[TheForge] TreWax: Indian Paste Wax

[jerry Frost]

Vince: I don't remember when I first tried Trewax but didn't do any studying
or ask anyone, as I recall I just bought a can and have used it ever since.
Same can in fact. Other folk have recipes they've been using for years, some
recipes are centuries old. I just like the near armour like finish carnuba
provides. The way I use it the coat is thin as the morning dew and hard as
an executioner's heart, doesn't discolor and smells good.

I've found sources, one linked here recently is darned reasonable and seeing
as my old can is still better than half full I suppose I can spend $10-15 on
a new one.

I haven't tried Bowling Alley wax though I've heard a number of good reports
from guys who use it. I have a number of other paste waxes as well,
Johnson's Original and Minwax clear come to mind and both are pretty good
but not near as tough, they even feel different. The Trewax feels pretty
much just like clean brushed steel while other waxes feel like they have a
finish on them. I don't know why the feel appeals to me like it does but it
does. The forever tacky feel of bees wax is my least favorite but I'll use
it on request, no problem I have a chunk with me everywhere I forge. I'm a
firm believer in giving the customer what they want, within limits of
course. <wink>

Jer

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Vincent Nakovics
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 5:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] TreWax: Indian Paste Wax

I used a lot of the Bowling Alley wax on bronze cannon tubes and plaques
around Colonial National Historical Park when I worked there. It is softer
and easier to use than Trewax, but I preferred the Trewax as I felt it
lasted longer. I also used it on furniture in my furniture repair and
restoration business. The wax also came in colors which helped with minor
scratches on furniture finishes. 
Bowling Alley wax is preferred by Conservators because it has the
composition as the microcrystalline wax that museums use only you don't have
to melt it down to use, because of the solvent it goes on easier and faster
and will build if put on thicker. At least that is why they told me they
wanted me to use it on the historical stuff. If I remember right it said as
much in my furniture restoration books as well. 
Oh and they use bowling alley wax on food products once the solvent doesn't
leave a residue apparently.





Vince Nakovics
 
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need to write it down?"

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