>>1682765>You do not need wax all over the plates connecting the links together.You need it for corrosion protection, one of two things chain lubricants do, and a crucial one for any dirty rides.
>it just ends up all over your chainrings and cassetteOnly in places where the chain contacts them, which are good places to lubricate. It's not like oil that will find its way everywhere, wax doesn't tend to migrate like that.
>and will attract contaminantsDo an experiment, melt a candle onto a sheet of paper and throw it in mud. See how much contaminant there will be on the paper underneath, and how much of the surface muk you can just wash off with water.
>the burns they getAre the sweetspot between painful and harmful, perfect for satisfying your inner masochist. Candle dripping is one of the staples of BDSM for a reason.
