Traditional Beeswax Furniture Polish Recipe
The first step to make this beeswax furniture polish is to start melting some refined beeswax in a double boiler setup.
Traditional beeswax furniture polish recipe. This beeswax furniture polish is really quite miraculous. 1 cup jojoba oil. We produce natural beeswax polish beeswax sticks and other products in the traditional and natural way. It restores shine and gloss improving colour and adding an immeasurable amount of.
Eucalyptus oil smells great and it has anti microbial properties. One with turpentine is the best thing for polishing bare wood. 600g 3 cups olive oil 30 drops anti oxidant such as clear grapefruit seed extract or vitamin e optional. Joshua farnsworth shows how to mix melted beeswax boiled linseed oil and turpentine to create a lovely historic wood finish and furniture polish.
In this video i make my own home made wood finishing oil wax finish also known as paste wax furniture polish or beeswax polish. Remove wax from heat and stir in turpentine or mineral spirits. Turn cloth as it becomes dirty. Homemade eucalyptus furniture polish.
150g 2 3 cup beeswax. This recipe was taught to me by both the furniture makers at colonial williamsburg and the frontier culture museum. We are guardians of an original 19th century victorian recipe for beeswax furniture polish handed down to us by adrian perkins who discovered it in 1979. Natural beeswax furniture polish.
It s easy to make incredibly inexpensive and yields beautiful results. Allow polish to dry then buff with clean cloth. There are many recipes for making your own beeswax polish. It is a light polish and may need to be applied more often than some other wood protectors.
Apply the polish with a clean cloth and rub in small circles. Makes about 3 2 3 cups. Traditional beeswax furniture polish seals the wood and offers protection from moisture and sun. How to make a historic beeswax oil turpentine furniture polish finish.
The jojoba oil and beeswax help condition the wood and create a protective barrier. By which i mean wood that has not been varnished or lacquered. If more than one coat is desired wait two days between applications. It is guaranteed to make you fall back in love with your antique wooden furniture wooden salad bowls and wooden cutting boards.
Any good furniture restorer or antiques expert will tell you that beeswax furniture polish from a traditional recipe i e.