Homemade Beeswax Furniture Polish Recipes

Tips:

• Use wide mouth jars or containers for storage so you can get your hand in easily.
• Apply finished furniture wax with a coarse cloth and buff.
• While melting the wax, do not leave stove unattended.
• The solvents are flammable, do not add them while wax is heating on the stove.
• Look for odorless turpentine or mineral spirits if the smell is too strong for you. They’re more expensive, but turn out an equally nice furniture wax.
• Recipes can be adjusted slightly for personal preference, if you desire a thicker wax, just add more beeswax or carnauba wax. If a paste is too hard, add more solvent.

Homemade Beeswax Furniture Polish Recipes

Recipe #1

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups Turpentine
4 oz Beeswax
2 TBS Carnauba Wax

• Melt the wax in a double boiler then remove from heat.
• Add the turpentine and stir well with a wooden spoon. Pour into jars, seal and allow to cool before use.

Recipe #2

Ingredients:

2 Pints Turpentine
1 Pint Linseed Oil
5 oz Beeswax
1 TBS Carnauba Wax

• Melt wax in a double boiler and remove from heat. Add linseed oil, stir well. Add turpentine, stir well. Pour into jars, seal.

Recipe #3 – Paste

50/50 Beeswax and Turpentine

• Melt beeswax first then remove from heat and add the turpentine.

Recipe #4 – Paste Recipe

Ingredients:

Beeswax
Paraffin Wax
2 Wide Mouth Mason Jars
Mineral Spirits or Turpentine

• Grate beeswax and fill one jar 3/4 full. Grate Paraffin wax and add to the beeswax until jar is nearly full (about 2″ from top). Empty the grated wax in a double boiler and melt.
• Remove from heat then add an equal amount of mineral spirits or turpentine (nearly a jar full)*. Stir to mix then pour into the two glass jars, dividing evenly. Seal tightly and allow to cool before using.
• *For a less firmer paste, use a full jar of solvent instead of a nearly full jar. For a firmer paste, add some carnauba wax to be melted together with the beeswax and paraffin wax in the first step (no more than 20%).

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