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Title: Butcher's Wax
Post by: WildmanSC on July 15, 2008, 09:42:00 AM
Anybody use Butcher's Wax on their bows?  I bought a pound of it and I'm going to try it on my bows.

Bill
Title: Re: Butcher's Wax
Post by: Deadsmple on July 15, 2008, 10:49:00 AM
Bill,
are you talking about Butcher's Wax?
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If so, yes I've been using this stuff for years. I have not found anything more economical or easier to use that protects my bows this well.
Title: Re: Butcher's Wax
Post by: WildmanSC on July 15, 2008, 11:17:00 AM
Vaughn,

Yes, I'm talking about Butcher's Wax.  I guess Butch's Wax is what you would use on a flat top!     ;)      :)  

Bill
Title: Re: Butcher's Wax
Post by: SteveMcD on July 15, 2008, 11:29:00 AM
I've been using it for years on my bows.
Title: Re: Butcher's Wax
Post by: Bob G on July 15, 2008, 12:14:00 PM
Where do you find it?
Title: Re: Butcher's Wax
Post by: WildmanSC on July 15, 2008, 12:29:00 PM
I did a Google search and bought it off the internet.  There's several different kinds.  It's actually bowling alley wax.  I'm not sure whether I would want to use one of the styles they offer.  It says it cures to a hardened finish.  I don't know that I would want that on the limbs of my bows.

Here's a link to the company I bought it from.  I bought the clear wax.  I was afraid the amber would change the appearance of the woods in my bows.

http://www.bwccompany.com/

Bill
Title: Re: Butcher's Wax
Post by: SteveMcD on July 15, 2008, 01:04:00 PM
Home Depot carries it too.
Title: Re: Butcher's Wax
Post by: Jeremy on July 15, 2008, 01:22:00 PM
Bill, all of them cure to a hard finish.  It's good stuff.  I like it better than the Minwax paste wax, but I couldn't find the stuff last time I needed to buy it
Title: Re: Butcher's Wax
Post by: WildmanSC on July 15, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Jeremy:
Bill, all of them cure to a hard finish.  It's good stuff.  I like it better than the Minwax paste wax, but I couldn't find the stuff last time I needed to buy it
Jeremy,

So the hardening of the wax causes no problems with limb action?  Do you apply a thin coat?

Bill
Title: Re: Butcher's Wax
Post by: Deadsmple on July 15, 2008, 01:34:00 PM
Bill,
the hardening does not effect the limbs at all. Yes thin coats. I usually do about 3-4 coats buffing between coats.
Title: Re: Butcher's Wax
Post by: M60gunner on July 15, 2008, 02:31:00 PM
Have you all tried it on wood arrows? I like to wax my woodies to make them easier to pull from some 3-D's and pratice bales. I use minwax now but it is only good for a few shots.