Johnsons Paste Wax

The best stuff and only stuff I ever use!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Works great and keeps the rust away.

-- It's better to have people think you're stupid rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Really good stuff. I use it frequently. Works on all sorts of stuff in the shop

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

Found the idead on “New Yankee Workshop” site then couple of months later Norm was cleaning up a couple of old saws and used it in that episode.

All I use on my band saw and drill press cast iron tables.(table saw is alum.)

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Put it on screws and they will drive in much easier. Use on wood bits and they will shed chips more easyly.
Although when I didn’t have any on hand, like at someones house with an install job, used a bar of soap. Just spit on it and rub the screw so as to coat the threads. Great on old homes with heart pine walls.

I use floor wax on my equipment it works great

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

It is the best release agent you can fiind when using epoxy to make a mold or pattern, or bedding a rifle stock.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Used it in the Army when we had to do the barracks floors. Lit it on fire threw the lid on poured it on the floor and buffed.

I have used it ever since. Restored my Grandmother’s Table then applied the wax.

Use it to keep away rust as all above.

-- Measure once cut twice....oh wait....ooops.

My experience is that wax on machinery will get on the wood and increase likelyhood of finishing problems. WD40 won’t do this.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

I’ve used Johnsons P.W. for several years with great results. Only finnishing problems I’ve had were self induced

-- If at first you don't succeed...Don't try skydiving

I use it on all of mine.

-- Hope Never fails

I used it sparily. Small swirled application, allow to haze and buff it off. It keeps a smooth surface for the function of the table and helps the wood glide over it.

-- kein Schaden ohne Nutzen

I sprayed mine with polyurethane, then waxed it. Never had rust again.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

I use it on all of my equipment tables ,sliding surfaces of table rails, the faces of my rip fence, etc. On metal, it helps keep rust away; on fences etc. it helps to reduce friction. I even use it on the soles of my hand planes to keep rust at bay. GOOD STUFF!!

I use it but not on my machines for the same reason Miles sites, don’t want to take a chance it gets on the wood before the finish is applied.

I use Top Cote on all my cast iron tables. Got a big can of it free with a machine purchase one time and I’m sold on it. Still have that same can, years now, one can lasts a long time.

-- -Curt, Milwaukee, WI

Yeap, Paste wax is the beeter way to go…..I have heard good comments about Butcher’s

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

Yup, and hand tools, too! Never a finishing issue, even with finicky water based lacquers.

I’ve also had good results with Trewax and Goddards. The key is “silicone free”.

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I use the Johnson’s wax on all my tools where rust could be a problem. I have a question though. I read somewhere that if you add more than one coat of the wax it just removes the wax you already had on, so you pretty much end up with just one coat no matter how many coats you apply. Is this true?

Maynard, I’ve never thought about using the wax for screws. That’s a good tip. I have been using bars of soap. When a bar gets to small to use, I put them in a jar with a little water. I just keep adding the bars to the same jar. After the water has softened the bars some, I use a scrap piece of wood to smash all the bars into one big glob (still in the jar of course). I keep the jar on the bench where I usually do all of my screwing (get your minds out of the gutter, LOL) I just take the screw and push it in to the soap and then it’s ready to go. Sometimes, you have to add a little water to keep the soap from drying out.

-- JJ...... I guess you could say I'm a 54 year old "juniorjock". — Make things with wood.

I mix my paste wax with mineral spirits. I apply the mixture with a scouring pad and an orbital sander (this cleans up any small spots of rust). Once it’s dry, I rub it out leaving my cas iron tables slipery and better than new.
Sorry Maynard, I use a toilet bowl wax seal for driving screws.
Kimball

Works great. Should be no concern over getting on the wood because it gets hard on a floor and back when we used it on floor (sign of my age) we didn’t worry about it coming up on anything put on the floor. Just put on thin coats and buff it well.

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I’ve been using a Carnuba Automotive paste wax on mine. No problems yet. Sure makes everything slide easy and haven’t had any rust problems yet.

I had a jointer that the bed had a little surface rust on it. I first used automotive rubbing compound to clean up the rust. Then used the automotive paste wax for a good coat of protection. Again, no rust yet. I wax all my iron tables.

-- There are three signs of old age. The first is loss of memory. I forgot the other two!

rub on – rub off !
read a good one in WJ .
soak packing string in melted beeswax and then cutting string slightly shorter than depth of pilot screw hole
and droping in hole before screw , no mess on top and wax in threads .
im thinking waxed string from tandys for leather sewing , just cut into pieces and keep in jar for later .

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

I have found that “Renaissance Micro-Crystalline Wax” works better than any was I have used. It is an English wax used by the the British Museum and can be used on leather, metal, marble, and most importantly my tools. It dries hard instantly and doesn’t leave any fingermarks. So it is great on finished projects and really brings out the shine. It’s expensive ($26.00 for 7 ounces) but it is well worth it. I’ve had the same can for 5 years and it’s only half gone.

Cheers

-- Ben Kahmann Dayton, OH

I used it on my scrollsaw table, works great and I enjoy the smell as well :)

Cheers.

Chris

-- making dust with my DW788

I use it on everything in the shop.

-- If you are not living on the edge you are taking up to much room.

I actually use it on my cars !

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