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Mark Groza
 Post subject: Wax Removal
PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:41 am 
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For those who buy exotic wood that is prewaxed to prevent splitting, how do you remove the wax before building? And if run through a sander, does it clog up the sandpaper and melt into the pores making finishing hard?
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 Post subject: Re: Wax Removal
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Scraper, and yes it makes a mess of the sandpaper on the drum sander.

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 Post subject: Re: Wax Removal
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Naptha can be used. It dries pretty fast too.
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Laurent Brondel
 Post subject: Re: Wax Removal
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Naphtha is not going to remove the wax used to seal end grain.

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Mark Groza
 Post subject: Re: Wax Removal
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So it's not good for sanding.What about finishing? Sounds like it should be cut off before building when just on end grain.Seems like a mess to deal with if it's on the whole board, which i have seen before.
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