Re: Grease and waxes

On 7/2/2024 9:02 AM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 7/1/2024 1:12 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:

As usual the obvious candidates without a shred of knowledge of chemistry told you all that I didn't know what I was talking about when I said that Silca was making a block that looked like Chocolate that converted grease to wax.

 No, Tom, no one told you that. Silca has been marketing their "strip-chip" for a while now.
 https://silca.cc/collections/chain-lube-wax/products/strip-chip
 

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I have continued to be curious why people that know nothing would say things about which they know nothing. Grease and wax asr ONE chemical chain from being the same thing. Where the hell do you get Candle Wax from - TALLOW - which is animal fat.

 wow...Candles have been made from paraffin for over a century. The only people making tallow candles are hand-crafting types. Industrial greases and waxes (including paraffin) are petroleum derivatives, not animal derivatives.
 

The lubricating grease on a new chain (SRAM no longer put this grease on a chain) is petroleum based but the chemistry is the same. >>
And what would bring the usual noisome candidates to call Silca liars because I reported their product?

 People criticized your alternative-universe laws of physics, not Silca's product offering.
 

Regarding "looks like chocolate".
No meaning whatsoever. Excellent molybdenum rich greases look exactly like black crud. Lubriplate 107 looks like yellow butter. They perform well for their intended applications.
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