Microcrystalline wax

[USlakeside]

How do you get this stuff and how do you use it? Some board members here suggest it for polishing horns. Do I need to buy something like this Renaissance Wax?
http://www.woodfinishsupply.com/RenWax.html or can I just get some block of it off the internet?

Thanks

[Brad]

I don't have any experience with uCrystaline wax. I tend to stay away from synthetic waxes as many of them contain Silicone. Not sure if this one does or not.

Just my opinion, no facts to back it up

[estott]

That is the right brand to get- Renaissance Wax: http://www.amazon.com/Rockler-65mL-can- ... B001DSZWEM

I work at a museum and we use it to protect metal surfaces- I've used it on bronze statuary. It is not oily or greasy. Apply a thin coating and rub with a soft cloth until dry.

[SonnyPhono]

Hope this doesn't come of as a dumb question, but...could this be used on the black japanned bed plates?

[Starkton]

There is nothing wrong with microcrystalline wax. I mix it with special boiling point petrol and heat the mixture to 230 °F by the use of a reflux condenser.
http://www.wax-tromm.de/eng/index.shtml

[estott]

For what purpose do you use that heated wax/petrol mixture- infusing something porous?

[Starkton]

After cooling I apply it on metal surfaces in several thin coatings. After complete evaporating of the solvent the wax coating is polished (= compacted), among other things to close micro-cracks in the wax.