Subject: Re: Johnsons paste wax

From: [email-masked] (John & Cynthia/ MidLife Crisis Ent.)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:32:53 +0200

>On Jul 14,  8:36pm, Marc Davis III wrote:
>> Subject: Johnsons paste wax
>> I've been trying to made Steve Joslyn interior finish mixture. I can't
>> find Johnsons paste wax anywhere. Does anyone know where to get some or
>> if they still make or a reasonable substitute? I tryied Mothers at
>> $7.99 a can. I ended up with soup.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Marc3
>> AP Mi.
>
>You could contact
>
>S.C.Johnson & Son, Inc.
>1525 Howe St.
>Racine, WI 53403-2237
>414-631-2000/2942
>414-631-2133  fax
>
>Ask for a local distributor of their paste wax, or if you will be using many
>lbs,have them send you a case or whatever.
>
>Just a thot.
>
>Mark
>
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Another thot.....
        Bryant Labs (on the esource list) has at least 2 types of paste wax
and for all I know they might have J&J paste wax.  I will look while I am
out tomorrow and see if I can spot a can..........

                                John

John Dach and Cynthia Thomas
Maiden Metals
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707-895-2635(phone/fax)

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From: [email-masked] (Bill Fiorini)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 06:35:41 -0500

>$7.99 a can. I ended up with soup.

I don't know what you are using your mixture for, but if you are using it
on interior iron a good mixture that I got from Francis Whitaker many years
ago is:  1 part turp., 2 parts boiled linseed oil, 1/4 part bees wax and a
tablespoon or so of japan dryer.  This should be put on cold and heated
with a torch just enough to go into the oxide finish and then the remainder
removed with a cloth.  If you make this use a double boiler.  It also takes
a couple days to set up but looks like a light paste wax.
Bill

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From: "daryl (d.a.) bender" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 10:11:00 -0400 [/PRMD=BNR/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/C=CA/;bcars520.b.491:16.06.96.14.11.39]

This may be a crap recommendation but quality woodworking stores 
frequently have wax in tins like carnuba (very hard) etc used to finish 
wood. 

(yet to finish a piece)
Daryl - Ottawa

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From: [email-masked] (Marc Davis III)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 15:13:43 -0700

>>> $7.99 a can. I ended up with soup.
Thanks to all who replyed. I called S. C. Johnson and they told me the 
rights were sold to a different company. I called them and they told me 
that they have changed the name of the wax to KIT. So I went out to get 
a can and all I could find was the new soft formula ( I suspect the 
formula is too different to even try) so I called the new company back 
and sure enough they do not make the old hard paste wax formula. So I 
got a can of Maguires hard crystal formula and mixed it last night. If 
anyone is interested I will post the results when I find out. Until 
then does anayone have any thoughts on the subject. Should I try some 
kind of regular wax? Has anyone tried anything like this? Any ideas at 
all?

Thanks in advance.

Marc3

Allen Park, Mi.

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From: "Franklyn Garland" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 18:08:41 +0000

On 15 Jul 96 at 9:03, Steven O. Smith wrote <snip-snip>

> > I can't find Johnsons paste wax anywhere. Does anyone know where
> > to get some or if they still make or a reasonable substitute? I
> > tryied Mothers at $7.99 a can. I ended up with soup.

Johnsons paste wax is still available,  I use it all the time.  Try a 
good woodworking/finishing store.  You generally find it where they 
sell fine finishes for woods and musical instrucments etc.

Good luck with the hunt!!

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From: Willie <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 19:08:18 -0500

At 08:54 AM 7/16/96 -0500, you wrote:
>[email-masked] wrote:
>> 
>>      You might try "Butcher's Wax".  I think the reference to butchers is
>>      butcher blocks.  I use use this on my bright, interior ironwork right
>>      out of the can.
>> 
>>      Phil Rosche
>> 
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>> Author:  [email-masked] (Marc Davis III) at Internet_gateway
>> Date:    7/14/96 8:36 PM
>> 
>Try the Woodworking Catalogues like Constantines or Woodworkers 
>Supply. sorry, no phone #s, they haven't caught up with my new address 
>yet.
>-- 
>Jim McCarty
>Father Helias Forge
>Taos, MO
>Editor Rural Missouri Magazine
>Newsletter editor, Blacksmiths Association of Missouri
>
>³Foolish consistencies are the hobgoblins of little minds³
>
>
>Where do you find butcher's wax?

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 02:36:38 +0000

> Date:          Tue, 16 Jul 1996 06:35:41 -0500
> Reply-to:      [email-masked]
> From:          [email-masked] (Bill Fiorini)
> To:            [email-masked]
> Subject:       Re: Johnsons paste wax

> Bill this has nothing to do with wax  r u a guild member  i am 
going to florida today will i get to c u again  RAK