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Renaissance wax
Due to the good reviews that many of you have given, I just ordered my first jar, should receive it next week. I have mostly blued gunes, but do have one nickel. Is it meant for nickel finishes also? Thx.
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guitar,
I use it on both.
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It is excellent for both.
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It don't care, it will make anything look better.
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It's good on wood also. Wood workers have been using it for years. I have used it on table saws band saws and jointers to keep the tops from rusting and to let the wood slide more easily. Don
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I use Johnson's Paste Wax. If it works even better then I would be impressed. The JPW works pretty darn good as is.
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I like the johnsons paste wax, but everytime I pull it out my wife gives me a look, she can't stand the smell, but it's a lot cheaper.
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Hey, I resemble that remark.
I said "it will make anything look better", it even worked on Sal.  
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I'm told Renaissance works very well on metal, wood and leather. I'm sure it does as I've heard museums use it.
Costs quite a bit more but I may try some when the (comparatively so) huge can of JPW that I gave $5 for runs out.
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Costs quite a bit more but I may try some when the (comparatively so) huge can of JPW that I gave $5 for runs out.
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JPW is pretty good, but this stuff is way better.
Even the little 65ml can (about $15) will last you forever. Finger temperature melts it slightly, the best way to apply it, rub on, let dry and buff with cotton cloth. Amazing stuff.
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Thx folks, I'm anxious to get it. I know that I've used car wax on a variety of other items besides cars, such as antique telephones, and about anything that I clean up that is painted metal, and it does great.
The wax I normally use is a "cleaner" type wax, with ever so slight abrasive, so I knew not to use it on the guns, but the idea of the waxed finish instead of a film of oil has to look great, and judging from some of you guys' pics, I know it will.
Do you guys do anything in particular to clean the oil off before waxing?
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Thx folks, I'm anxious to get it. I know that I've used car wax on a variety of other items besides cars, such as antique telephones, and about anything that I clean up that is painted metal, and it does great.
The wax I normally use is a "cleaner" type wax, with ever so slight abrasive, so I knew not to use it on the guns, but the idea of the waxed finish instead of a film of oil has to look great, and judging from some of you guys' pics, I know it will.
Do you guys do anything in particular to clean the oil off before waxing?
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Cotton cloth ( tee shirt) dampened with alcohol..works well.. two coats of Ren Wax and your good to go..
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Where does one get this stuff?
After all of these years of using the oil rag I've never used this wonder product.
I got to get out more 
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Nice Ditrina ! My nickel gun that I was asking about looks identical to that, but with a 4" bbl.
Death, don't feel bad, I never thought of the waxing idea either until I started hangin' around here ... but it sure sounds like a good idea. I found mine on ebay for around $17 with free shipping. It will come to my mailbox and I dont have to spend time and gas by driving an hour to look for it around here.
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Death, don't feel bad, I never thought of the waxing idea either until I started hangin' around here ... but it sure sounds like a good idea.
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Other advantages to using Ren wax is it resists fingerprints and if you shoot, it makes clean up easier. Oil can't do either.
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Ren Wax is great on blued, nickel, stainless, etc. I use it on stocks and leather also. It is not the least expensive product, but used properly, sparingly, it will last quite a while.
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It's great stuff. I use on anything that I want to preserve. I've had a small jar for 7 years and have used it extensively. It really goes a long way as you need so little to do the job.
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Seeing as I got my first blued this week, and my first nickel is in transit, where you guys finding this Renaissance wax at? Target? Dick's? Or have to go online? Normal places(Cabella's,
MidWay, etc.) have it?
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Both MidwayUSA and ebay have it. Got mine on ebay, took all day
to get stuff shiny. It's That good! TACC1
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I've used Ren Wax on stubborn oxidized spots of my black car. I know it's expensive but sometimes it takes the big guns to get good results.
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I use Johnson's Paste Wax. If it works even better then I would be impressed. The JPW works pretty darn good as is.
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RenWax Results
I don't have a before, but this is an after.
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Heard about it here and couldn't believe how it brought out the beauty of even old guns.I also pre-cleaned with the lightly abrasive cleaner they make while working on a 56 yo pre-27 I bought for $70 bucks in 1970.It belonged to a deputy and had a slight muzzle shine and fine red rusting on the grip frame (I carried it hunting for years).To my suprise and delight the red was gone and there was still bluing remaining!
I also was applying to my stainless Model 7 Remington and just for the hell of it applied a light coat where rounds in the magazine have friction when being picked up by the bolt.I had previously tried to polish this area to stop excessive drag.To my amazement the push to reload is smooth as silk.
Its as good as it looks!
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Sounds awesome, can't wait to get it.
Someone mentioned leather. I'm curious to see how it works on some holsters too.
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you will be very pleased to see what it will do for a holster
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I buy it at my local Rockler woodworking store. It works great on guns. I've restored 1880's and early 1900 guns with the Rennaisance wax with really great results on both metal and wood. Highly recommend it!
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Do you all use something like a toothbrush to get the wax out of the nooks and crannies, lettering, etc.?
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I've been trying the wax out a little. I notice it has a similar odor, and similar feel, when you get it on your hands, of good ole fashioned shoe polish, the paste that came in the little snuff can sized cans. Kiwi brand I believe ... I had the old kit with the brushes and case.
Anyway, the Ren must share some ingredients with the shoe polish. Anyone else notice the similar odor?
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Thanks Roy, that's good info. Hey, shouldn't you be working on my stocks instead of foolin around on the forum? Oh, that's right, youre letting them dry. Thank ya sir.
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Thanks Roy, that's good info. Hey, shouldn't you be working on my stocks instead of foolin around on the forum? Oh, that's right, youre letting them dry. Thank ya sir.
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Well now I am gonna dip them in candle wax!
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I caught my wife sneaking up on me with a can of it. There are, after all, limits to every good product.  It does work great on guns, leather, wood, just about everything. And it takes very little.
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