Maintaining Equipment

empire makes a good product.. but johnsons paste wax can work well too.

-- making sawdust....

Yes the wax paste is very good helps things slide too if it’s the same one I am thinking of.regards Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Thank you for the information.
Wayne

Renaissance wax is good for a smooth sliding surface how well it will prevent rust I don’t know, also it is a little on the pricey side.

-- Something that goes unnoticed will never be remembered.

I’ve used paste wax mostly. There are other more costly lubricants
that work well too. I bought some machine covers that are some
sort of breathable, waterproof cotton. They help keep the airborne
water off in the first place.

No method is perfect. Rust happens. Keep a brass wire brush handy
and you can whisk it off pretty quick, apply some fresh wax, and you
are good to go.

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I also use paste wax. I don’t bother with Renaissance, I just use Johnsons.
One more thing I do is spray primer on the underside of my table saw table. (Take off the top, don’;t spray it while its’ assembled.)

I use paste wax.

Johnsons, Trewax, Butchers… Whatever the local store has.

-- - Real men read directions

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-- Hrolfr

I have used both T9 Boeshield and TopCote of which both are great products. Recently I have become more partial to the boeshield product because it seems that it lasts a little longer than TopCote and I get a few more treatments per can. However the Boeshield is slightly more expensive. If you have rust on the top the T9 Rust Free is also a great product.

I also use the Renaissance wax and don’t have any complaints with it. I primarily use it for my hand tools because they require very little and the spray products are a little faster on the larger tools. The main thing is to stay away from the Silicone products so you don’t have problems in the finishing stages later on.

Top-Cote… I live in hot, humid, rainy northern Mississippi. No rust, no drips, no errors!

Note that I have not used T9. I have only used Top-Cote. Hope this helps.

-- Makin' Sawdust!!!

Regular, old Turtle Wax. Used it for years. No rust. I bought Boeshield and it is good for removing rust, with a little elbow grease, but nothing prevents rust better than a nice coat of wax, properly maintained. Cheap, too.

-- bbqKing, Lawrenceville

Paste Wax here as well; Have not bothered to try anything else.

-- Chris

I use talcum powder on my surfaces. They look as new. Just wipe on thinned kerosene if you are storing in a garage. Kerosene repels water. Throw old bed sheets over the equipment when not in use. It works well.

-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca

Wayne, if you search the LJ site you will find this topic at least twice as far as I know.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I use Top-Cote, seems to do the trick.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Actually… Sawdustonmyshoulder brings up a GREAT point!

What works for most of us is region dependent. I live in Connecticut, with “medium” seasons, no salt air, rare high-humidity, and my stuff is in a mildy heated shop. My shop ranges from 55F to 90F through the seasons.

While paste wax works great for me, it may do little for someone in humid Shreveport or Orlando, or an unheated shop that does from 10F to 65F in the same day. In a climate controlled shop or the desert, Boesheild might be a complete waste of money.

-- - Real men read directions

WD-40 and a rag works for me.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

I am in Florida myself, what I have found is that if I clean my equipment after use then apply the paste wax i have no issues at all. However, If I work on the table saw and just leave a piece of rough lumber on it i will have one heck of a rust spot in no time flat. In the very humid southern US it just requires a little bit more attention.

-- Chris