Traditional Beeswax Furniture Polish Recipe

There are many recipes for making your own beeswax polish.

Traditional beeswax furniture polish recipe.

Homemade eucalyptus furniture polish. Remove wax from heat and stir in turpentine or mineral spirits. It is guaranteed to make you fall back in love with your antique wooden furniture wooden salad bowls and wooden cutting boards. If more than one coat is desired wait two days between applications.

Here s how to make your own furniture polish at home. It restores shine and gloss improving colour and adding an immeasurable amount of. The jojoba oil and beeswax help condition the wood and create a protective barrier. Traditional beeswax furniture polish seals the wood and offers protection from moisture and sun.

This beeswax furniture polish is really quite miraculous. 150g 2 3 cup beeswax. 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 produce natural beeswax polish beeswax sticks and other products in the traditional and natural way.

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. Allow polish to dry then buff with clean cloth. 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.

The first step to make this beeswax furniture polish is to start melting some refined beeswax in a double boiler setup. 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. It is a light polish and may need to be applied more often than some other wood protectors.

A beautifully scented and natural beeswax furniture polish suitable for most wood types. Lemon oil also conditions the wood and helps create the perfect shine. Natural beeswax furniture polish. Eucalyptus oil smells great and it has anti microbial properties.

Turn cloth as it becomes dirty. Apply the polish with a clean cloth and rub in small circles. How to make a historic beeswax oil turpentine furniture polish finish. 1 cup jojoba oil.

By which i mean wood that has not been varnished or lacquered.