**Which car wax works best to protect knives from rust?**

[nonbox]

I have been using militech & sentry solutions marine tuff cloth to protect my knives. Every now and then I read post about people using car wax. Does car wax work better? Which car wax works best to protect knives from rust?

 

[FivePointOhh]

Never heard of using car polish except I have used Blue Magic. But I have read a lot about Ren Wax (Renaissance Wax) that is used by museums.

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[GigOne]

I've heard of car wax being used. . .but can't for the life of me remember the specific brand.

To be honest, I think that "any" car wax will work. They are used to protect the finish on metals and paint. Not sure of the effects on exotic materials though.

I use Ren Wax on damascus/wood/exotic materials. A tin of the stuff is small. . .but goes a "long-long-long" way !

And. . .am an avid fan of Tuf Cloth for my other knives and guns !

 

[bob bowie]

I remember the car wax articles from a few magazines, it was plain old Turtle wax. I used it for a bit on my outdoor knives, can't say it was better, or worse than anything else.

 

[nonbox]

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[Ravenn]

I've used this trick on carbon steel blades. Just clean with denatured alchol, and apply any paste type car wax. a light coat, at first, let dry, and buff. then several sucessive coats. "NO", it is not totally resistant to rust, especially in a salt/acid based solution. But, for general "just wet ' inviorment, it works pretty well.