Thread: Using wax

Has anyone used the wax method of finishing scales? It was described in "Finishing scales using wax".

I 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...

I use hard carnuaba wax on a wheel to finish wood scales or pipes.

Pure hard carnauba tends to waterspot IME.

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.

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.

I've used Renwax on oily wood - African Blackwood, for example.