Howard's "Feed-N-Wax"

[GregT]

If you want to put something on your gunstocks to make them look nice and bring the wood "back to life", this beeswax and orange oil is quite the stuff. I also use it on the entire gun, metal parts included, as once it is on and dry, you can handle the gun time and again and not even leave a finger print! Also, if you have some of your rifles displayed in the open on a wall or in a rack, you know they collect dust. With Howard's on the gun, all I do every so often is take my air compressor and blow the dust off, go over the gun with a soft cloth and the shine comes back! If you get gun solvent on the gun after you have Howards in place, you will have to re-apply Howard's at that spot as you will find that solvent takes the stuff off. Howard's is marked on the bottle as a preservative, but it does not leave any white remains in lettering or engraving when it dries. I write this only because it has worked for me for years and I just got done doing the Model 39-A Mountie and the Model 1895 Marlins I just 'found'. I bet you could even shine up your dog with this stuff! (Or, your wife, if she has gotten dull over the years!) Just kidding...! You can find this at most good Hardware Stores or antique shops.
GregT

[jdad]

Been using it for years.

[jnyork]

Good stuff.

[J Miller]

I got a bottle for my sewing machine cabinets. Never thought of using it on rifle stocks.

Joe

[olyinaz]

Does it build up a varnish over time on metal? I've used it for years on wood - love it.

Oly

[Ji in Hawaii]

Been using it for years.

Same here, discovered the stuff 15 years ago for my woodturnings, and have been applying on my oil finished wood stocks as well as on my 'ukulele fret boards, smells great with the orange oil. Nice too that it's basically bee's-wax and mineral oil combined so no varnish build up like drying oils do if applied to liberally.