Hearing @dakota_hunt's story makes me think of my neighbor's patio chairs. He left them uncovered all winter and the fabric faded bad. What do you do to protect outdoor stuff from weather?

Hard terms just push people away. Make it clear so anyone gets it. Less confusion means fewer problems later.

Notice how we automatically think kids can't handle real tools. Get her proper safety gear and supervised lessons, she'll probably amaze everyone. Weird how society pushes plastic toys but acts shocked when a kid wants to build actual things.

Chunk of concrete? We once pulled a bike frame from a screen.

But doesn't wax just gunk everything up over time? I've always just used a dry bar of soap on the wood runners, the plain kind. It works the same way but doesn't collect dust and dirt like wax does, so you aren't dealing with a bigger mess later. Why add a problem you'll have to clean up?