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I need some help waxing up my new walnut stocked shotgun. Do I wax the checkered areas, too? How many coats? Any help you can give is appreciated. I have Johnson Paste Wax and Birchwood Gun Stock Wax. Which do I use? What say you? Thanks...
GaryO
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Neither. You use RENAISSANCE wax polish, distributed by Restorer Supplies, Inc., among others.
It's a little pricey but it's the best wax to use on ALL parts of your gun, if you wish, although I just use it on my wood.
I shy away from the checkering as it's just too doggone tricky to get an even distribution without filling up spots. I don't miss any shine/protection in those areas, however.
Others may chime in with tricks they use on checkering.
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Wax is OK on the wood but on metal it is a bad joke compaired to the modern rust preventive oils. If you are going to use it wax the wood, oil the metal.
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I AM 60 YEARS OLD GREW UP IN A GUN STORE AND IN MY OPINION RENAISANCE WAX, [WHICH BTW IS USED BY THE CODY MUSEUM ON ITS' DISPLAY WEAPONS] IS HANDS DOWN, FARRRRRRRRRR SUPERIOR TO PROTECING BOTH WOOD,METAL AND LEATHER THAN ANY OIL! It is just a plain fact that since I changed to using it 17 YEARS AGO for protection, I have not had a single case of surface rust ON ANY GUN but have had several cases of bores getting a slight dusting of rust, even with a V.P.I. TYPE OIL IN THE BORE, V.P.I. CARTRIDGES AND A DEHUMIDIFIER SYSTEM IN MY GUNROOM. Just my experience, plus a gun with a wax coat on it, when bumped is much less likely to be scratched than one with just oil, believe ME I know! I use a toothbrush to put a light coating of wax in the checkering to seal it in case of rain and use a cheap medium bristle toothbrush to work it in good. Brush in the directions of the checkering cutters. The Renaissance ends up being a lot cheaper than the B.C. PRODUCT as a little goes a longgggggggggggggggggggggg way. HTH Jerry
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Gary,
Renaissance wax may well be the cat's meow, I can't say, but I have used both ones you mentioned, and they work fine. I'm a duck hunter, and my guns get subjected to less than ideal conditions at times. Johnson's Paste Wax does a good job of protecting the gun from the elements.
I would tend to say I favor the BIrchwood Casey for luster, the Johnson's for protection.
SRH
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Is the Renaisance Wax ok to use on oil finished stocks?
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No problem...it puts moisture and darkens oil finished wood temporarily, the only thing I have noticed is on guns with polyurethane type finishes [700 BDL etc.] it takes very little or it tends to gum up or roll instead of polish out with a soft diaper type cloth. HTH Jerry
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I used Johnson's for many years before I had RW. If I couldn't get RW, I'd revert to Johnson's.
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I used Johnson's for many years before I had RW. If I couldn't get RW, I'd revert to Johnson's.
DDA Ditto!
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12 years living on Kodiak Island, hunting in the salt water environment, I kept my rifle rust free by waxing wood (inside and out) and metal with Johnson's. RW is however an excellent wax that I use, with a tiny amount of lamp black, to coat and protect "french" greyed engraved scenes.
Sam Welch
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