Paraffin (Kerosene) for clean the chain - it stinks but it's still hard to beat.
Lubricate with your favourite brew (a search of the CR archives will show how well his has already been covered). The best way for many years was to dip your cleaned up chain in grease turned liquid by warming up on a stove. Providing of course (a) you had your father permission and (b) your mother wasn't at home.
Petrol [eum] (Gasoline) used in the traditional (i.e. non-petrol version) Primus Stove on the assumption we used it as "Paraffin" would have some spectacular if not fatal results !
Bob Reid Stonehaven Scotland
On 30 Jul 2005, at 19:34, BobHoveyGa@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 7/30/2005 3:01:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Dickey Greer
> writes:
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> Along with the dope question,Parrifin for the chain! When us
> Americans
> first read about dipping our chains in parrifin,we thought,hey that's
> candle wax,so 1,000's have melted candles( me Too) and stunk up the
> kitchen,to wind up with a chain that would stand at attention when
> held
> out at arms length. It would'nt shift,made a flakey mess,stiff
> links,ect. The Europeans were doing like us,dipping them in motor
> oil,or
> gear grease,but,using an old term for petroluem.
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> Not motor oil or gear grease... paraffin is the term for kerosine.
>
> Bob Hovey
> Columbus, GA