Dumb question about wax

i got some purple heart with wax on the ends and i found that a card scraper could get it off as well as any other form of scraper.

hey monkey good to have you aboard. yes the wax will stick to any blade that it can get its hands on, i use and old hand scraper to remove the wax before i us it. also rememeber to let it aclimate to your shop before using it.have fun.

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scrape, scrape, and scrape… wax is ugly on the blades…

-- making sawdust....

You can scrape most of the wax off but that wont get it all off, especially the waxy residue that stays in the pores and crevices of the wood surface. That residue will not allow glue to stick later on when you assemble your project. Use mineral spirits to clean and dissolve the wax completely from the surface or none of your glue joints will hold.

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ya blake has a point there. forgot to mention that. the wax residue will stay in the pores and like he said using mineral spirits to clean it is the best way to go.

Scrape first, or just mineral wax?

i think scraping first would be easiest. it will get the majority off very fast. plus its fun making all those wax shavings!

I scrape first and then use spirits. I usually just put the wax back on another board or if nothing has been cut lately, I might coat my saw blades with it. This time of year, I can sit the wax out in a can and it goes back liquid by the time I remember I put it out there.

The mineral spirits will dissolve the wax pretty well. You don’t have to scrape first unless you have a really thick layer of wax that you want to try to get out of the way first.

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