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.

If more than one coat is desired wait two days between applications. One with turpentine is the best thing for polishing bare wood. It is guaranteed to make you fall back in love with your antique wooden furniture wooden salad bowls and wooden cutting boards. Apply the polish with a clean cloth and rub in small circles.

This recipe was taught to me by both the furniture makers at colonial williamsburg and the frontier culture museum. Remove wax from heat and stir in turpentine or mineral spirits. Joshua farnsworth shows how to mix melted beeswax boiled linseed oil and turpentine to create a lovely historic wood finish and furniture polish. A beautifully scented and natural beeswax furniture polish suitable for most wood types.

It is a light polish and may need to be applied more often than some other wood protectors. It restores shine and gloss improving colour and adding an immeasurable amount of. It s easy to make incredibly inexpensive and yields beautiful results. This beeswax furniture polish is really quite miraculous.

By which i mean wood that has not been varnished or lacquered. 150g 2 3 cup beeswax. Homemade eucalyptus furniture polish. How to make a historic beeswax oil turpentine furniture polish finish.

Makes about 3 2 3 cups. The jojoba oil and beeswax help condition the wood and create a protective barrier. Lemon oil also conditions the wood and helps create the perfect shine. Here s how to make your own furniture polish at home.

Turn cloth as it becomes dirty. We produce natural beeswax polish beeswax sticks and other products in the traditional and natural way. There are many recipes for making your own beeswax polish. Traditional beeswax furniture polish seals the wood and offers protection from moisture and sun.

In this video i make my own home made wood finishing oil wax finish also known as paste wax furniture polish or beeswax polish. 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. Any good furniture restorer or antiques expert will tell you that beeswax furniture polish from a traditional recipe i e. Allow polish to dry then buff with clean cloth.

600g 3 cups olive oil 30 drops anti oxidant such as clear grapefruit seed extract or vitamin e optional.