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  • tanith
    tanith Posts: 8,091 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    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...
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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 too ;) I love microfibre cloths
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  • lindadykes
    lindadykes Posts: 391 Forumite
    Damp wipe, then once a month or so polish with olive oil mixed with an equal quantity of lemon juice.
  • kippers
    kippers Posts: 2,063 Forumite
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    I also use olive oil and lemon juice
  • shoequeen
    shoequeen Posts: 37 Forumite
    olive oil? really? am i being a bit thick? doesnt olive oil dry sticky & sort of trap dirt?
  • shoequeen
    shoequeen Posts: 37 Forumite
    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?
  • morwenna
    morwenna Posts: 844 Forumite
    Would the olive oil/lemon juice combo work on my "oil finished" pine? I have been wondering what to use.. (Damp dusted so far)
  • mattogier
    mattogier Posts: 606 Forumite
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    shoequeen wrote: »
    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

    It's not, for once, a !!!!!! site!!!
  • LittleBill
    LittleBill Posts: 1,543 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    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"
  • Bunny200
    Bunny200 Posts: 627 Forumite
    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.
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