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How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

Want to make your wooden furniture shine?

Then you'll love my homemade wood wax recipe.

Also called "encaustic", there's nothing like pampering old wooden furniture!

It is a 100% natural product, based on beeswax and turpentine essence.

Polish is simply THE best product to maintain, protect and shine wood .

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

Contents
  • RECIPE N°1
  • What you need
  • How to
  • RECIPE N°2
  • What you need
  • How to
  • RECIPE N°3
  • What you need
  • How to
  • USING HOMEMADE WOOD WAX
  • 1. Clean
  • 2. Apply
  • 3. Let it dry
  • 4. Shine
  • Result
  • Why does it work?
  • Additional tips

Wooden furniture needs care and maintenance.

The problem is the price! Indeed, polishes are expensive, both in DIY stores and on the Internet.

Fortunately, I'm going to show you my 3 easy recipes to make your wooden furniture shine. Watch:

RECIPE N°1

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

What you need

- 1 handful of beeswax nuggets
- ½ glass of linseed oil
- 2 tablespoons of liquid black soap
- 1 saucepan
- 1 old glass jar with lid

How to

1. In the saucepan, melt the beeswax in a bain-marie.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

2. Add linseed oil.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

3. Add the black soap.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

4. Remove from heat and stir...

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

...and continue until you get a smooth and creamy batter. As in the photo below:

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

5. Put this mixture in the jar, then close it.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

RECIPE N°2

It's the same recipe as above, except this time we add turpentine.

Indeed, for the polish to penetrate deeply into the fibers of the wood, there is nothing like turpentine!

What you need

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

- 1 handful of beeswax nuggets
- ½ glass of linseed oil
- ½ glass of turpentine
- 2 tablespoons of liquid black soap
- 1 wooden spatula or 1 chopstick
- 1 saucepan
- 1 old glass jar with lid

How to

1. Melt the beeswax in a bain-marie.

2. Add the linseed oil, then the black soap.

3. Remove from the heat and stir until you get a smooth, creamy paste.

4. Add turpentine.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

5. Mix vigorously with the wooden spatula (or Chinese chopstick).

6. Put this mixture in the jar, then close it.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

RECIPE N°3

Don't have beeswax? No worries, try this non-waxy version of homemade floor polish.

What you need

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

- ⅔ of a glass of turpentine
- ⅓ of a glass of white vinegar
- 1 glass of linseed oil
- 1 old jar with lid

How to

1. Pour the ingredients into an old jar.

2. Close the jar and shake to mix well.

USING HOMEMADE WOOD WAX

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

1. Clean

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

Use an all-purpose cleaner to clean particularly dirty parts of the wood. The homemade recipe for the multipurpose cleaner is here.

2. Apply

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

Use a soft cloth to place a small amount of polish on the surface. Then, make small circles to spread the wax over the entire surface.

Or, better yet, use a brush to apply the polish in the direction of the wood grain.

Do not hesitate to apply a generous amount of polish, even if it means removing the excess later.

3. Let it dry

Let the wax sit for 15 to 30 minutes, so that it penetrates the wood fibers well.

4. Shine

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

With a clean, soft cloth, rub the wood to make it shine.

Result

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

There you go, now you know how to make homemade polish to pamper your wooden furniture :-)

Easy, fast and effective, right?

Never waste your money on a commercial product again!

Don't have flaxseed oil? Note that you can replace it with another vegetable oil (rapeseed, sunflower, olive...), especially if the surface to be treated is not large.

Why does it work?

All these home polish recipes contain only natural products, known for their powerful properties:

Beeswax nourishes the wood, while creating a unique and natural shine when it has been buffed for a long time.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

To discover: How to Make Beeswax Candles EASILY.

Inside and outside the house, black soap cleans, nourishes and protects the wood.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

To discover: 16 Black Soap Uses Everyone Should Know.

Linseed oil maintains and protects the wood so that it remains beautiful for a long time. It also has antistatic properties that help prevent dust formation.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

Turpentine , an essence taken from softwood trees, revives and restores wood.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

White vinegar is effective in cleaning particularly stained and soiled wooden surfaces.

How To Make Natural Wood Wax To Make Your Furniture SHINE.

To discover: 23 Magical Uses For White Vinegar Everyone Needs To Know.

Additional advice

- Do not forget to ventilate the room well during the application and drying of the polish.

- Attention, turpentine is a flammable substance. So better put on gloves and handle it with care.