take paste wax off?

todd

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i'm going to poly some of my rifles. (3 poly:1 mineral spirits) i need to take the Johnsons' paste wax off and keep the minwax antique oil on. what do i use?
 

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Mineral spirits and 0000 steel wool is what I use to clean rifle wood, prior to refinishing. I quit Tru-Oil after being turned on to Tried and True, and have used it to refinish four rifles recently.
 

fiver

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mineral spirits will for sure break it down.
JPW has a solvent carrier in it, that's what evaporates and lets the wax do it's thing.
pretty sure that solvent is mineral spirits.
even if it ain't, JPW is mostly parrafin wax which is mineral oil wax..