shaft wax
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> Yes,auto wax can be used,and very effectively. Here is what to avoid.
ANY car wax,mustache wax,ear wax,whatever it is if it has SILICONE in it. Not only can it warp a shaft,and HAS,but using this on a clearcoated butt can cause disasters in eventual refinishes.
Also,avoid any other product that is something other than clear to banana yellow in color. Anything other than the color range I mentioned will eventually change the color of the wood.
So,if you are looking for an auto wax that works great,won't kill the wood or the clear,and makes the shafts slick this is what I recommend.
Mother's California Gold Pure Carnauba. This will come in a short but wide red can,will look like vanilla pudding and smell like bananas,around 15 bucks a can. If it is pink stay away.
Meguiar's #26 High Tech Yellow. Very similar in end results,appearance,and smell to Mother's,as well as price.
Both of these are paste waxes as well,I haven't used liquids much.
Several here recommend a product that can be readily available in places called Butcher's Wax which is a bowling alley-type wax for wood,and a product called Renaissance Wax,which I think is primarily used for high grade furniture. Both should provide similar results,and almost certainly cheaper.
I always found that when you can find it,the Karseal Q-Wax is hard to beat on the cheap,and Hightower's stuff is good too. Tommy D.
ANY car wax,mustache wax,ear wax,whatever it is if it has SILICONE in it. Not only can it warp a shaft,and HAS,but using this on a clearcoated butt can cause disasters in eventual refinishes.
Also,avoid any other product that is something other than clear to banana yellow in color. Anything other than the color range I mentioned will eventually change the color of the wood.
So,if you are looking for an auto wax that works great,won't kill the wood or the clear,and makes the shafts slick this is what I recommend.
Mother's California Gold Pure Carnauba. This will come in a short but wide red can,will look like vanilla pudding and smell like bananas,around 15 bucks a can. If it is pink stay away.
Meguiar's #26 High Tech Yellow. Very similar in end results,appearance,and smell to Mother's,as well as price.
Both of these are paste waxes as well,I haven't used liquids much.
Several here recommend a product that can be readily available in places called Butcher's Wax which is a bowling alley-type wax for wood,and a product called Renaissance Wax,which I think is primarily used for high grade furniture. Both should provide similar results,and almost certainly cheaper.
I always found that when you can find it,the Karseal Q-Wax is hard to beat on the cheap,and Hightower's stuff is good too. Tommy D.
The wax made for cues and the wax made for cars are not the same. The wax made for cars is usually softer and does not give that slick feel on the shaft that good cue wax does. Cue waxes vary from brand to brand also. Butchers wax and bowling alley wax are better on shafts than car wax is, but they still are not as good as a good cue wax. They are smellier and do not give as slick of a feel on the shaft.
I have used Karseal for probably 25 years or more and have never had any problems with it. Wax should be applied very, very thinly and then buffed so that all excess is removed or it will become gummy and attract dirt. I run the shaft at 3600 rpm and run a paper towel with a little bit of wax on it and apply so that the friction gets the shaft very warm, melting the wax (which is pretty hard) so that it gets deeply into the woods grain and then with a clean piece of paper towel to remove all excess from the surface.
Dick
Dick
carnauba wax that has no cleaners is what i use and works great
