Holy cow all you guys hording your single can of half used Johnson's wax are the very reason they stopped making it.
It was so darn good at being a wax and working as advertised that nobody wanted to use it up. Sales dropped, profits went away all the while the company thought nobody liked the product,. The irony while we all treated it like the goose that laid the golden eggs the company shot the goose.
Thanks to all you guys out there with your darn half cans I am going to start locking my half used can in a safe.
On a brighter note and from all the tears happening here maybe we all could send something to Johnson & Johnson to fire up this product again.
It could go something like this get a stamp and stop the rust !!!!!!
calabrese55
Dear Johnson & Johnson
You may not be aware that the discontinuance of the finest woodworking product ever made is causing rivers of tears in the woodworking communities. That product was the gold you placed in a yellow tub and labeled it SC Johnson Paste Wax. For years we , the woodworking community, cherished Johnson's Paste Wax as the very best rust protector of our cast iron tool surfaces. Additionally the side benefit while it protected against rust it allowed us to slide countless board feet of lumber across our tools like a sled on snow.
At this very moment woodworkers around America and maybe the world are locking away half used cans of your wonderful wax. On line selling venues are posting used cans of that canned gold at nearly $100.00 .
We the woodworking community ask you to reconsider your decision to eliminate this product from our shops, garages and basements.
A resurrection renamed SC Johnson's Woodworkers Wax could be the move of the century. Think about the fact that many woodworkers are hording half cans of this golden product in reserve as we search for a replacement with equal performance. We tell you now that product of equality simply does not exist.
A return to production with a new focus, produced in half sized cans, and at the same price point of the original full size can could be a a notable and successful stroke of commercial genius.
With the vast community of woodworkers in the USA and possibly around the world lamenting over the loss of this product the opportunity to have a win win may truly exist.
Thank you for your great wax and please consider a resurrection for this woodworkers gold in a can.