I'm not a hand tool purist. I have planes and use them when they make sense. I was cleaning up some bandsawn long tapers and I was using one to smooth up the hard maple legs. It seemed like a lot of force was required and it seemed too much like exercise.
i then spied a box of gulfwax on my bench. I thought what the heck and wiped a bunch on the sole of the plane. Holy crap! The plane almost flew out of my hands when I started planing again.
Ok, I'm a slow learner. I have quite a few planes but never waxed the sole. Why didn't I do this before? Or, the real question why I'm posting....
Is gulfwax (paraffin, canning wax) the wrong thing to use on the plane sole? I can't imagine needing any more slickness but is there a better wax to use?