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For rip fences and out feed tables I buy melamine sheet coated wood. Nice white stuff is cheap, and provides a great surface. Generally double sided book shelf is realitively cheap.

So..... Why not buy the cheapest sheet stock available at your local big box and glue it to your out feed and fence?

Sorry if its not the direction you really wanted to go, but thought I'd provide an alternative.

Just my 2 cents

Ben

I a WW book I read sometime ago they recommended this recipe for jigs:

1/3 Boiled linseed oil
1/3 Oil Varnish
1/3 Turpentine

Is a wipe on that builds up over a few coats. To actually go through this I guess the jig must be worth it and for long time use.

Good luck,

Ed

I can't quote a source but I remember reading that those toilet wax rings used to be made from beeswax but now are made with a petroleum-based product.

SC Johnson says it contains deodorized naphtha, carnauba wax, microcrystalline wax, and paraffin.

Forrest

Could be, Forrest. I bought 5 rings several years ago and am still using the first one. I think mine are bee's wax. The wife want's to know when I'm taking the other four out of the beer fridge on the back porch.
I think the new ones are a hodgepodge of assorted petro oils/waxes, including paraffin, with the possibility of some reused wax in there.
At any rate, they are inexpensive and work well.
BTW, Paraffin is also a petroleum product.

forrestb wrote:I can't quote a source but I remember reading that those toilet wax rings used to be made from beeswax but now are made with a petroleum-based product.

SC Johnson says it contains deodorized naphtha, carnauba wax, microcrystalline wax, and paraffin.

Forrest

Sorry! I didn't mean to imply that a petroleum-based product instead of beeswax was a problem. I just could not find anything to tell me that they didn't include silicone in the revised versions.

Knowing the JPW ingredients do not include silicone was my point since silicone is known to affect finishes and shouldn't be on anything that touches your project wood.

Forrest

I appreciate all the comments but for the moment I am not going to put anything on my cross cut sled and outfeed table.

I am too busy trying to recover the side table that I just got through putting a finish on. It came out horrible. I may end up scrapping it rather than trying to finish it. I used a polyurethane stain and finish. It has bubbles, brush marks, dull spots and drip line (runs). I must have done everything wrong that can be done.

anmius wrote:Shellac with a coat of Johnson's Paste wax. Fast and easy.

I do the same thing. I use standard shellac (cut to a 2 lb mix ) - couple of coats with a quick rub with fine steel wool between coats and then a finish coat of Johnson's Paste Wax.