The Chain Doc stuff I use says that it evaporates after a few minutes. Kerosene probably does the same. I usually do two coats after a cleaning, once right after I cleaned the chain and then after a short ride to warm it up again.

 

It's all good man, it helps to keep a sense of humor these days.

BTW, nice looking F4i. Very clean looking.

 

 

No one mentioned Simple Green yet. I use Simple Green to clean my chain if it gets really dirty. Then I hose that off, dry it and apply PJ-1 chain lube. Although I'm happier with that than the Bel-Ray lube I'd been using I might try the DuPont lube when my PJ-1 runs out.

 

best way I've found, I work as a Factory Mech, is to use a water based degreaser. Get yourself a Grunge Brush, thats the name of the brush. I use chain wax to lube it, it sticks better to the chain so no fling. You should be lubing your chain every 300 miles or after riding in the rain, to maintain the o-rings. If you have a non-oring chain, like the ones used for racing, WD-40 will be fine. WD stands for water displacer, it is safe on o-ring chains just make sure you clean it off well enough.

 

The concern with WD40 is at someone said earlier: it penetrating past the o-rings and getting to the lubricant there.

In itself, WD40 is perfectly safe for the o-rings themselves. There's a controlled test someone did with o-rings and various substances (including wd40) letting them soak for 24 hrs. WD40 and kerosene had barely any effect on size or elasticity.

 

So how do you go about using the kerosene out of a can? would you put some in a bowl and soak a rag or how ?

 

I clean my chains about every 4000 or 5000 miles. They get lubricated every 500 miles with the Dupont Teflon. I use kerosene to clean the chain. To do it, I use a oil drain pan and put about 1/4" of kerosene in the bottom. I put the bike up on stands and remove the rear wheel. I allow the chain to dangle down into the pan. I use an ordinary parts cleaning brush like you'd use with one of those Safety-Kleen machines. About 10" of chain will lay flat in the bottom of the pan. I scrub that until it's clean, then rotate the chain about 10" and clean the next section. After I've gone all around it, I wipe it dry, allow to air for a while before applying the Dupont lubricant. My wifes chain has just under 30,000 miles on it now and is just starting to show signs of wear. I'd say I'm satisfied with the performance of the methodology.

 

Confirmation request.. so you just use DuPont's Multi-Use Lubricant with Teflon to clean and lube at the same time?

 

You should be cleaning and lubing it about every 300MI or anytime you get caught in the rain. I run my own shop, and thats what I was taught at MMI