- SILCA Ultimate Chain Stripper and Wax Prep, Cleaner & Degreaser - 16oz

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!

Expensive, but this stuff works well. Definitely recommend this if you are going to start waxing your chain. It makes preparing a new chain for waxing a very simple and easy process.

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.

It does work. It will eat old wax and anything else stuck to your chain. I used squirt chain lube between waxing intervals. Lots of old wax build up from that. It also will not harm the sram rainbow chain. I had my chain dunked in the stuff for about an hour. I did have to clean out the hollow pins because that was too thick and it didn’t dissolve. That was a pain. I also used a toothbrush to get the stubborn stuff off the inner links. Afterwards, I soaked the chain in alcohol and wiped it down. I only used enough cleaner to cover a single layer of chain in an old frozen soup container. What was left was too thick to strain and reuse. I didn’t use that much though. I have about 5 to 6 more chain cleans before this stuff runs out. I went back to traditional lubrication methods. I’m now using DuPont chain saver dry wax spray chain lube. For my initial lube I used the same soup container (cleaned out), I sprayed and soaked the clean chain so every nook and cranny and pin was fully covered/lubricated/submerged in a pool of DuPont lube. I waited 30 mins per instructions and wiped down the exterior plates and reinstalled the cleanest looking chain I’ve ever seen. I find that chain waxing is just too labor intensive and doesn’t lube the chain any better. It just cost more, takes longer and requires shorter cleaning intervals. There’s a lot of hype about waxing your chain. The same results can be had from a can of dry wax lube which is less expensive, easier to apply and is constantly evolving with new super slippery, long lasting formulas. I don’t recommend waxing your chain unless you like cleaning your bike more than riding and you have money to burn. I do however recommend this stuff to clean your chain. But when I do find a better chain cleaner (I haven’t tried duponts chain cleaner yet) I’ll stop buying this outrageously expensive but effective cleaner. I’ve been road riding for 35+ years and I perform my own maintenance ever since the BMX days. The last time any shop mechanics touched my bikes was the day I brought it home. Lost one star because of the price.

Seems to have worked as promised. It's a bit pricey, but if you filter and reuse the stripper multiple times, then it's not that bad.

Having stripped many chains in the past, and knowing the long process of having to do it a few times, I was a little skeptical but excited to give this a shot after a shop put lube on my already waxed chain. Holy cow this stuff worked so incredibly well. I left my chain in the solution for a bit longer than the 10ish min to ensure I got everything off as I was going to be re-waxing my chain. No scrubbing needed at all, the chain came out looking brand new with no residue. I used about half the bottle in a small mason jar for the chain. Used the other half for the cassette. Will definitely be buying this again the next time I need to strip a chain etc.

Función a la perfección

Extremely good. Highly recommanded.

This is a must have product if you’re into waxing chains, it works incredibly well! The Silca videos on YouTube are great for tips on how to get the most out of this product.

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I bought Silca Chain Stripper expecting a cleaner chain. What I got was a chemistry experiment that actually worked! It made prepping my chain for waxing ridiculously easy, cutting through factory grease without endless scrubbing or mysterious black fingerprints on everything I touched. My chain is cleaner, quieter, and somehow I spend less time pretending I'll clean the drivetrain "next weekend." Highly recommended—it's the only stripper that's guaranteed to leave your chain looking better afterwards.