Minwax vs. Johnson for your iron

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Barry

Well, unless those regulations are very recent, I can report that Trewax certainly doesn't seem to have those additives. I don't have the can handy. but my tablesaw top gets quite slippery when waxed with it.

I,ve been looking for Johnson`s floor wax for quite some time here in Michigan....gave up and was different products; wife found some at Walmart......works better n is cheaper to buy. High humidty causes rust, once cleaned, wax it up and we are in business, wood glides along easily. Thought it was a joke at first, but you guys know what your talking about..ok.......

Can't say I have ever seen a can of Trewax. Does it state on the can that it is a floor wax like Johnsons and Minwax do?

Dave Hall

"George Berlinger" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.mcleodusa.net:

Some of us. Occaisionally. On some topics. When the moon is in the right phase. If your lucky.

It is still USENET. Take advice with a grain of salt.

But in this case....

Patriarch

I'll look when I go out to the shop and post later, but I think it does.

OK, I looked. It does indeed state that it is floor wax, but it also says, in fine print on the back, that it has anti-slip additives. So in fact I was wrong.

In the real world, however, I just waxed my workbench in preparation for a glue-up, and if that's non-slip I'd hate to use the slick stuff :-).

So I'll continue to use the Trewax as long as I can find it. The partial can I've got is probably good for another year. It just seems to work so well for me - they claim a high carnuba content and maybe that's the difference.

Our high humidity is in the winter. When it gets really cold (high for the day below freezing) I don't work in the shop. So I seldom wax in the winter. And I've never had any rust on any of the cast iron tables.

OK, there was the time I left a load of green lumber sit on the tablesaw over the weekend :-).