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Very happy to see folks here using this stuff. I’ve used this stuff for years on my old bang sticks. The local Museum of Flight in Seattle, of which I’ve been a volunteer and member since inception, uses it on all their old curios under glass cases in their WW1 and WW2 aviation hallways. If its good enough for the British and American museums, it’s good enough for my old stuff (Including some vintage leathers)
It is fantastic stuff. I typically do the entire metal and wood surface for an old shootin’ iron that is going to the safe queen for some time during winter.
It really brings out the grain in the wood, almost a 3 dimensional look. No, I’m not a salesman for the product, just sharing my experience with it. A little bit goes a LONG way, thus the expense of the product ($15 for 65 ml)
It doesn’t change the appearance of metal as it does wood but certainly cleans it. 2 applications with a a drying period in between, and a soft cotton cloth rub down has given me the best results. I only use it on external parts. Since the cyrstalline wax is based from oil, it plays nice with gun oil if you dribble some on your externals. (That didn’t sound right but there it is!)
Renaissance Wax was developed in the British Museum Research Laboratory by Dr A E A Werner in the late 1950s. It is now manufactured by Picreator Enterprises Ltd.
Earlier wax polishes based on beeswax and carnauba wax either contained acids or became acidic over time. Renaissance Wax is based on more stable microcrystalline waxes refined from crude oil.
Renaissance Wax contains polyethylene waxes. Some other microcrystalline waxes intended for conservation use do not contain these.
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Interesting post. Never heard of the stuff so I looked it up here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Wax
Looks like it is almost a miracle product, especially for those who live in the humid and cold parts of the country. I live where the humidity averages a little under 10% and have never needed to use anything on my “safe queens” other than the occasional wiping down every few years.
"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
Everything he says is true. I wax all my high dollar rifles and pistols that I do not intend to shoot. They do get slippery and hard to handle for an arthritic like me.
Another + is, it smells great. Almost good enough to eat.
Been working on the same can for a long time now. It does not take much to cover a rifle.
It certainly has my vote. I love the stuff. Big Larry
I agree with Big Larry! I use it on all my engraved Colts and Winchesters.
A small can goes a long ways!
Randy
I have never heard of Renaissance wax. I live in San Antonio, Tx and it gets pretty humid here. Not as bad as like Houston but it does get humid here. Would this product be good to use on my guns I don’t shoot.
November 7, 2015
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I heard about it at Cody Firearms Museum. When I stored guns in an area where the humidity was not well controlled I used Rig grease. I think there’s no substitute for regular oiling under humid conditions.
TXGunNut said
I heard about it at Cody Firearms Museum. When I stored guns in an area where the humidity was not well controlled I used Rig grease. I think there’s no substitute for regular oiling under humid conditions.
I used to use RIG when I lived in central OHIO but have used nothing since moving to New Mexico in the late 1970″s.
"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
Winchester nut said
I have never heard of Renaissance wax. I live in San Antonio, Tx and it gets pretty humid here. Not as bad as like Houston but it does get humid here. Would this product be good to use on my guns I don’t shoot.
Winchester nut,
You live in San Antonio! That stuff you call “humidity” is just condensation on the frozen margarita glass!!!! Dos mas! Por favor!!!
Michael
In Houston, TX
Where we package and sell HUMIDITY!!!
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Right I understand. I grew up about 100 miles west of Houston and about 40 miles off the coast. Around Edna, Texas. I use to live in Santa Fe, Texas. Now that’s humidity. When I moved to San Antonio I told these people here, that would complain of the humidity, that this is nothing. You want humidity go east and south a couple hours. I guess living here in San Antonio for 18 years it feels humid here. When I go to the ranch in the summer, a little north of Edna, I am reminded what humidity is. Your exactly right Mr. twobit this is not humidity here in San Antonio.
I believe the term is Relative Humidity. Right now it is at 8% here. When I go to Clovis, NM it jumps up to near 30% and as far as I’m concerned, that’s unbearable. Back in the ’80’s I used to travel to San Antonio just about every other week (from Rio Rancho). Incredibly unbearable humidity there (for me) but by far the best city in the Southwest, at least back then (IMHO). 
"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
November 7, 2015
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There’s that product called Rust-Prufe or something like that; it was a chamois in a little jar soaked with some kind of thick oil. Haven’t seen it for years but would use it if I could find it again.
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