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Stopped using furniture polish ages ago and now I just wet wipe with a damp cloth and if necessary polish with a dry microfibre cloth...#6 of the SKI-ers Club :j
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Another damp wiper here
It came from my nursery nurse training some hmmmm 20 years ago.
Now i use dry microfibre cloths for abit of buff tooI love microfibre cloths
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Damp wipe, then once a month or so polish with olive oil mixed with an equal quantity of lemon juice.0
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I also use olive oil and lemon juice0
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olive oil? really? am i being a bit thick? doesnt olive oil dry sticky & sort of trap dirt?0
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Beeswax. Now that sounds like I'd like to use that. Where is it on sale? It's not OFTEN I get to go to the National Trust shops. Any chance of finding it in Wilkos?0 -
Would the olive oil/lemon juice combo work on my "oil finished" pine? I have been wondering what to use.. (Damp dusted so far)0
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oops. pressed reply when i didntr mean to!
Beeswax. Now that sounds like I'd like to use that. Where is it on sale? It's not OFTEN I get to go to the National Trust shops. Any chance of finding it in Wilkos?
You SHOULD find it in a tin in your local supermarket (like a big tin of Kiwi) or online try http://www.honeyshop.co.uk/wax.html
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Hi OldStylers ...
I have hunted around on here for this but with no joy ...
Could anybody please help with a 'recipe' for a home made furniture polish / spray / cleaner ... ? ... I have lots of real wood to clean but no french polished surfaces ... something I could load up my old spray bottles with would be great ... I have used the Method one in the past ... but it is sooooo expensive ... and then you're left with a pretty but empty (another one) bottle
If anyone could help I would be most grateful ...
LittleDustyBill .. :^)LittleBill ... "The riches of a man can be measured by what he can do without"0 -
A lot of people on here myself included dont' use spray have you tried damp dusting it works better as it gets rid of the dust rather than moves it around. I use a microfibre cloth but you could use a jeyes cloth and squeeze all the water out til its damp and them sweep over surface. I was a little sceptical at first especially as we have waxed pine furniture and I didn't want to get it wet but its fine and the dust can then be washed away rather that re-circulated.0
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