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

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%).