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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Pinelog on May 28, 2013, 11:24:43 am

Title: Wax on Wax off
Post by: Pinelog on May 28, 2013, 11:24:43 am

I'm about to have a new DW788 arrive and I have seen some comments elsewhere about Waxing my table top?

Should I, and if so, what do you recommend?  

Thanks... And Yeah I'm so excited you would think I'm 8 years old (again) and today was December 23!  ::)

Walter

Title: Re: Wax on Wax off
Post by: GrayBeard on May 28, 2013, 11:33:49 am

HOOOOORAY for you!

My suggestion would be to use some 600 wet/dry sanding sheet, scrub the table down with mineral spirits and and sand out some of the heavier 'ridges', clean the whole thing when finished with alcohol.
Then get some Johnson's Past wax, apply a light coat of the wax, let dry and buff the table using a piece of old tee shirt under your ROS as a buffer!
Works great for me.

~~~GB~~~

Title: Re: Wax on Wax off
Post by: newfie on May 28, 2013, 12:48:10 pm

cant get Johnson's Past wax up this way but minwax as a paste wax that i use and it works great for me.

Title: Re: Wax on Wax off
Post by: tvman44 on May 28, 2013, 04:53:13 pm

I like the Johnson's paste wax on all my wood working tools >\:)

Title: Re: Wax on Wax off
Post by: Becky on May 28, 2013, 09:18:30 pm

Absolutely do it!  It is simple and really makes a huge difference.  Any plain old  inexpensive paste wax is fine.  Just avoid waxes containing silicon.  I've not had the experience but have seen posts saying the silicon will mess up the finish on your project.