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Waxed Kat’s new chain for the BB-1. I was way more thorough with the chain stripper this time and I’m pretty happy with the cleaning results. I did two rounds of Silca chain stripper. The second pour of chain stripper ended up remaining fairly clean, so that’s a good sign. I ended up putting egret’s chain in the stripper after boiling the old wax away.

Unfortunately neither chain came out super shiny from their wax baths. I think my wax pot is just slowly getting dirty and I think that’s fine? I’m really curious what the long-term results are gonna be. Also, it’s still not that much effort but it’s more of a project than I’d like.