I've used carnuaba gun wax before with good results, but I imagine Johnsons paste wax would work also. Buff out with a lint free cloth and try to generate some heat when buffing.

 

I have used wax on the Tru Oil finished stocks that I have. I used the stock wax made by Birchwood Casey the same company that makes the Tru Oil product. You can find it at some Walmarts.

 

turtle paste wax

 

NO.

Unless it's the night before taking it to the gun show.

 

Howards Feed n Wax available at Home Depot. I use it on my Beretta oil stock about every 6 weeks or if I was shooting in the rain. Works good. A little goes a long way.

 

The wax typically used is carnauba - it is the hardest natural wax in nature.

The finish that is applied is typically carnauba melted in to boiled linseed oil - with some Japan drier added.

A few drops of this massaged into the stock by hand is the best treatment for an oiled stock - best done with a glass of you favorite adult beverage while sitting next to a warm fire on a cold, rainy/snowy night.

 

Another Johnsons Paste Wax user here. Also use it on metal parts for salt water duck hunting.

 

Same here for both. Done on metal and when finished it won't leave fingerprints when handled.

 

Renaissance Wax. Pricey but good!

 

Great stuff and if you use it on the metal it won’t leave finger prints

 

B/C gun stock wax... great on my 90T...

 

All good suggestions. The only problem I have had is that if the pores in the wood are somewhat open, the wax will accumulated in them and leave white spots that are hard to polish out. This was primarily with the Birchwood Casey stock wax product.

 

...The only problem I have had is that if the pores in the wood are somewhat open, the wax will accumulated in them and leave white spots that are hard to polish out...

The one I mention is what the English gun trade uses in the original finish on the stocks. The linseed oil is the carrier agent, the carnauba fills the pores. I've never seen a white residue left behind.

 

Renaissance works good, and a small can will do a bunch of stocks.

 

If you are using wax for protection against water or moisture, you are wasting your money. Wax has been proven to be a very ineffective moisture barrier.

A great wood finishing reference is Understanding Wood Finishes, byby Bob Flexner. If it isn’t still in print, for anyone interested in finishing gunstocks, it would be well worth pursuing a used copy.

 

I like the R


Renaissance is the best. Micro crystalline structure very clean, buffs great. Johnson's is OK but it is, I quess the word is heavy?

 

I wouldn’t use Howards, it will degrade an oil finish over time. Don’t ask me how I know.

 

We have used MiniWax Paste Finishing Wax, it is very easy to apply and remove. Doesn't leave a cloudy film ore residue.

 

Renaissance wax repels water on metal great. A little goes a long way

 

https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/supplies/finishing/finishes/112236-allback-natural-linseed-oil-wax

 

Yes, I used carnauba wax on wood stock and results were just amazing.

 

two comments: read what bluegoose said. and; i got tired of reading about how great renaissance wax is; so, i decided to run a test (i have many waxes) i love to test stuff! i used a junk rifle bbl that has been stripped to bare metal. i used renaissance wax on 1/2, and butchers wax on the other 1/2 . i hung the bbl outside under a tree for a few weeks so that it would be exposed to weather. after that time it was obvious that the reniassance 1/2 had significant light rust spots. the butchers wax 1/2 had MUCH less spots. don't drink the kool aid from what you read on a label. some day, i'll run a test with johnsons paste wax and probably get the same results.

 

I get the test but who waxes barrels?
Really almost any good paste wax could be applied to a stock with more than acceptable results. Oil from your skin + sweat leaves a dirty film on the wood & in th checkering. Periodic cleaning is essential to good stock maintenance. I have used paste Turtle wax on my comb & back portion of my stock, avoiding the checkering.

 

I get the test but who waxes barrels?
Really almost any good paste wax could be applied to a stock with more than acceptable results. Oil from your skin + sweat leaves a dirty film on the wood & in th checkering. Periodic cleaning is essential to good stock maintenance. I have used paste Turtle wax on my comb & back portion of my stock, avoiding the checkering.

After looking at your Member Avatar Photo I would not use anything you recommend for fear of a facial combustion.

 

I have a 1 lb. tin container of Paste Finishing Wax by MINWAX that I have used on many, many gunstocks. I agree it does not hurt a thing to get it on metal and I think it actually protects and complements case colored receivers somewhat.

Even with all that use, it still has about 2/3 of its original content left. I guess they can bury it with me!

 

Another vote for Renaissance wax. I use it on all my stocks but I have never seen the need to use it on the barrel.

 

Another vote for turtle wax, have used it with good results.

 

Just confirming these thread answers apply to an OIL FINISHED stocks like on a Caesar Guerini, or DT-11 stocks that are generally oil rubbed with linseed oil. Which are totally different from a high gloss finish seen on a browning citori. Or even a matte finish seen on the BT-99.