Car Wax On Painted Furniture

You are aiming to cover every bit of paint.

Car wax on painted furniture.

If you own stainless steel kitchen appliances consider using car wax to clean them instead of a surface cleaner. Buff clean to resist fingerprints and smudges. In my last post i wrote about my garden fresh pea friend maran. Because both chalk and milk painted furniture is porous in nature wax easily absorbs into the surface.

Give faucets a shine photo by laura moss. These trees are native to brazil and are used in cosmetics and skin care products as well. Work in large areas sweeping the wax over the paint. Ultimately the reason furniture wax is sold as the topcoat of choice for wax and milk paints is that unlike poly it will settle down into the porous paint finish and cure up over time.

Apply a coat of car wax to metal plastic or molded furniture to protect and add shine. Using an chalk paint wax brush or a lint free cloth apply chalk paint wax. The wax forms on the trees leaves and protects them from heat and moisture. The task is relatively simple and yet crucial to the process.

The wax itself is a naturally derived wax extracted from carnauba palm trees. When scratched it won t flake off in big chunks like poly because in essence it becomes part of the paint s finish. Because someone once told me it works great they had tried it and wax is wax. Use car wax to lubricate the hinges of garden shears and.

When the wax hardens it seals the painted surface with a lovely natural looking soft sheen. I tried car wax on a painted dresser makeover. Apply a thin coat of car wax to stainless steel fridges and stoves. And some gorgeous effects can be created by using dark wax white wax or metallic wax.

Run away from people like that. But not furniture wax. Simply apply a light coat of car wax to the appliance and buff clean to repel fingerprints and smudges. Using a lint free cloth go over the waxed surface quite lightly in order to remove any.

The sheen can then be controlled by additional buffing. Before painting however it is usually necessary to remove old furniture wax. Check that you haven t missed any sections. Bees wax and other waxes are still used to protect furniture but carnauba is the most common at this.

Go over them with wax if so.