So I didn't really want to restart this topic, rather just contact BalorNG, But In the lack of his presence I will see if anyone here can answer my question.
First a disclaimer, I know little about lubircation.
Ill explain my infatuation with waxing for anyone curios or who disagrees with the practice......
I really hate the idea of lapping compound on my sprockets. I hate getting the nasty black oil on me. I like that I can clean the chain with gasoline 100% clean, then when i put it in my hot wax it goes all the way into the links and rollers, and doesn't make a huge mess. If you do that with oil or grease, there is NO WAY AROUND THE fact that you have an excess amount of oil on surfaces you don't need it. The most important reason I use it is Friction facts says its the lowest friction. All of my bikes have new bearings with plastic cages, low contact shields, and ceramic-speed grease (i suspect its SKF low friction grease) so I'm dorked out on low friction.... but not CERAMIC bearing $$$$ dorked out.
Now to the question I meant to ask BalorNG,
everyone uses paraffin wax,
friction facts recipe is paraffin wax, teflon poweder, and MOs2 in an ultrasonic cleaner
BalorNG mentioned a concoction of paraffin, lanolin and carnauba
I have been wondering for a while what are the lubricating properties of carnauba in contrast paraffin?
I have a few newer ideas as well, I watched a video the other day where someone diluted their wax with paraffin oil, this made the wax softer and less prone to flake. This sounds useful, but I wondered why not use gear oil to thin the wax, or perhaps castor oil? or perhaps some redline for its poe and clingyness, or just keeping it simple and dumping some castor oil from the pharmacy in there to thin it out?
I am leaning towards dumping some redline gear oil in there because of the EP additives especially if my brother still has some around.
I have some MICROLUBROL OMNIFLON XDL 100% Virgin PTFE Dry Lubricant Powder, 2-3 micron avg. particle size
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017C159RS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
but I don't think it stays suspended, I believe that it falls to the bottom with the rest of the trash that i don't get rid of during the gasoline agitation bath. This is where Friction Facts ultrasonic cleaning, then ultrasonic application of hot wax comes into play. This got me curious about "liquid teflon", investigation into this got me answers ranging from "liquid Teflon does not exist until you melt it at 599*F" which sounds hazardous, I am completely disinterested in that activity.........
I also found this stuff
http://www.zardoznotwax.com/what-is-notwax/
Seems similar to an oxygen compatible grease I use at work called Krytox
I have contacted zardoz, to ask them about the possibility of obtaing some of their PURE stuff for my concoction but I'm not optimistic, Their small can will likely have no effect, and their large shop size, seems a little excessive. But Id like to see if i can get the stuff they are using.
while looking into carnuba wax, I came across Castor wax, made by hydrogenation with a nickle catalyst. I am wondering if the castor wax has the same polar properties that make castor oil good, If so, It may be worth substituting my paraffin wax for castor wax.
sincerely, and apologetically (for my rambling run on sentence structure)
Aaron Englert
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