Someone on the NitroExpress forum indicated that he hunts his double in SE Alaska everyother year and has had good success weatherproofing by treating his double with wax on all external surfaces. Anybody else use wax?

I use renaissance wax on all my collectible guns, it works incredibly well and really brings out the blueing. It is what they use at the Springfield Armory Museum to preserve and display their firearms according to their curator.

When I hunted Seymore Canal area south of you I used Johnson's Paste Wax for cars. Works well if you put several coats on it.

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Originally posted by GeoffM24:
I use renaissance wax on all my collectible guns, it works incredibly well and really brings out the blueing. It is what they use at the Springfield Armory Museum to preserve and display their firearms according to their curator.

I think renaissance is the name brand the poster recommended.

Renaissance is great for guns and rifles at home, but a good car wax works better in the field.

JPK

I think they were talking about using a good car wax on the metal parts. Maguires works well.

You also need to think about the internal parts. Unless you have had them gold plated, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a competent double rifle gunsmith use Eezox or Microlon to coat all the internal parts. Both products dry well, and I think Micrilon is considered a dry lubricant as well. Something to keep in mind when below freezing temperatures are a possibility.

You could do it yourself, of course, but personally I would not take the chance on screwing something up.

One should probably avoid those car waxes with any trace of silicone, if you ever want to use traditional finishes on that gun again sometime in the future.

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Originally posted by Marrakai:
One should probably avoid those car waxes with any trace of silicone, if you ever want to use traditional finishes on that gun again sometime in the future.

Please explain...

silicon is said to sink into the wood a prevent nominal things from being used over it. Got a friend that sprays lemon pledge all over the gun, metal & all - when he trades one in it usually looks better than when he got it. I haven't tried it, but it's an idea