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mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 10 4:29 pm Post subject: Furniture polish?
Is there a recipe anywhere for a 'make your own'? I was thinking my furniture could do with a bit of a going over.

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
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Location: sunny wales

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 10 4:51 pm Post subject:
I like a mix of linseed and beeswax if wood needs feeding, if its in good order but just needs polishing, beeswax and turpentine is good.

Dekk

Joined: 21 Feb 2009
Posts: 48
Location: somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 10 5:55 pm Post subject:
You need to make sure it's real turpentine, not substitute, though. Also it helps to add a few drops of essential oil, lemon is god, just to mask the turps smell a bit.

mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 10 6:13 pm Post subject:
Once the desired "polished" finish is reached, maintaining it can be done by substituting the turps for meths; this will "work" the wax you are applying more effectively. Also if you find a recipe for wax polish, it should include a proportion of carnauba wax for additional "hardness"; it also helps bring up the shine, as does the meths.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 10 9:53 pm Post subject:
Just drink the meths - then you won't care how the furniture looks!

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 10 12:22 am Post subject:
I just lob a bit of the old skin cream stuff on a couple of times a year!

catbaffler

Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Posts: 937
Location: Barry

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 10 9:09 pm Post subject: furniture polish

This recipe is from "Sloe Gin and Beeswax" by Jane Newdick and is very good.

50g (2oz) beeswax
10g (1/2oz) white wax
300ml (1/2 pt) turpentine
25g (1oz) pure soap or soapflakes
150 ml (1/4 pt) boiling water
5 - 6 drops essential oil (optional)

In a double boiler slowly melt the waxes with the turpentine. Grate the soap into the boiling water and stir briskly to dissolve it. Let the soapy water cool to lukewarm then pour into the melted wax, stirring well as it makes an emulsion. Put into a small jar or container with a tight-fitting lid. The polish keeps well for a long time.

I made this about five years ago and am just coming to the end of it (shows how often I polish, lol!). It's lovely perfumed with lavender oil

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 10 9:34 pm Post subject:
I've popped this into the recipe data base for future reference. (God knows what the search facility will make of it )

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 10 9:44 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

I've popped this into the recipe data base for future reference. (God knows what the search facility will make of it

)

Given that the recipe data base is more than capable of turning up mutton curry when you ask for a vegetarian pud, it could be very interesting.

catbaffler

Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Posts: 937
Location: Barry

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 10 9:39 am Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

Jamanda wrote:

I've popped this into the recipe data base for future reference. (God knows what the search facility will make of it

)

Given that the recipe data base is more than capable of turning up mutton curry when you ask for a vegetarian pud, it could be very interesting.

T.G

Joined: 13 Sep 2009
Posts: 7280
Location: Somewhere you're not

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 10 10:46 am Post subject: Re: furniture polish

catbaffler wrote:

where does the sloe gin come into this recipe? or is it what you partake of whilst cooking and polishing?

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 10 8:50 am Post subject:
I tried getting drunk whilst doing the housework once (used to do it on a Friday night) nthe housework zipped by, but o had a dreadful headache on saturday morning!

catbaffler

Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Posts: 937
Location: Barry

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 11 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: furniture polish

T.G wrote:

catbaffler wrote:

where does the sloe gin come into this recipe? or is it what you partake of whilst cooking and polishing?

'Tis the title of the book and there's a recipe for that in there too!

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