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01-23-2012, 08:46 PM #1
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Thanked: 13234I am assuming you are talking about the "Candle Wax" routine in the Library
Finishing scales using wax - Straight Razor Place Wiki
Most everyone that I have talked with that uses wax (As the actual finish) of any type uses thier own mix of Natural Bee's wax and Lemon oil and it is used warm too hot and only on woods that are fairly tight grained.. That is the only system I have tried myself...
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01-23-2012, 09:39 PM #2
I use hard carnuaba wax on a wheel to finish wood scales or pipes.
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01-23-2012, 09:52 PM #3
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Thanked: 2027Pure hard carnauba tends to waterspot IME.
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01-23-2012, 10:00 PM #4
I've not used it for scales, but for newly built furniture I've used a mix of shellac, denatured alcohol and warm bees wax buffed into the surface. Gives a nice, deep antique finish to wood.
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01-24-2012, 02:20 PM #5
I picked up a gallon can of 1960's commercial bowling alley wax this fall. I planned to use it on tool handles but wonder how it would work on scales? It is likely a carnauba blend.
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01-24-2012, 03:12 PM #6
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Thanked: 170I've used Renwax on oily wood - African Blackwood, for example.
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02-23-2015, 04:14 AM #7
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02-23-2015, 09:28 AM #8
I have a bees wax with eucalyptus oil I have used for years from when I was wood turning and still find it works great as a natural sealer
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02-23-2015, 01:14 PM #9
I have bees wax and a couple oils would work with it i just am not sure of the ratios for mixing the 2. There are plenty of threads stating thier use but nothing on how to make it
My wife calls me......... Can you just use Ed
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02-23-2015, 03:18 PM #10
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Thanked: 2027Your end result on how the wood finishs is all in the prepwork,I take wood down to 800 grit than make a slurry of almond oil and Rottonstone (tripoli)burnish the wood until it gets quite warm with the slurry and a soft cloth.
Wipe down well than I use multiple coats of renwax,Have used beeswax in the past,but ren works well for me.
You can buy pre-mixed beeswax in liquid form.
You just cannot replicate the old world look of fine hardwoods with polys and plastics,JMO
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