[MR] About wood finishing

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Beeswax melts at approximately 145 Degrees F. Pouring water likely won't do
the initial melt. You can do the melt-n-mix more safely if you put one pan
inside another and put water in the larger pan. And use a hot plate or
no-flame stove. You can also add linseed oil in equal parts to the beeswax &
turp.to make it a harder finish. That's what I've seen as a traditional
recipe.

Me, I just buy it pre-mixed.
http://www.triedandtruewoodfinish.com/products.htm

Geoffrey Bourre'


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Received: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:02:25 PM EST
From: Ron Osceola <ronosceola at gmail.com>
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: [MR] About wood finishing

> My Dad was a master furniture finisher and worked for years restoring
> beautiful antiques.  Murphy's oil Soap is indeed a great place to start as
> it cleans the wood without leaving behind anything that is bad for the
wood.
> Dad would follow this up with a "treatment" he made from very pure bees
wax
> mixed with turpentine, he would mix the two together until it became a
thick
> liquid and then he would rub it into the surface of the wood.  I have
> occasionally seen him warm the mixture, although with the turpentine being
> as flammable as it is, I never thought this to be a very safe practice.
This
> treatment does give a deep inner glow to the wood and makes it shine (a
> slight semi-gloss kind of shine)
>
>
Put it in a metal dish, and put the metal dish in a basin of hot water.
That's
safe. If it cools down too much, add more water from a teapot.

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