Cleaning and Lubing the drive chain.

[5th_bike]

I clean the chain with kerosene, usually twice, with a paint brush, and use an paint tray to catch most of the drips, and paper towels underneath the sprockets, and to wipe hanging drips before moving the chain to the next section, and to wipe the rear tire.

Kerosene takes quite a while to dry even in warm weather - I'm starting to think about mineral spirits, it will dry much faster because the heavier oil compounds that kerosene has are totally absent in mineral spirits.

Lube, is Pennzoil SAE 80W-140 GL-5 heavy-duty gear lubricant. I use a tiny oil can and the same paint brush to cover the chain in oil. There should be no drips though.

In between cleanings, whenever it looks dry, I add like 10 drips to a section before taking off, the Easy Rider method.