Our proprietary wax hot melt is a custom mix of two different types of American-made Paraffin wax and three specific sizes of tungsten disulfide (WS2) dry lubricant particles. In crafting our wax hot melt, our goal was to save between 5-8 watts over more conventional wet lubes, achieve better adherence, and offer better longevity and value than our competition.
WE DO NOT USE PTFE! PTFE is a frequently used long-chain polymer lubricant and also a very common dry additive in bicycle chain lubes. Fortunately PTFE is consistently outperformed in every applicable area for bicycle chain lubes by the much safer WS2. The risk of PTFE being overheated in a hot melt formula (changing it to a potentially dangerous short-chain polymer) and releasing PFAS emissions is too high for us to include it in our product.