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2026-07-14 10:20:25 GMT

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I thought I'd initially try a low cost, low effort experiment, so I melted some tea-light candles, and added a squirt of powdered graphite from the hardware store. I cleaned the chain in turps, then methylated spirits. Melted the wax in an old saucepan, and swirled the chain around in it for a bit.
I was really happy with how clean the chain stayed, and how I didn't have to clean and lube it after every single ride.
Since then, I've added a magnet to the jars when cleaning the chain, because I accidentally noticed how much metal dust came out of a brand new chain. Also added some microcrystalline wax, on the advice of TraceVelo.
I haven't bought any commercial wax products, no wax melting appliances, no ultrasonic cleaners, no special chain hangers, holders, or lifters, no wax temperature monitoring devices, no "chain breaking" jigs to articulate the chain after waxing,…
I really feel that the basic idea of waxing, which works, is in the process of being turned into some highly commercialised and overcomplicated way of extracting money from people who ride bikes.😡

2026-05-27 05:38:26 GMT

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Mine is an Ortur LM3, and I was just curious to see what it would do. It will never cut, but these marks are legible and survived a vigorous cleaning.
My initial plan was to use masking tape on the disc, laser cut the tape, weed it, and then have a play with salt water etching.
I missed a corner of the tape, and saw it had etched, so just peeled the tape off, and gave it a clean.
I wasn't even running full power, and might try more experiments using Sharpie or black paint as a mask.