Preservation.

[Edward Tinker]

I know that others are taken with using car wax, but I hesitate to use it. It is designed for different items then oils... A pure wax as a coating might be fine (the arguement that musuems use it is a bit flawed, as they want the piece to be incredibly maintance free and many times I believe not as interested in no harm to the piece...)

So, back to car waxes, aren't they designed to take out road dirt, i.e. most are abrasive?

Pure wax might be an option?

I have some Briwax at the house, it is colored and designed for wood, with a stain and you put two coats onto the wood. After the 2nd coat, it then "takes" off the coats. Not sure how it works, but I have used it for many years, maybe it would be ok as a non-stain wax, but not the briwax I have...

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