Johnson's paste wax. Home depot

I use beeswax that you can buy in somthing that looks like a shampoo bottle. It is made to protect bows and polishes em good too!

I use BriWax (carnuba and beeswax) and leave it dabbed on thick during the hunting season to cut glare.  In the spring I buff it shiney with a cotton rag.  Fills scratches, too.

I use Rustic Pine on my lighter bows and black (Ebony) on my dark ones.

http://www.briwaxwoodcare.com/?gclid=CLze4tTj47wCFUcaOgodWgwA_w

I have been using this product for a few years cleans waxes and feeds the wood.

  http://www.howardproducts.com/prod-feed-n-wax.php

Pat

I wax my bows too. I use turtle wax and buff them out .
I also wax my wood arrows

Watch out when you wax the hand grip area, it could cause some slipperiness you may not be ready for when the turkey comes into range.
ChuckC

I've done this BUT watch out on recurve , when I was useing a bow stringer with the rubber wedge it would not stick to the limb. Sure made a  challenge to get the string off.

QuoteOriginally posted by oldgoat:
I've done this BUT watch out on recurve , when I was useing a bow stringer with the rubber wedge it would not stick to the limb. Sure made a  challenge to get the string off.

Good observation.  With the Selway Stringer I use you have to keep a firm thumb pressure towards the limb tip on the "slider" end of the stringer or it will come in fast.  But then you're supposed to anyway.

I use Butchers Wax. I started using it on my home made bows, and carried it over to all my bows. I feel a little better about getting the bow wet with the wax on it.
Is it necessary? I don't know, but like someone said earlier  'it can't hurt'

I only wax or seal my selfbows.....unless you have hunted with DEET on hands and it ate away your finish on your glass backed bows riser or limbs...not sure why you would need to wax them as it is not likely to wear out for years and years under normal use.

I just trust the finish on bows unless I have reason to believe otherwise....and only had to do it once in 20+ years and it was directly related to bug juice on hands and face eating finish.  Sanded and resprayed with varathane....

I dont want my bows too shiny or too slippery.... LOL

I never heard if it till I got a minor chip in my riser and was told that wax would fill it in and protect bow!  I use Johnson

Take care of your equipment and it will take care of you. A little wax, applied with care, will do nothing but protect and add to the value of your bow. My bud, "Ric O'Shay", purchased a bow off this site a few months back. When it arrived at his home he did a quick double take. Before long, and with very little effort, the bow looked like new. The previous owner was shocked when he saw it on a recent post. Now its hanging on my buds rack and I drool over it every time I enter his man cave. Every time I go over there I come away a little lighter in the pocket. Ha! Ha!

Does it give off an odor that could warn a deer?

I only wax my bow if I'm going to spray paint it.  I spray paint over wax that hasn't been rubbed out.  The paint sticks to the wax but not the bow.  With a little heat, the paint will just rub off leaving the original pristine finish on my bows...tippit

QuoteOriginally posted by awbowman:
Does it give off an odor that could warn a deer?

I didn't notice any appreciable odor at all.

QuoteOriginally posted by tippit:
I only wax my bow if I'm going to spray paint it.  I spray paint over wax that hasn't been rubbed out.  The paint sticks to the wax but not the bow.  With a little heat, the paint will just rub off leaving the original pristine finish on my bows...tippit

What kind of spray paint do you use? I would feel sick and nervous spraying my bow with paint.   :eek:

I wax both my selfbows and fiberglass bows once or twice a yr. My reasoning is that with normal use you can get dings in the finish and wax helps to keep any of these dings sealed from moisture. I use johnsons paste wax.

Dennis,
I use regular spray paint in light puffs not completely covering the limbs just to add a shadow like appearance.  If you hit with too much paint it will be shiny just a mist from a distance.  It doesn't make any difference what paint you use as it is only sticking to a layer of wax.  Just make sure to wax the limbs well and don't buff off.  By using a hair dryer on the low setting, the wax softens and is easy to rub off with paper towels...tippit

Light tan puffs in a shadow like pattern over waxed black glass to take shine off limbs...


   

Dean Torges uses just paraffin for a finish on some of his hunting selfbows.  It really protects and is easy to touch up in the field...tippit

yeah understand selfbows completely...do it myself.  just never worried about with my glass bows