Anybody wax your splitter ?

[Pallet Pete]

So I have been restoring my splitter and to date it looks down right sexy ! Do any of you wax your splitters to keep them nice ? Pros & Cons to this ?

Pete

 

[Bret Chase]

I will wax the I beam where the wedge slides.... just like I wax the top of my table saw.... but that's about it..

 

[thewoodlands]

So I have been restoring my splitter and to date it looks down right sexy ! Do any of you wax your splitters to keep them nice ? Pros & Cons to this ?

Pete

Is the beam growing some hair?

 

[Bret Chase]

are you asking me, Zap?

 

[thewoodlands]

No, Pete.

 

[Pallet Pete]

Haha I am a bit anal about taking care of things once there fixed up. I wax my car why not the splitter lol.

Pete

 

[thewoodlands]

Haha I am a bit anal about taking care of things once there fixed up. I wax my car why not the splitter lol.

Pete

It's the first I heard of waxing the beam.

 

[firefighterjake]

It's the first I heard of waxing the beam.

I don't care whatever you kids call it this day . . . but I tell ya you'll grow blind if you do it too often.

 

[gzecc]

I don't care whatever you kids call it this day . . . but I tell ya you'll grow blind if you do it too often.

Just do it till you need glasses.

 

[clemsonfor]

my wood cutting budy pours oil on the beam where the wedge slides, but no wax.

 

[thewoodlands]

my wood cutting budy pours oil on the beam where the wedge slides, but no wax.

I use the Canola Oil for the beam that I run for bar oil too.

 

[lukem]

I will wax the I beam where the wedge slides.... just like I wax the top of my table saw.... but that's about it..

Same here. Johson's paste wax on any bare metal that needs to stay bare. I usually wax the splitter before it goes dormant for the summer.

 

[Jags]

I wax my car why not the splitter lol.

Pete

Ummm...some things are just better off left un-said.

 

[Pallet Pete]

Well I think once the enamel is fully cured I am waxing it to help keep the oil tank and beam clean maybe ill even power wash it every week like my car and slam a PBR while I do it lol.

Pete

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I've never waxed ours and 20 years later it still looks good. If you do wax, I'd wait 3-6 months before waxing it though.

 

[iskiatomic]

and slam a PBR while I do it lol.

Now you have my attention

KC

 

[BrotherBart]

Don't forget to undercoat it.

 

[Pallet Pete]

Don't forget to undercoat it.

I like this idea !

Pete

 

[infinitymike]

Just do it till you need glasses.

OH...is that why I have to squint when reading these posts

 

[Ashful]

Same here. Johson's paste wax on any bare metal that needs to stay bare. I usually wax the splitter before it goes dormant for the summer.

Dormant? I split a cord today! I think that makes 3 cords this week.

<-- working on 2015 wood this week

 

[lukem]

Dormant? I split a cord today! I think that makes 3 cords this week.

<-- working on 2015 wood this week

I already have my 2016 wood. I don't split when its hot.

 

[Ashful]

Well, good for you! Only two seasons in, and using more than 6 cords each year, I'm still trying to get ahead! Almost finished my 2015 wood, and have about 8-9 cords of rounds stacked waiting to be split for 2016.