Bowling alley wax as soft as Johnson’s?
Bowling alley wax as soft as Johnson’s?
FYI: Johnsons paste wax is RIP. No longer made.
Bill D
Gone for awhile, why I’m curious if one is as soft as Johnson’s paste wax. Some of the other waxes I’ve actually had to take a heat gun to in winter to soften it up.
johnsons till it ran out, miss the smell then used Beauty shine water base carnuba that I was given where i learned to detail. Pink 502 total carnuba. Its dried out now so just use parafin. Shop has hit 94 percent humidity a few times in bad summer times. I saw a few Cumulo Nimbus clouds.
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Warren, do you work in a blimp hanger? I hear they can get light fog inside.
Bill D.
The rust subject has come up a number of times. A few years ago someone made the suggestion of using magnetic vinyl sign material. It took a bit of searching to get a sheet big enough to cover my table saw (24" wide is easy to come by) but I found some and now use that. Since doing so I never have a problem with rust. Every cast iron table has it's own cut to size cover. They are nice because when you remove them to use the machine you can stick them to the side of the machine. As for making wood slide easier, I've used Johnson's in the past and when the can is empty I'll look for something else. But i rarely apply it.
HI Bill
wish I did then id have more room. The old guy said the shop he ran was as large as an aircraft hanger or maybe he said football field. He showed me once where it was and it was pretty close to where I grew up.
One thing about rust on machines they wont all be the same as diff quality steel. Ive seen stuff soaking wet a few times but over all the machines put up with it pretty well.
I was glad to hear that Hanger One in Sunnyvale will be fully restored. I think Google will pay for it and get to use a few acres for themselves. I do like the doors.
BilLD
Paste wax works well and I used it for decades, that said I switched to Silber Gleit from Felder and it works much better.
It honestly resembles a Slushie drink, comes in a 1 litre can which is a lifetime supply.
Regards, Rod
I've been seriously pondering the use of Carbon Method 9.... Now that I have a 'new' water stain on my new jointer, I'm going to order some and coat all my machines.
YouTuber - Brent's Woodworking posted a 9 month, post application review not too long ago. The stuff seems to work well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0oA...Y25bs&index=33
https://carbonmethod.com/
So to summarize, we use every kind of wax and nobody actually has finishing problems as a result.
Lee Schierer
USNA '71
Go Navy!
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