Originally posted by RPM
<br />As a pen turner that is interested in the best possible products for my work, I can only say, given the testimonials for TSW, if you don't have a pen in your pocket every day checking out the new stuff yourself, I've got some buggy whips for you. Not a flame and not saying what product is better, you owe it to yourself and your customers to test it yourself. Don't wait for me or the others to test it. If you have not checked yourself, you have not checked it. This is true for Ren wax, TSW or Super Pen Slime 3000. The comments you see here, if consistent, should prompt you to get some, try it and make your own determinations. I think that in the context of this forum, being a naysayer is only appropriate if you have directly experienced a negative result. Please no flames, just a suggestion. We as a collective body have a unique opportunity to do some large scale testing of products among ourselves in a rapid manner. This is for the collective good and should not be subject to prejudices or product loyalties. Thank you for putting up with my comment.
Richard
Richard,
If you had read the links I provided, you would have noticed that all of the waxes prior to Ren Wax were based on either beeswax, or Carnauba Wax. Here is a direct quote:
"How, RENAISSANCE Wax,
the "Perfect Wax" was created:
Prior to 1950, the only polishes available were based on beeswax and carnuba wax. Unfortunately, these natural, saponifiable products could cause damage when acids arose spontaneously through oxidation or hydrolysis."
Short term results mean little to me.
This is another quote from the same site.
"no "polish smell;" no added fragrance to endanger substrate material."
http://www.woodfinishsupply.com/RenWax.html
I noticed the "new and improved" TSW description has this notation.
"You may notice that the coconut smell is less pronounced."
I still am not sold on TSW. I don't think that I want to submit my finished work to experimentation at this point. After all, if this stuff was so good to start with, why was there a reformulation?
I will stay with Ren Wax for now.
And Wayne,
To answer your question as to why I was expecting flames to my post...the last time I questioned something about TSW, somebody had a major meltdown, announced that he was leaving for a while...and the town lit up like I was the last witch in the neighborhood.
That was not at all what I expected. I own a business myself, and I am always more than happy to answer any question about what I make, or how I conduct my business matters.