a baby-wipe to the armpit

I haven't had much success with those plastic things you attach to chains to clean them without having to remove the chain or spend an hour afterwards removing gunk from your whorls, in that the first time I used one the brushes became irredeemably coated in thick black goo and the second time I used it it fell apart, so today's preliminary NEPN-leafgunk-removal session was conducted using baby wipes and a cocktail stick for poking at the inside of the chain. Now that Edgar uses normal cups I could possibly steal the miniature test-tube-brush-style brush formerly used for cleansing his spouts, though its bristles are so short it would probably only last a few links before becoming hopelessly glagged,