SILCA Ultimate Chain Stripper and Wax Prep, 16 oz - Quick One-Step Bike Chain Cleaner & Degreaser for Road, Gravel & MTB Bicycle Chains, Easy and Residue-Free for Factory or Used Chains

so I bought two bottles of this stuff. I have only used about 1.25 bottles give or take however. The first bottle I used was for a 100 link 7 speed chain that had about 700 miles on it and I was doing the normal lubing and degreasing on this chain every 50-100 miles. I used the bottle instead of my normal degreasing stuff and it really knocked out all the gunk from the chain and was super easy to use. I ended up using about 50-75% of the bottle to do 2 washes till it became clean on the 3rd wash and the chain felt completely stripped and ready for waxing. the second bottle I bought I used about 50% of for two washes of a never used 100 link 7 speed chain and after the second wash it felt completely stripped of all the factory grease. this stuff is kinda expensive for how little is in the bottle but if you want to wax your chain it makes it so easy and straight forwards and since you only have to do it once the cost of it kinda becomes a nonissue since you will be getting more milage from your more expensive parts and not have to spend more time/money on cleaning/degreasing.

I used this on a new SRAM Transmission flat top chain. Packing grease on the new chain was sticky to the touch and restricted the chains movement. After failing to clean the grease off by soaking in acetone and scrubbing with a brush/acetone, I bought Sicla Chain stripper, used a wide mouth pickle jar and shook for 15 minutes (directions only say 5 minutes). Results are incredible. Liquid turned from clear to grey, and the chain came out free of all grease nicely loose/floppy! Chain stripper doesn’t off-fume and smells fine. I rarely leave reviews however I’m exceedingly impressed with this product, and biodegradable! This is truly an awesome product and worth the price!

I've read a lot of reviews from people who are blowing through this stuff really quickly. Silca has a very informative YouTube channel that gives you TONS of information on how to use this stuff. You really should take the chain off, put it in a Mason jar (glass canning jar) and put the stripper in that. You'll want to shake it up for a while, let it set for 10 minutes, shake again. . . Sit for another 5 and then you can take the chain out, rinse it well with water and you're good to go. Here's where you'll save your money: After you take the chain out, you can put a funnel in the stripper bottle, line it with a coffee filter, and pour the used stripper back into the bottle and let the filter clean out all of the particulates. . . Or at least the vast majority of them. Silca claims that by doing this, you'll be able to get 30-40 cleanings out of a bottle. This stuff really works wonders and its especially good for preparing a chain to get waxed. It is expensive, but when you consider how reusable it can be (if used correctly) the price is actually really good. Give it a go!

This is a remarkable product. Far cleaner and environmentally responsible than using harsh chemicals to clean your chain, and more effective than Dawn dish soap. After dunking your chain in this solution in a jar, giving it a shake, and waiting 10 minutes, then rinsing with warm water, your chain is amazingly clean and ready for waxing. And you can reuse it, after filtering with a coffee filter. Wonderful!

This degreaser works as intended and does its job exactly as described, I was initially very skeptical as I head that degreasing a new chain was a chore and that most strong cleaners don't even work and can actually cause corrosion if left to soak overnight. This exceeded my expectations and thoroughly cleaned both a new and used Sram chain, I used about 1/3 of the bottle for both chains so you can get quite a lot of chains cleaned with just a single bottle. My method is pour 1/3 of the bottle into a used Talenti Gelato container or mason jar, shake and swirl the jar aggressively for about 1-2 mins and then attach the jar to my oscillating multi tool with the Velcro sanding pad attachment and adhesive Velcro on the bottom of the jar, this is basically a poor man's version of an ultrasonic cleaner and I leave it for another 10mins. The chains come out loud and clean without any stickiness that would indicate that grease is still present. The chains then get rinsed with water and get semi dried by compressed air followed by a 10min bake at 300f in an oven to evaporate all the water inside the rollers. Then it's waxing time.

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Extremely good. Highly recommanded.

Fantastic product for cleaning a new chain before waxing, It is expensive but it last for a long time I love it.

Love this stuff. Makes chain waxing SO simple and quick. Highly recommended.

Très efficace si utilisé tel que recommandé