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Paste Wax

Post by RanchRoper » Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:01 pm

I just bought some MinWax paste finishing wax to polish my revolver and Big Boy this weekend. I thought there was a thread here somewhere about using JOhnson Paste Wax on rifles, including a light buff of the metal. Maybe it was on another forum. Anyhow, this stuff is the available equivalent of the Johnson stuff which is not available here. Pretty high end wax.

Anybody on here polish with wax? If so what do you use? Or point me to the thread, thks. ;)
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Re: Paste Wax

Post by ditto1958 » Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:13 pm

Good ol' Johnson's Wax in the yellow can works. I use it, mostly because I'm cheap. A much better, albeit more expensive, solution is Renaissance Wax. Actually, it's probably pretty inexpensive over the long run, because one jar of the stuff lasts for years.

Larry Potterfield of MidwayUSA has a YouTube video on using it to clean and preserve firearms.
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Post by bandit1250 » Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:38 pm

I use Renaissance Wax on my stocks and metal. It is not a bad price from Amazon and it will last for years so it actually is cheap for very good protection. Johnsons Wax is the old standby and does just fine and has proven itself over the years. Can't go wrong with either one.
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Re: Paste Wax

Post by RanchRoper » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:04 pm

Thanks!
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Post by RanchRoper » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:59 pm

Just waxed & polished my revolver; looks pretty good I think.
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Post by BigAl52 » Fri Feb 17, 2017 11:13 pm

Pledge Lemon Pledge its carnuba wax I use it all the time works great. Al
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Re: Paste Wax

Post by Les » Sat Feb 18, 2017 3:23 am

+1 for Renaissance wax. I have used Johnsons in the past, and that was good too.
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Post by Sir Henry » Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:14 pm

Any Cordoba wax will work.
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Re: Paste Wax

Post by Squatch » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:09 pm

That was probably me you were thinking of.

I polish my brass with mag wheel polish because that was on hand. But Flitz is the stuff. Then wax everything with Johnson's paste wax. Brass, wood, blued barrel. Then towel buff. Looks and works great.
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Re: Paste Wax

Post by JCN » Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:04 pm

Considering Renaissance Wax myself. A lot of guys recommend to protect bluing on revolvers abs I'm considering using on my Henry.
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