Traditional Beeswax Furniture Polish Recipe

Here s how to make your own furniture polish at home.

Traditional beeswax furniture polish recipe.

150g 2 3 cup beeswax. Any good furniture restorer or antiques expert will tell you that beeswax furniture polish from a traditional recipe i e. How to make a historic beeswax oil turpentine furniture polish finish. 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. This recipe was taught to me by both the furniture makers at colonial williamsburg and the frontier culture museum. Apply the polish with a clean cloth and rub in small circles. It is guaranteed to make you fall back in love with your antique wooden furniture wooden salad bowls and wooden cutting boards.

One with turpentine is the best thing for polishing bare wood. 1 cup jojoba oil. Makes about 3 2 3 cups. This beeswax furniture polish is really quite miraculous.

Allow polish to dry then buff with clean cloth. If more than one coat is desired wait two days between applications. Natural beeswax furniture polish. By which i mean wood that has not been varnished or lacquered.

Traditional beeswax furniture polish seals the wood and offers protection from moisture and sun. 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. We produce natural beeswax polish beeswax sticks and other products in the traditional and natural way. The first step to make this beeswax furniture polish is to start melting some refined beeswax in a double boiler setup.

Lemon oil also conditions the wood and helps create the perfect shine. It restores shine and gloss improving colour and adding an immeasurable amount of. It is a light polish and may need to be applied more often than some other wood protectors. 600g 3 cups olive oil 30 drops anti oxidant such as clear grapefruit seed extract or vitamin e optional.

There are many recipes for making your own beeswax polish. A beautifully scented and natural beeswax furniture polish suitable for most wood types. It s easy to make incredibly inexpensive and yields beautiful results. The jojoba oil and beeswax help condition the wood and create a protective barrier.

Turn cloth as it becomes dirty.