Welding Tips and Tricks

Good evening everyone. Topic concerns fabricating furniture for the man caves. Material would include 11ga A36 tubing. After the finish work (sanding/polishing) is completed what does everyone use to protect the steel from spills, moisture marks from fingerprints, etc.? Car wax, some type of light oil?

Thanks

Clear Polly in a rattle can.

I've used Johnson's paste wax, car wax (not as nice a finish in my opinion), also have blackened and then waxed or clear coated. I've also colored with heat to bring out color and then clear coated. As always, pre-clean with acetone before waxing or clear coating.

That reminds me I’ve used Minwax furniture paste wax too.