Renaissance Wax

[ma_deuce]

Not sure this is the right forum, but here goes.

After long reading about the wonders of this stuff on the Smith & Wesson Forum, I found some on Amazon for around $14 for a 200 ml can (much cheaper than usual), under $20 shipped. It came yesterday, and I've done three of my S&Ws.

So far, it's everything people on the S&W Forum claimed. It's very firm, so it's easy just to get a thin coating on a fingertip and apply it directly to the gun. I take the grips off first and do them separately so I can get at the grip frame underneath. The stuff dries almost immediately, and then you just buff off with an old t-shirt or other soft cloth. I use cotton swabs on the hard-to-reach places.

The stuff gives that S&W blue an amazing deep sheen, cleans away subtle discolorations or streaks and even de-emphasizes fine surface scratches. It's claimed that it doesn't show fingerprints, and that seems to be true. Supposedly it also makes the gun easier to clean after you shoot it - I'll have to see about that later.

This is probably not what you need for your AR or AK, but for those with old-fashioned blued, nickle or even stainless guns, it might be worth trying. I'm glad I did.

 

[circleshooter]

Rennaissance Wax is awesome! I've used it on guns, as well as when I collected 19th century cameras. I also volunteered at the Smithsonian for a few years and they use it extensively on metal and plastic objects. I believe it's used exclusively on their vast gun collection.

Awesome stuff. Just make sure you don't put it on too thick. Less is really more with this stuff.

 

[rico903]

What you guys said. I first discovered it on rimfirecentral.com. Highly recommended by a guy who makes and restores furniture as well as being an avid shooter. A little goes a long way. OP got a great price. Use in England on expensive antique furniture. No greasy feeling and no finger prints. Sorry I ever bought into the Howards Feed n Wax at one point.

 

[BrewDoc_MD]

What you guys said. I first discovered it on rimfirecentral.com.

me too! I've been using it for a while. Great for handguns and my C&R rifles, but it doesn't seem to "polish" the same way on the typical modern AR finish for some reason.

 

[somd_mustangs]

This is the best stuff ever for high-polish finishes like early Colts. It won't give a shiny finish to rougher surfaces but then again, you don't necessarily want that anyway. For the charcoal blued Colts it seems to take 2-3 thin applications to get a nice even glow. I try to never let bare skin touch these, as even minute traces of skin oils and acids will attack the fragile Colt finish.

 

[rico903]

me too! I've been using it for a while. Great for handguns and my C&R rifles, but it doesn't seem to "polish" the same way on the typical modern AR finish for some reason.

Because they are not polished finishes, or blued. Just a black finish. Can't polish a pigs ear. I just wipe with oil. Assuming you mean the metal. Rough plastic won't polish.