Car Wax On Painted Furniture
Apply a thin coat of car wax to stainless steel fridges and stoves.
Car wax on painted furniture. Any wax on the surface will limit your paint s ability to adhere to the wood making for far more chipping and rubbing off than one might hope for with a freshly renovated piece of furniture. The wax forms on the trees leaves and protects them from heat and moisture. Using a lint free cloth go over the waxed surface quite lightly in order to remove any. You are aiming to cover every bit of paint.
In my last post i wrote about my garden fresh pea friend maran. Simply apply a light coat of car wax to the appliance and buff clean to repel fingerprints and smudges. If you own stainless steel kitchen appliances consider using car wax to clean them instead of a surface cleaner. Apply a coat of car wax to metal plastic or molded furniture to protect and add shine.
And some gorgeous effects can be created by using dark wax white wax or metallic wax. These trees are native to brazil and are used in cosmetics and skin care products as well. Using an chalk paint wax brush or a lint free cloth apply chalk paint wax. But not furniture wax.
Run away from people like that. Before painting however it is usually necessary to remove old furniture wax. The task is relatively simple and yet crucial to the process. Bees wax and other waxes are still used to protect furniture but carnauba is the most common at this.
Because someone once told me it works great they had tried it and wax is wax. The sheen can then be controlled by additional buffing. When scratched it won t flake off in big chunks like poly because in essence it becomes part of the paint s finish. Use car wax to lubricate the hinges of garden shears and.
Check that you haven t missed any sections. Go over them with wax if so. Unstick hinges photo by laura moss. 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. Rub car wax onto kitchen and bathroom metal fixtures to keep them shiny and spot free. I tried car wax on a painted dresser makeover. Give faucets a shine photo by laura moss.
Buff clean to resist fingerprints and smudges.