Microcrystaline Wax

Re: Microcrystaline Wax

John K Jordan

I read that Arbortech no longer sells it (apparently made by Beckett)

Could this be it? Has microcrystalline wax as an ingredient:

http://www.ubeaut.com.au/trad.html

Or this?

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Furniture-Wax-Microcrystalline-Becketts-Bronze-Ferrous-200gms-C7109-/162082362262

Re: Microcrystaline Wax

mikeee12345

Easy to make your own with bees wax, oil, and some diatomaceous earth.

Re: Microcrystaline Wax

Don Evans

Thanks John, I'll check it out and see how close it is to what I used from Arbortech. Hopefully it will be the the same thing.

Will let you know, I do know that the Arbortech wax was clear when hand buffed on the lathe, with only the problem of having to buff with a brush in the lower that surface areas.

The Renaissance wax is much thinner and doesn't reach the same luster.

Don

Re: Microcrystaline Wax

Don Evans

Appreciate it Mike but that's just not my thing. It would also be much more expensive to order, pay shipping etc for the dirt needed.

I'll stick to turning and working on my inventions, much more fun!

Don

Re: Microcrystaline Wax

Bill Blasic

Microcrystaline Wax (Renaissance Wax or Conservators wax) is not a wax for a finish per se but to keep fingerprints etc. off the piece. It is made to put over the finish you like without detracting from it.

Re: Microcrystaline Wax

David Walser

Mike -- Microcrystaline wax is not a form of abrasive polish. It is a manmade wax that, as its name implies, has very small wax particles carried in a solvent. (The solvent keeps the wax soft until the wax is used, the solvent evaporates, leaving the wax particles behind.) Natural waxes consist of particles that are much larger. The micro particles in a microcrystaline wax breakup the lightwaves reflecting off of the wax, which effectively hides things like fingerprints.

You can use microcrystaline wax to make an abrasive polish by adding, as you suggested, an abrasive like diatomaceous earth and a carrier like mineral oil. However, bees wax would be cheeper.

Re: Microcrystaline Wax

John K Jordan

This article describing microcrystaline wax is probably about as good as any:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcrystalline_wax