Traditional Beeswax Furniture Polish Recipe

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Traditional beeswax furniture polish recipe.

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. It restores shine and gloss improving colour and adding an immeasurable amount of. Homemade eucalyptus furniture polish. 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. This recipe was taught to me by both the furniture makers at colonial williamsburg and the frontier culture museum. Here s how to make your own furniture polish at home. Makes about 3 2 3 cups.

Apply the polish with a clean cloth and rub in small circles. 1 cup jojoba oil. A beautifully scented and natural beeswax furniture polish suitable for most wood types. Traditional beeswax furniture polish seals the wood and offers protection from moisture and sun.

150g 2 3 cup beeswax. Natural beeswax furniture polish. Turn cloth as it becomes dirty. Joshua farnsworth shows how to mix melted beeswax boiled linseed oil and turpentine to create a lovely historic wood finish and furniture polish.

Lemon oil also conditions the wood and helps create the perfect shine. The first step to make this beeswax furniture polish is to start melting some refined beeswax in a double boiler setup. There are many recipes for making your own beeswax polish. One with turpentine is the best thing for polishing bare wood.

It s easy to make incredibly inexpensive and yields beautiful results. This beeswax furniture polish is really quite miraculous. How to make a historic beeswax oil turpentine furniture polish finish. If more than one coat is desired wait two days between applications.

In this video i make my own home made wood finishing oil wax finish also known as paste wax furniture polish or beeswax polish. Eucalyptus oil smells great and it has anti microbial properties. 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.

It is guaranteed to make you fall back in love with your antique wooden furniture wooden salad bowls and wooden cutting boards.