward process that doesnt involve removing the chain and deep cleaning and setting up a full re-waxxing station. Every few weeks I will go through and completely degrease the chain and re lube but that doesn't take much time at all. I guess I just don't see how people think wax is a better solution besides maybe just helping the chain last longer.

Oh great, 20 minute video about cleaning my chain. And it’s only part one?! What the fuck

One thing about using this wax (and saying this while having the slowcooker & thick waxblock in my kitchen - so I'm not against its functionality): How good/bad is it for the environment? There seems to be some relation to PFOA and PFOS, which iirc doesn't degrade and is very carcinogenic. If using this means I'm a mass-spreader of a non-degradable carcinogenic compound around the lovely roads I bike, I think I'd opt to use something else. But again not too sure, so putting it out here.

what wax recipe would you recommend for wet rides? I've done your paraffin+ptfe powder recipe but it's gone after one rainy ride. Added some paraffin oil to the mix and it lasts much longer in the wet. I'm not a cyclist and I don't have a $3000+ bike, I just use it for my commuter bike so I need a wax that holds up.

Wax off using sock…got it!

couldnt wax be removed just by hot water ?

How about after the hot water rinse using ethanol 60-80% - certainly plentiful as of COVID, or should do you need to stick to 100%? Also wondering if the ethanol or isopropyl might damage finish on a non-Ti nitride or stainless steel chain...?

Why does this remind me of Phil Hartman's character of "The Anal-Retentive Chef" on SNL ? 😜 [USA reference, I know]

Never stand up a bike attached in the horizontal tube! Use always the seat post