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True if it's a blended wax with any form of silicone in it. Natural wax blends seem to be OK as long as they are left long enough.

I think it's OK as long as the wax has cured for a few weeks, all the solvents gone.

IWM Duxford staff can be a bit "jobs worth" and they don't own many flying aircraft. But on the site there are other organisations who...

Buy a big plant pot, plant an evergreen shrub, put it in front of the damage. By Spring you will have forgotten all about it (Or one...

And for anyone else reading later, don't ever use one of those jet wash turbo lances with the spinning metal bead in the nozzle on wood...

The SC2 is a nice little chuck, I have one as well as larger ones. I happily turn bowls up to 9 inches with the SC2. There are 2...

Not wanting to deflect the topic but injecting some woodwork. During COP26 in Glasgow I turned one of my windowsill sculptural pieces...

Beech makes nich handles, heavy. Ash is fine, I guess any decent hardwood will do, If it's the kind of hollower with a round shaft the...

That's what I was thinking. If you print it and dab it with water the pattern transfers onto the wood. Then pyrography. If you search...

I think all the coper ones look like that until they get squashed flat. My worry with rubber wouldn't be leakage, it would be getting...

AWGB have, or had, some guidance on their website. In short, guidance was don't do it. Ah, found it...

Wooden vessels mostly fine, not Yew though unless it's for looking at rather than using. Laburnum is toxic too. I leave boards and...

Sorry to hear of your situation. Vodka will be 40%* ethanol, 60% water. Likely to have some sugars and other things in the water bit so...

Sometimes using a releasing fluid then repeatedly tapping the head of the bolt lightly with a hammer can help the fluid run down the...

When a company enters administration the appointed receivers have a legal duty to recover as much money as possible for the creditors...