Any ideas on removing sealing wax on a piece of wood?
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Sealing wax removal
- Thread starter Peter D'Attomo
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I’ve succumbed to using a belt sander with a dedicated 60 grit belt. I got tired of scraping.
It’s always come off pretty easy for me with the bowl gouge 
I would use a lathe and a gouge, so I am obviously missing some nuance. Please enlighten me. Thank you in advance for the education.
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Bandsaw and then bowl gouge.
I also remove it on the lathe.
Brian Horais
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I sometimes need to remove the wax from the ends of a piece to glue on a sacrificial block for some of my multi-axis turning. When I do this I have found that a sturdy putty knife will remove the majority of the way. Following up with a little sandpaper exposes the grain so I can glue on the blocks.
If you are concerned about removing the wax on the turned surfaces, I agree with the other comments - just remove it on the lathe with your tool of choice.
Handheld electric planer works great on any of the flat sides, and there’s no rollers to get messed up with wax.
A hand plane set to thin shaving. Skim cut with bandsaw or compound miter saw.
putty knife and heat gun, then to the lathe.
Thank you all for your insight. Happy turnings!
You need to give us a little bit more info, Peter. Are you suggesting that you would like to remove the wax before turning? If so, there is no need to remove any wax...go ahead and turn it off on the lathe.