This is the final installment of the Anarchist’s Gift Guide 2023 – tomorrow, it’s back to our regular programming.
Buffing Kit for Wax
From the automotive world comes this incredibly useful buffing kit. I put the pads on my random-orbit sander to buff out wax on tabletops and the like, and the pads makes life so much easier. These have hook-and-loop backing so they go right on the sander. I use the tool at a slow speed and buff out Renaissance wax and our Soft Wax. Sad part: I couldn’t find a good local source, so I had to go to Amazon for this one.
Can you give us specifics about which pads you use for each stage. This certainly sounds easier than hand buffing, but the last thing I want to do is gum up the wax and make it worse.
I use the white pad to apply wax. Then I buff with the black and then finish with the Tribble.
Thanks.
“The Trouble Finishing With Tribbles”?
Sounds like a new episode of “Star Trek: The Woodworking Generation – Finishing in the Delta Quadrant”.
(Yeah, it’s absolutely the nerdiest answer that I’ve ever made in response to just about anything but, WTH, YOLO, and it demanded a nerdy answer….)
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Hooray for Amazon I say. I actually like knowing the status of my order and receiving it in a day or 2. Sometimes the same day. And returning things at my local Kohls store if the product doesn’t meet my expectations. Amazon is a great American success story and no cause for shame.
They’ve put their many boots on plenty of necks to get to where they are, some of those necks not dissimilar to LAP’s. Anyway, expecting a self avowed anarchist running a small business to be thrilled with Amazon is probably quite a long stretch.
Good points all, but anyone who uses Amazon in a pinch can’t be all that sincere in their convictions. Thanks for your reply Pete.
Thanks for doing the Gift Guide again. I always look forward to it.
Off topic: Couldn’t help but notice the tsunami of quality content uploaded over on the LAP YouTube channel. That’s a lot of knowledge, experience and effort, and it’s very generous of you to share it so freely. Chapeau!
Thanks for the heads up on the new YouTube content. There sure is a lot of great stuff there. I was just watching The Packing Box, one of Thomas’ projects in The Joiner and Cabinetmaker. Excellent. It’s a savvy move too. Content makers can easily pull in a hundred grand a year from a busy YouTube channel with quality content like LAP creates.
Harbor Freight now seems to stock a pretty good assortment of buffing products for the auto industry. And they seem to be everywhere. If you prefer to shop small try to find your local automotive paint supplier, they always have these things in stock.
Also I would trow in my thoughts that the 3″ mini buffer by someone like Milwaukee in their M12 battery line are very nice for buffing into tight areas.
I have a Makita non-variable speed ROS. Would that be too fast for buffing out soft wax on a tabletop (for example)?
Nope. That’s exactly what I used.
Thanks!
Useful for black bison wax on white oak?
Not needed, really. The black bison is a very thin wax.
Wondering about some additional detail on how Chris uses these? Which ones, what order etc? Do not remember any guidance in LAP books on the art of using wax.