Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:40 pm
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Specifically, it's called "George's Club House Wax" and is a bees wax that has been double filtered in food grade mineral oil. This should protect the wood handles well for general use each year around the Halloween season. Despite words like "wax" and "oil" the handles are dry to the touch and quite smooth.
When cleaning your handles after carving, a quick wipe with a damp rag should be all you need (but you can remove the metal parts and rinse or soak those in water). You just might want to avoid soaking the wood in soapy water, since that could remove some of the protective finish.
If you ever wanted to give the wood a fresh coating, you could pick up that wax finish (or similar) and give it a recoat by hand, let them sit a while, and give wipe dry with a rag.
Joey, I think you have an older version of the tools, so I can't speak specifically of your situation. But I can tell you that we have starting using a simple food-safe wax wood finish for the last couple years.Joey wrote:One thing I felt I should bring up is when I washed the ZP style handle, it got all dry and rough, whereas the old style has like a varnish or something that keeps it smooth and shiny. Anyone else have this problem
Specifically, it's called "George's Club House Wax" and is a bees wax that has been double filtered in food grade mineral oil. This should protect the wood handles well for general use each year around the Halloween season. Despite words like "wax" and "oil" the handles are dry to the touch and quite smooth.
When cleaning your handles after carving, a quick wipe with a damp rag should be all you need (but you can remove the metal parts and rinse or soak those in water). You just might want to avoid soaking the wood in soapy water, since that could remove some of the protective finish.
If you ever wanted to give the wood a fresh coating, you could pick up that wax finish (or similar) and give it a recoat by hand, let them sit a while, and give wipe dry with a rag.
Last edited by Zombie Pumpkins! on Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:02 pm, edited 4 times in total.