I'd have saved you both a lot of time by putting the chainring and chain in the recycling bin.
I have nothing better to do
I know the feeling. I always have something better to do but will do some pointlessly thorough cleaning of some part because I'm putting off some other job that I want to do even less. :)
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I'd have saved you both a lot of time by putting the chainring and chain in the recycling bin.