On Sep 24, 2:10*pm, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:54:32 -0500, woodstuff wrote:
For that matter, many people have luck with [insert your favorite brand]
paste wax ... provided it does NOT contain silicons (which mess with
whatever finish you'd later apply).

Since I sand *after* cutting the pieces, silicone isn't a problem. *Isn't
that the usual sequence?


Sure.

I suspect there's a question about how far a silicon might penetrate
into the wood, and whether your sanding will remove ALL of it, though.

Sincere there are a boatload of good waxes, for woodworking use, that
do not have silicon in them, it might be better to look at it (using a
wax that contains silicon) as ... some risk, very little reward.

This is one of those "conventional wisdom" issues. It seems
consistent across LOTS of websites. It also sounds intuitively
reasonable to me.

But .... I don't know it to be The Gospel ;-)