Help !

[Cartouche]

Hello everybody !

I am a furniture maker in Hardwick Massachusetts.
For years I have been using Goddard's cabinet makers wax (in the flat tin), this is an excellent product and I have tried to replace it with what is currently available on the market here because it appears that it's no longer produced.
What I was able to find was not satisfactory to me.

Is it still available in the UK ? If it is, where ca I buy it ?
If it is indeed true that it is no longer produced, what would you recommend to replace it ?

I thank you in advance for your help,

Aurelio Bolognesi

 

[RobinBHM]

Hi Aurelio,

I dont know the answer to your question but welcome to the forum 8)

 

[Phil Pascoe]

It's on Amazon priced in $US.

 

[nev]

a quick google gets the following

http://www.goddards.com/html/products/p ... .php?id=78

http://www.thefurnitureconnoisseur.com/ ... s-Wax.html

http://www.hofcraft.com/goddards-furnit ... leaner.htm

 

[marcros]

It also gets this

http://www.shellac.net/wax-care.html

Which says good luck with finding some new old stock!

 

[Cartouche]

Thank you for your replies,

What I am looking for is the wax that comes in a flat tin.
The one with the same name, in a plastic jar, is totally unacceptable, it dries white.
I used it on some teak benches and the grain was filled with the white residue, a disaster ! I had to wash the entire work and start over.
One could say that I shoul have done a test first, but ...

Thanks again,

A.B.

 

[mrpercysnodgrass]

Hi Aurelio
It seems as though they have stopped making it but these people in the USA may still have some http://www.hofcraft.com/goddards-furnit ... leaner.htm
If you cannot get any more of this wax you may want to consider a microcrystalline wax which was developed for The British Museum in the 1950's and is excellent. http://www.amazon.com/Liter-Renaissance ... alline+wax

 

[CHJ]

The Chestnut Microcrystalline should also be available in the USA and somewhat cheaper,

It was featured recently here with a stockist link:- http://www.woodturningonline.com/

 

[Cartouche]

Thank you all,

I will try the microcrystalline.

A.B.