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Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:56 pm**

How often do you wax?

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:15 pm**

heathicus wrote:How often do you wax?

I don't have a real firm schedule for cleaning and waxing but I would say I wax no less than 6 times a year.

I clean out the headstock any time I do any heavy work or if I make more than a few cuts in MDF. That stuff gets deep into everything.

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:19 pm**

I usually clean and wax after every project. And maybe a couple times while it's going on. Like when I start getting black marks on the wood. I'll wax it when I'm done for the day and let it dry overnight before I buff it out.

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:32 pm**

beeg wrote:I usually clean and wax after every project. And maybe a couple times while it's going on. Like when I start getting black marks on the wood. I'll wax it when I'm done for the day and let it dry overnight before I buff it out.

OK beeg, what branch were you in?

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:02 pm**

heathicus wrote:How often do you wax?

I wax not as often as I should, but that said; I wax whenever I find wood is no longer sliding as easily as before - OR - when ever black marks appear on the work piece(s).

I use my shop and Shopsmith about 250 days of each year and use a can of wax about once a year. So the direct answer to you question is "often".

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