Wood & bees wax?

[Jet Setter]

I wanted to revive and clean my shotgun wood. It is a nice Walnut with oiled finish. After a basic wipe down with a barely damp towel, would it be OK to use bees wax as protector and sealer? Any tips for keeping wood looking great?

[Thefeeder]

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Bee wax will not damage or alter the finish ...your GTG. If you have an old tooth brush, it will come in handy to brush out any extra wax in the checkering

[olhunter]

I wanted to revive and clean my shotgun wood. ...

Bees wax won't clean the wood.

You need a wood/furniture cleaner to get the old dirt and junk off, then re-oil or wax it.

[-hanko]

Bees wax is fine. What works just as well and a bit easier to apply is Tre-Wax or Mini-Wax...exactly the same stuff you use on good hardwood flooring.

[ImprezaSTI]

Get some boiled linseed oil if your stock has a natural oil finish and isn't varnished.

[GunDog]

Mix up a batch of Gunny Paste and use it to revitalize that old shotgun stock.

Recipe is simply equal parts of beeswax, turpentine, and boiled linseed oil.

[johnthomas]

I love this stuff.

http://cleaningsupplyio.com/howard-products-wax-wood-clean

[sixoclockhold]

I love this stuff.

http://cleaningsupplyio.com/howard-p...wax-wood-clean

I use it also, good stuff.

[Jet Setter]

Thanks for the insight.

I ask because Browning manual suggests using an oil or wax BUT not to use both. So, if I were to use bees wax and decided to go the oil route - how would one remove the bees wax?

[Jet Setter]

I love this stuff.

http://cleaningsupplyio.com/howard-p...wax-wood-clean

Funnily enough, this is what I used. Works great on my kitchen cabinets also.

[olhunter]

... So, if I were to use bees wax and decided to go the oil route - how would one remove the bees wax?

Same as before. A furniture cleaner/wax remover.

Like Formsby's - http://www.amazon.com/Formbys-Deep-C.../dp/B000BZSZ1U

Or Google 'wood furniture cleaner' and read the hundreds of solutions. You can even make your own formula.

Home Depot will have 20 different products for cleaning wood. They will all work.

Just don't get a stripper. Not the wood kind anyway. The other kind is fine.

[cpttimerestraint]

Get some boiled linseed oil if your stock has a natural oil finish and isn't varnished.

+1 for the linseed oil. I used it on an old 10/22 stock and it worked really well.

[adamjay]

Toms 1/3 mix (gunny paste) is good stuff.

http://www.thegunstockdoctor.com

[jimbo74]

if you use linseed oil..... store the old rags in a sealed, metal can

like this:

[Bainter1212]

I have used 50/50 BLO and turpentine to clean - works well.

And yes, put the rags somewhere safe. Higher chance that they will spontaneously combust.