Anyone still use wax furniture polish?

nuttywoman

I do cos at £1.15 for a fairly biggish tin it lasts ages plus smells nice.
val;)

garret1

Yep, me too.i have alot of unvarnished old wood and wax brings it up well. I usually only just but several times ayear will give all the furniture a treat of good wax. I use Antiquax. A bit pricey but lasts for years.

Prudent

I found a tin in the cupboard the other day. I really can't remember buying it. However it didn't seem dry so maybe I will try it on a book case that is looking a bit tired.

doddsy

I made my own batch a couple of years ago and still using it. A stick of solid beeswax, grated and mixed with some turpentine. You can add an oil like lavender but I didn't have any at the time. Smells lovely (that's when I get round to actually polishing:o :rolleyes: )
doddsy

ocemeer

Where can you get wax or the base ingrediants from, need to wax my internal doors and can't find a source at all

doddsy

I can't remember where I bought the wax, it was from a little souvenier/gift shop that was selling beeswax candles, honey etc. The turpentine came from our local hardware shop.
http://www.thorne.co.uk/candles.htm
I just did a quick google and found this site for info.
doddsy

kittiwoz

My parents have never been big on polishing furniture but my dad keeps bees and they have occasionally used the wax for polish. There is a proper hardware store near where they live that sells blocks of bees wax. It is called Pearson's and is in Chesham (South East) so no good to you, Ocemeer, but other good hardware stores might have it as well. Unfortunately there aren't many good hardware stores left, they've been killed by the evil DIY superstores.

GIRLPOWER_2

This may be a silly question but do you just rub it in like spray polish?

If so how does that work as the block would be hard do you warm it before you use it?

nearlyrich

I have some wax for my real wood desk, I have just ordered a lovely waxed oak cabinet which will also get the wax polish treatment. My previous lounge furniture was all laminate faced MDF which doesn't really need waxing.

stuart264

Its heat generated by the rubbing action of polishing that melts the wax into the wood.......my wooden king size bed looks fantastic but boy is it a swine to Briwax once a month

ocemeer

Have made my 'Wax' with beeswax and turpentine (got beeswax from toolstation in the end) boy is it hard to grate. Flavoured it with lemon oil. If it works am planning to make little pots of different 'flavours' as part of the Christmas hampers this year.

Thanks to everyone for all their help, it was a bit hit and miss on quantities but it seems to be ok.