Staples Crystal Clear Paste Wax<\/a>.<\/p>\nAs always, I wish all my readers a great experience in whatever your wood working interests happen to be and to those who like working with lathes especially, do a good turn today!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The finish on this piece varies from my usual go-to Shellawax.\u00a0 Shellawax, while my favorite, is a disaster on soft absorbent woods.\u00a0 It goes on blotchy and uneven and I end up having to rub the piece in acetone to remove the surface wax and then sand back to bare wood.\u00a0 I can often, but not always, predict which woods will have this problem.\u00a0 For example, I would have sworn that the Mimosa bowl I turned yesterday, a wood that is soft and open grained so presumably absorbent, would have failed with Shellawax but it worked fine.\u00a0 In this case I expected the worst but tested about half of the reverse with Shellawax and confirmed that it would not work.\u00a0 Instead I used Staples Crystal Clear Paste Wax with imported Carnauba to great effect.\u00a0 The wax goes on easily with your fingers if you wish, or use a cloth, and once allowed to dry, which is quick, it buffs to a nice high shine that is even.\u00a0 I still prefer Shellawax when I can, but in some cases nothing beats a plain wax finish for even consistency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":3080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,136,137,129,138,139,130],"tags":[154,168,171,181,183,200,205,210,229,230,239,240,241],"yoast_head":"\n
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