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.

Traditional beeswax furniture polish seals the wood and offers protection from moisture and sun. It is a light polish and may need to be applied more often than some other wood protectors. Lemon oil also conditions the wood and helps create the perfect shine. A beautifully scented and natural beeswax furniture polish suitable for most wood types.

150g 2 3 cup beeswax. Makes about 3 2 3 cups. Here s how to make your own furniture polish at home. How to make a historic beeswax oil turpentine furniture polish finish.

600g 3 cups olive oil 30 drops anti oxidant such as clear grapefruit seed extract or vitamin e optional. 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. Joshua farnsworth shows how to mix melted beeswax boiled linseed oil and turpentine to create a lovely historic wood finish and furniture polish.

Natural beeswax furniture polish. Remove wax from heat and stir in turpentine or mineral spirits. Allow polish to dry then buff with clean cloth. The jojoba oil and beeswax help condition the wood and create a protective barrier.

Eucalyptus oil smells great and it has anti microbial properties. It s easy to make incredibly inexpensive and yields beautiful results. 1 cup jojoba oil. This recipe was taught to me by both the furniture makers at colonial williamsburg and the frontier culture museum.

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. We produce natural beeswax polish beeswax sticks and other products in the traditional and natural way. Homemade eucalyptus furniture 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. This beeswax furniture polish is really quite miraculous. There are many recipes for making your own beeswax polish. One with turpentine is the best thing for polishing bare wood.

It restores shine and gloss improving colour and adding an immeasurable amount of.