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I just bought some MinWax paste finishing wax to polish my revolver and Big Boy this weekend. I thought there was a thread here somewhere about using JOhnson Paste Wax on rifles, including a light buff of the metal. Maybe it was on another forum. Anyhow, this stuff is the available equivalent of the Johnson stuff which is not available here. Pretty high end wax.

Anybody on here polish with wax? If so what do you use? Or point me to the thread, thks.

Good ol' Johnson's Wax in the yellow can works. I use it, mostly because I'm cheap. A much better, albeit more expensive, solution is Renaissance Wax. Actually, it's probably pretty inexpensive over the long run, because one jar of the stuff lasts for years.

Larry Potterfield of MidwayUSA has a YouTube video on using it to clean and preserve firearms.

I use Renaissance Wax on my stocks and metal. It is not a bad price from Amazon and it will last for years so it actually is cheap for very good protection. Johnsons Wax is the old standby and does just fine and has proven itself over the years. Can't go wrong with either one.

Thanks!

Just waxed & polished my revolver; looks pretty good I think.

Pledge Lemon Pledge its carnuba wax I use it all the time works great. Al

+1 for Renaissance wax. I have used Johnsons in the past, and that was good too.

Any Cordoba wax will work.

That was probably me you were thinking of.

I polish my brass with mag wheel polish because that was on hand. But Flitz is the stuff. Then wax everything with Johnson's paste wax. Brass, wood, blued barrel. Then towel buff. Looks and works great.

Considering Renaissance Wax myself. A lot of guys recommend to protect bluing on revolvers abs I'm considering using on my Henry.

Sir Henry wrote:Any Cordoba wax will work.

Yup. I used several kinds of wax on my old Chrysler Cordoba, and they all worked on guns, too.

ditto1958 wrote:

Sir Henry wrote:Any Cordoba wax will work.

Yup. I used several kinds of wax on my old Chrysler Cordoba, and they all worked on guns, too.

Okay wise guy, carnauba wax.

ditto1958 wrote:

Sir Henry wrote:Any Cordoba wax will work.

Yup. I used several kinds of wax on my old Chrysler Cordoba, and they all worked on guns, too.

Did it have Corinthian leather?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfKHBB4 ... c50s60s70s

+2 for Renaissance Wax. Just good stuff.

I just ordered a new can of Renaissance Wax. My old can lasted over 10 years. I was using it for my wood turning and to polish my household furniture. Plus my firearms. A little goes a long way.

Welcome to the forum from CT, shoota40. Renaissance Wax has a great reputation here. Lots of us started using it because of recommendations like yours. Thanks.

JCN wrote:Considering Renaissance Wax myself. A lot of guys recommend to protect bluing on revolvers abs I'm considering using on my Henry.

Good stuff!!! A little goes,a long way

Plus one on the Johnson's. Have been using it for years. Nice to know there are other that will work, too, though. Thanks for the info.

I have been considering a different wax. I was using Birchwood Casey Gun Stock Wax. But, it leaves a residue in the checkering. So, I have been using a liquid wax that we use on our furniture which I picked up from a wood shop. It seems to work well. But, it is getting low, and the shop has closed. I might try the Renaissance Wax. Does it leave a residue in the checkering?

Thanks,

I have since stopped worrying about wax and just wipe down with a rem-oil rag.