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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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.