Vonax Polishing Compound

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Cheers... dunno what fatty acids are going to do to Yew and such like, although it does say it can be used for wood.
Wassa fatty acid eh mister eh? eh?
Here's a detail pic of my latest, the vonax works well on horn, Mother of Pearl and the wood, but I clean the wood and then use Danish oil, maybe it's a waste of time and I could just go with the Vonax?

Del

Freely translated, lanolin.

Very freely translated [you should probably ask for a refund ]

more like oil

Fatty Acid

I wouldn't skip your Danish oil, that really penetrates and also dries completely. Whereas the heavy waxes are okay for a final buff, you don't want to use much, or it will be greasy to touch and pick up dust and dirt. Whereas a light coat will just wear off pretty quickly and you have no protection for the wood at all.

I recently tried this Renwax stuff, only a tiny amount is used to add an extra protection to metal, wood, just about anything you want to keep unchanged and pristine. I'm impressed with it so far - nice, hard, nongreasy and resists fingerprints as well as dust etc. So it is claimed. This would also be applied after the Danish oil, not stand alone.

Of course it's not an animal product like beeswax or lanolin. It's a microcrystalline wax made from fossils, ha ha (we also call that petroleum). Pretty smelly in the jar but that dissipates very quickly and completely - it dries in a flash.

Cheers, it looks good, but is a bit pricey (for a cheapskate like me).
A while back someone asked me where I bought my wood, I said
" Hmmm 'buy'? sorry, I don't understand the word"
Thanks for the advice/explanation.
Del

This could very well explain the mysterious disappearance of the Kew Gardens Yews..........YEW THIEF!

_{Tried any marine based finishes? Pricey but well worth putting on to your stuff. I use} http://www.epifanes.com/. Elastic type finishes sort of accomodate boat bending.

That's a nice looking bow, Del.

Cheers, English Yew 70.5" long (it's for a short guy) 60 pounds draw weight at 28".
Shoots hard and fast.
Del

You bow has no wheels.

Nope, those trainer wheels are for sissies.
Del

Yew Thief?

There was a hockey team from the Yew public house, called themselves the 'Anchors', whose supporters were asked, at the Blackpool Hockey Festival, not to shout for them:

'Yew Anchors..Yew Anchors'

I agree with keeping on with the Danish oil, like linseed on a cricket bat, I think it replaces any moisture that is lost from the wood with itself, and this improves the strength of the wood.