Car Wax On Wood Furniture

There are a lot of types of wax you can use.

Car wax on wood furniture.

Buff clean to resist fingerprints and smudges. Apply a thin coat of car wax to stainless steel fridges and stoves. Use car wax to lubricate the hinges of garden shears and. The wood was in pretty rough shape with some deep gouges on the top so i opted for painting the top.

Use natural beeswax or a polish that contains a vegetable wax such as carnauba. Furniture wax keeps your wood furniture protected from a range of weather usage and accidental damage and as such should most certainly be in your arsenal of products to use whether you are a diy diva or woodworker or simply someone. Apply a coat of car wax to metal plastic or molded furniture to protect and add shine. Buff the wax until your furniture shines.

Use darker wax on darker pieces which will help you polish it and hide any minor flaws. Polishing furniture with wax is a classic way to protect it while giving it a beautiful luster. It doesn t do much at all to repel water isn t hard or durable enough to protect the wood from dings and scratches and with a low melting point of about 140 degrees fahrenheit wax can easily melt. Unstick hinges photo by laura moss.

Simply apply a light coat of car wax to the appliance and buff clean to repel fingerprints and smudges. Since the wax forms a barrier you can apply it to painted or unfinished furniture. Paste wax will make a wood piece shinier because it fills in digs and other crevices. Give faucets a shine photo by laura moss.

The best use for paste wax is to maintain and care for your furniture. A paste wax wood finish looks great but isn t very protective. I wanted to keep some of the wood look though since i love the two tone look so decided to keep the drawers and beautiful sides untouched except with some restor a finish stain. Rub the wax saturated fabric on the surface of the furniture one small area at a time until the surface dulls.

A good furniture wax has two main uses as a wood finishing product and as a wood rejuvenating product. Some are pure beeswax others are pure. Put a spoonful of wood furniture wax about the size of a golf ball in a square of 100 cotton fabric.