Do any of you "Wax" your blued guns?

[ar15ed]

ren wax is good stuff! i have used it for years on my nickel guns. then i started using it on blue guns that i don't really shoot. then i started using it on blue guns i DO shoot. now, i use it on everything. i even use it on my old heavily worn double barrel 20 ga bird gun. i don't guess i use it on matte finish stuff, but basically everything else. no oil film, no finger prints, looks better, sheds water, just FEELS clean!

try some. you will like it!

 

[Gorenut]

What areas do you guys usually cover your guns with the wax?

Do you reapply a thin coat after every cleaning?

 

[kdailey]

Renaissance Wax. Great stuff. Just take the grips off and put a *light* coat on all the metal. Blued, stainless, nickel, don't matter. Let dry for a few minutes, use a soft clean tee shirt and polish the wax off and watch it shine. A little goes a long way.

 

[M2MikeGolf]

Renwax is good, and safe. Do not use car wax. Flitz also makes a gun wax. Here's a link to the American Historical Foundation that talks about do's and dont's of waxing fine firearms, and how it should be applied:

The American Historical Foundation - Museum-Quality Firearms

 

[olskool]

i love to hunt in the rain, a lite rain. the deer move in this condition, for years i have coated my rifles with Johnson Paste wax. i learned this from ken waters, i have went for as much as a year without taking it off my gun after it got wet many times that year. no rust, the water runs off.

 

[L Pete]

I used Turtle Wax in the old days. It sure helped preventing rust from forming on the blue guns. Nowadays, I don't carry a blued gun. I carry something like a stainless, melonite, or tenifer finished gun. They're a lot easier to keep up now. Just wipe down with a lightly oiled cloth, and they're good to go.

 

[TSQUARED]

I degrease the gun after removing the grip then I apply 7 coats of carnauba wax polishing each individual coat with a chamois - IF YOU BELIVE THAT THEN I ALSO HAVE BRIDGES FPOR SALE - YOUR CHOICE OF LOCATIONS.

In over 50 years of shooting and having some guns which are almost 100 years old I have only used a good gun oil as aprotective- currently I use Rem-Oil since it forms a protecdtive surface without any oily residue.

 

[notsofast]

Bought some vintage stereo speakers and I clean the cabinets with "Howards feed & wax", the rag I use to apply the stuff says in a box that has my other furniture oils & etc, my 29 and 19 after cleaning get finished with a quick wipe down with the left overs of that rag and then a clean rag wipe and the blued guns have a nice even streak free sparkle. My stainless guns are finished after their cleanings with a clean rag that wipes evenly any residual oil over the entire surface. Seems as though the SS doesn't need a real detailing to look good.

 

[eazyrhino]

Another one here for ren wax best stuff ever. I wish I had discovered it 25 years ago.

 

[WrongWay]

Just started using Renaissance wax. Expensive but good and it only takes a little.

Where can I get some of this stuff?

 

[USAFret]

I get rem wax at the Rockler woodworking store in Salem, NH. They tell me that all Rockler stores carry it.

 

[WrongWay]

I get rem wax at the Rockler woodworking store in Salem, NH. They tell me that all Rockler stores carry it.

Thanks, there's a Rockler store not far from me.

 

[The Shadow]

+100 for Renaissance Wax (Ren Wax). In my opinion, it's the very best "non-abrasive" wax money can buy. I attempt to maintain all my firearms in mint to near mint condition, and Ren Wax is one of the best investments any firearm owner can make. The company also makes a "mildly-abrasive" product called Pre-Lim which is a cream paste designed for non scratch cleaning, which is perfect for removing lighter scratches from any blued, nickel, stainless or chrome finished guns.

Renaissance products are great for preservation and restoration of many valuable products besides firearms.

To research and purchase this product, go to restorationproduct.com.......... I'm pretty darn certain you'll be satisfied with the results.

the Shadow

 

[dlbx2]

RenWax, velour cloth, Minwax dark paste

I use Renwax on the metal. Applied with the plain side of the velour, and polish with the soft side. First, remove the stocks and cylinder release, and wax them separately. This is the results.
David

 

[sarge1967]

I use Renwax on the metal. Applied with the plain side of the velour, and polish with the soft side. First, remove the stocks and cylinder release, and wax them separately. This is the results.
David

WOW! Those are some beautiful Revolvers!

 

[Cocked & Locked]

I use Johnson's Paste Wax just because thats what I have.

 

[stantheman86]

I don't have many blue guns pretty enough to be worth the effort No point in waxing a 70% blue Model 28 lol

The ones I do have don't get used enough to warrant a coat of wax, and also, I have gone full stainless for all my carry guns.

 

[Pioneer461]

I began using Turtle Wax to the outside surfaces on my blued S&W mod. 19, while attending the San Diego Sheriff's Academy (1971.) Through the years in all kinds of weather, in California and NW Oregon, the wax has prevented any kind of corrosion. Interior surfaces were well lubricated with gun oils. I carried the Mod. 19 as my duty weapon from 1971 until 1987, when we were allowed to begin carrying semi-autos. Aside from a little holster wear that rubbed off some bluing, the finish is in excellent shape. Not just this one, but all of my blued firearms, handguns, rifles and shotguns, are protected with car wax.

 

[oz4rg]

Glasblasted guns?

Can it been used on these?

 

[pete950]

Mostly the Johnsons paste wax, works great.