[Hirsute]

Had to do a deep clean on the drivechain at the w/e but what is the best way to get it dry?
Would sprockets in the oven be ok ?

Not sure about the chain though or would that be ok ?

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[chrisonabike]

I think wtjs is referring to

I think wtjs is referring to a “The La Brea Tar pits” thing there – “-ol” suffix is already specifying you’ve an alcohol (in chemistry parlance) already so I think wtjs is saying the “alcohol” is redundant.

Although it could be a case of “whiskey, whiskey – so good they named it twice”?

[hawkinspeter]

wtjs wrote:

it’s worth avoiding fumes from petroleum products and isopropanol alcohol

I am suffering from an infection with staphylococcus pedantreus, so you can’t have ‘isopropanol alcohol’

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopropyl_alcohol

Isopropyl alcohol (IUPAC name propan-2-ol and also called isopropanol or 2-propanol)

[wtjs]

it’s worth avoiding fumes

it’s worth avoiding fumes from petroleum products and isopropanol alcohol

I am suffering from an infection with staphylococcus pedantreus, so you can’t have ‘isopropanol alcohol’

[hawkinspeter]

Xenophon2 wrote:

I once used an oven at low temp to dry a chain that was first stripped with naphta, rinsed with isopropanol, then ultrasonically cleaned, then rinsed with water.  It smells a bit  even at low temperature.  Since all smells are particulate, something comes off and I’m not too sure that that something is safe to breathe in.

I doubt that any lingering smell will impact your health, though it’s worth avoiding fumes from petroleum products and isopropanol alcohol.

[wtjs]

Since all smells are

Since all smells are particulate

I can’t let you get away with that! – except in the sense that all gases consist of atoms and relatively small molecules and could therefore be described in a philosophical sense as ‘particulate’

[Xenophon2]

I once used an oven at low

I once used an oven at low temp to dry a chain that was first stripped with naphta, rinsed with isopropanol, then ultrasonically cleaned, then rinsed with water.  It smells a bit  even at low temperature.  Since all smells are particulate, something comes off and I’m not too sure that that something is safe to breathe in.

[Dnnnnnn]

What did the Romans ever dry
What did the Romans ever dry for us….?

[fenix]

Aaaah. That’s WHY the Romans
Aaaah. That’s WHY the Romans had under floor heating.

[Hirsute]

It would be rather clean

It would be rather clean (possibly using an ultra sound bath). How is that any different from a baking tray, roasting tin, cake tin, springform tin?

[Dnnnnnn]

Rapha will soon launch one

Cycling-specific fryers will soon launch, with options for 10, 11 or 12 speed cassettes, for £299.99.

[TheBillder]

It’s 2023. Use an air fryer,
It’s 2023. Use an air fryer, obvs, or risk missing out.

[Mybike]

How do you even think of this
How do you even think of this just leave it for a bit or use a towel. You should never use a oven you use to cook with to dry bike parts or anything else beside food

[chrisonabike]

If it’s a fan oven reduce the
If it’s a fan oven reduce the temperature by 10 degrees.
Baste with wax before cooling on a rack.
Serves 1 (except for tandem recipies)

[Dnnnnnn]

wtjs wrote:

wtjs wrote:

I too have been glancing at this topic with amazement

Likewise. I can understand not wanting to lube a chain while it’s still wet – but sprockets in the oven…?

[wtjs]

just dry it with an old towel

just dry it with an old towel or some kitchen roll 

I too have been glancing at this topic with amazement. The technology ‘solutions’ to a problem which hardly exists. Shake off the water and it dries, you apply the wax or whatever and anyway it’s going to be soaked again soon.

[Author]

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